Kids' Haven: A Center for Grieving Children

06/05/2026

One of our favorite group night activities? Rock painting! 🎨🫟🖌️We love getting crafty at Kids’ Haven and painting rocks is a fun and reflective way to commemorate our grief, or just get inspired and do something with our hands while we talk! 🌈 🦋

Join us this summer at camp July 21-23 for fun activities like this! Check out more info and register here: https://www.kidshavenlynchburg.org/summer-camp

06/02/2026

We're excited to announce our 6th annual Kids' Haven Grief Support Summer Camp at Camp Kum-Ba-Yah Nature Center!

Camp includes free dinner, arts and crafts, outdoor time, and grief coping activities to cultivate resilience, share memories, and build community with our Kids' Haven team and other children & teens who have experiences loss in our community.

Join us July 21-23—learn more and register here! https://www.kidshavenlynchburg.org/summer-camp

Funding for our camp is made possible by The Greater Lynchburg Community Foundation.

06/02/2026

Thank you everyone who joined us at our community grief symposium at .of.lynchburg 🩵🦋 it was a wonderful time for our community to gather and envision more grief-centered and grief-sensitive systems!

04/17/2026

Just one week away! We’re counting down the days until our FREE community grief symposium CARING TOGETHER! 🦋💙Are you registered? Register at the link below and invite fellow community members who want to build a more grief-sensitive community!

Register now! https://forms.gle/6vdtsKUbb3tMmqXcA

03/03/2026

Registration is still open for the spring Community Grief Symposium - Caring Together: Building a Grief-Sensitive Community Through Diverse Grief Care! 🦋

Register now for this FREE two-day event! We’d love to see you there!

Scan the QR code on the flyer attached or copy & paste the link below!

Registration Form:
https://forms.gle/6vdtsKUbb3tMmqXcA

A cost free, safe space for youth to express grief in healthy ways, build self-esteem, and find hope alongside peers who can relate to their story.

08/13/2025

✨ We are endlessly grateful to the incredible volunteers who made this year’s Grief Support Camp possible. Your kindness, time, and dedication brought comfort, joy, and connection to every camper — and turned moments into lifelong memories. 💙Thank you for making camp extra special!

08/07/2025

We’re so excited to share our first peek into this year’s Annual Grief Support Camp, held at the end of July! 💙

There’s something comforting about a gooey, golden s’more — and at camp, it’s more than just a treat. It’s a moment of connection, laughter, and joy in the midst of healing.

These sweet moments around the campfire remind us that even in grief, there’s room for warmth, community, and a little bit of sticky-fingered fun. 🍫🔥

Stay tuned for more glimpses into this unforgettable time of support, growth, and togetherness.

07/12/2025

Bedford Mental Health Movie Night was a powerful evening centered on emotional wellness for kids and families. Huge thanks to Horizon Behavioral Health for hosting a special screening of Inside Out 2 — a film that beautifully explores complex emotions like joy, sadness, and anxiety. 💙

At Kids Haven, we know that grief doesn’t just affect adults — children grieve too, and they need safe spaces to express those feelings. From making feelings bracelets to talking about the hard stuff, tonight was a reminder that healing starts with connection.

06/27/2025

Kids’ Haven offers grief support services to children and their families who have suffered the loss of someone important in their lives. The key words are support and service which are two significant values that our City Council members should consider when making cuts to the FY2026 budget.

The General Burial Relief Assistance Program is of particular importance to Kids’ Haven. This program provides for those without means – our city’s most vulnerable – to be treated with dignity and grace as they are laid to rest. Are we really reduced to a society (city) that we deny families and loved ones the closure they need? Kids’ Haven works every day to support and guide children and families, regardless of their socioeconomic class, with the tools they need to successfully navigate their grief journeys. Abandoning this program is not only callous in the treatment of the deceased but also the people who grieve for them.

As April Watson, Deputy Director of Human Services stated, “Our values as a city are reflected not just in how we celebrate life, but in how we honor its end. This is a matter of dignity, decency, and community responsibility. Let’s urge our city leaders to protect this program. We are better when we care for all our neighbors—from birth to death.” 🦋

06/27/2025

Prepping for our fifth annual Grief Support Summer Camp tonight with a dedicated team meeting 💙
This camp is a place for connection, healing, and hope — and we can’t wait to welcome our campers soon.
🦋 Because no child should grieve alone.