Judi’s House Interview
One in fourteen children in the USA will experience bereavement before the age of eighteen. It’s important that these kids receive compassion and empathy, as the loss of a parent or carer can greatly affect their development.
Judi’s House in Denver, Colorado serves children and families who are grieving a loss.
Find out how your donation can help children build resilience and develop healthily.
Listen here or find us on your favorite podcast app.
September 14, 2021
How Judi’s House Equips Children And Families to Overcome Grief
#291 Great.com Talks With... Judi's House
We all experience grief in some form during our lives. A strong support network can give us strength and help us process our grief healthily. For grieving children, the stakes are higher and the potential damage posed by unaddressed grief more significant.
In this episode, we talked with Micki Burns from Judi’s House about the importance of supporting children and families through the grieving process.
Helping People Get Back On Their Feet After A Loss
Since its foundation in 2002, Judi’s House has helped over eleven thousand people experiencing loss. This works out as around fourteen thousand hours of service to the community in a typical year.
Micki explains that when a child experiences a significant loss in childhood or young adulthood, it can significantly derail their development, leading to depression, anxiety, inability to sustain relationships and inability to hold down a job.
That’s why Judi’s House has come up with a ten week program for individuals aged between three and twenty-five. Bringing famlies together in an empathetic environment helps lessen the burden, nurture resilience and heal together.
Judi’s House also has its own evaluation and research arm - JAG Institute - which uses data on grief to help communities evaluate the impacts of unaddressed grief and improve the long-term outlook for grieving families.
Listen to the whole interview to find out about Judi’s House’s workshops and educational outreach programs. Judi’s House also welcomes donations to help more children overcome grief and reach their full potential.
Want to learn more about Judi’s House? You can check out their news section and follow them on Facebook, Instagram and Twitter.
Great.com is an innovative charity project working to move money from the online casino industry towards initiatives focused on preventing climate change. So far, Great.com has generated donations of over $1.3 million. This is done by competing with casinos in Google search rankings for online gaming signups coming from search terms such as “Tropicana Online” and “online casino bonus”. The profits this generates are then donated to causes working to stop global warming, rather than being reinvested into the casino industry.
