Brighter Days Family Grief Center

In honor of Children's Grief Awareness Month, we are raising $75,000 over the next 30 days with YOUR help! ❤️

Did you know that 1 in 15 Minnesota children will lose a parent or sibling by the time they are 18? Nationally, this number is 1 in 12.

Imagine being in such a life-changing time of life and experiencing the unimaginable pain of saying good-bye to your family member. Then, imagine going back to school and not having your friends or teachers know how to support you. The isolation that comes alongside childhood grief can be devastating.  

As the catalyst to bringing Children's Grief Awareness Day to Minnesota, Brighter Days is a dedicated advocate for grieving children, young adults, and entire families. READ OUR PRESS RELEASE HERE.

Whether attending our grief camps, support groups, counseling sessions, or meaningful events and workshops, families facing the death or terminal diagnosis of a loved one find hope and healing through our no cost services.

Our financial assistance program provides basic necessities towards the overwhelming logistics of housing, groceries, tuition, and extra-curricular activities. To date, we have provided over $97,000 in financial assistance.

Here's how your donation can support grieving children and families; no amount is too small! 

• $100 can provide groceries to a newly bereaved individual or family.   
• $300 sponsors a grieving child at one of our FREE youth grief camps, Camp Erin-Twin Cities.  
• $500 provides supplies for our FREE Family Grief Support Series held up to 5 times per year.  
• $1,500 will provide supplies and meals for our group facilitator and intern trainings, essential to our programming!   
• $2,500 sponsors "Day Brightener" backpacks filled with comforting gifts and resources for grieving children.
• $3,500 sponsors meals and supplies for 25 families at our weekend family camp.    
• $5,000 sponsors our grief support groups and wellness workshops for one year.  
• $15,000 sponsors one day of Family Camp for 150 kids and parents to find hope and healing.

Your $300 donation sends one little griever to our free youth grief camp where they get to be sad AND silly without feeling judged.

To learn more about the HOPE-FILLED ways we support grieving children, watch our recent video from our renowned youth grief camp, Camp Erin-Twin Cities.