Family Service of Racine (FSR) is happy to announce that it will be offering the programming previously provided by MargaretAnn’s Place in Racine and Kenosha under the new name The MargaretAnn’s Program. Located in downtown Racine, FSR is a nonprofit mental wellness clinic, providing counseling and psychotherapy services to individuals and families. The program will be facilitated exclusively by v
olunteers, with assistance from FSR staff. The peer based support groups will be held the first Thursday evening of each month in the Family Service of Racine offices at 420 7th Street, Racine, WI 53403, beginning in September. FSR will be continuing the fundraiser “Dancing with Our Stars,” which has been a long running fundraiser of MargaretAnn’s Place. Scheduled for November 15, 2014 at UW Parkside’s Ballroom, local “stars” from Racine and Kenosha partner with professional dancers from the Guy Singer Dance Studio to compete for the votes of judges and attendees. Family Service of Racine, the recipient of UW Parkside’s Center for Community Partnerships 2014 Nonprofit Leadership Excellence Award and proud partner provider of the United Way of Racine County, has been serving the community for 104 years through a variety of family strengthening programs and services. Our current focus is on the social and emotional well-being of individuals and families.
__________________________
MargaretAnn's Place opened its first site in Kenosha, WI and from this simple, yet powerful beginning, has developed into the largest children's multi-site grief program in Wisconsin serving Milwaukee, Waukesha, Racine, Kenosha Counties and beyond. We are one of over 350 centers for grieving children nationwide, the first established in the state of Wisconsin. www.nationalallianceforgrievingchildren.org
MargaretAnn's Place was founded in 1998 through the efforts of one family's experience with the sudden death of their daughter and sister. It is named in honor of 20-month-old MargaretAnn Smith Jones who died in 1997. She is survived by her siblings Jared, Julia, and Emma.
