Highmark Caring Place

Our wish for you this Thanksgiving is that you find… - the opportunity to share your blessings with those you love. - the space to grieve what you are missing and who you lost. - the energy to place hope wherever it may be needed.

We are excited to be a part of AEW Heels November virtual session TOMORROW! The event features friend of the Highmark Caring Place, Brodie Lee Jr., and our own Janet Arida – who will be providing resources for navigating the holiday season while grieving. The virtual event will start at 8pm ET (doors at 7:30) and all Heels members are invited! RSVP at AllEliteHeels.com.

Thank you to Fun Fore All Family Fun Park for their support of the Highmark Caring Place through their Holiday Lights Mini Golf (opening TODAY)! Named one of Kidsburgh’s BEST holiday light displays, families can experience a beautiful, interactive, holiday experience as Fun Fore All’s two award-winning miniature golf courses are turned into fully playable walk-through holiday light extravaganzas! Better yet – a portion of all proceeds goes to the Highmark Caring Place! For more information, visit https://lnkd.in/emM7vsg.

Today is a great day to create a butterfly for our Virtual Illuminating Hope! Build and share your butterfly NOW at https://lnkd.in/dEFZQjv! NEED HELP? Watch a tutorial now at bit.ly/CGADPlaylist2024. Join people from across the world in creating a butterfly of HOPE: • In MEMORY of loved ones who have died. • In HONOR of a child or adult who is grieving. • In SUPPORT of grieving children, adults, and families everywhere.

Author of critically-acclaimed picture book CAPE, Kevin Johnson, joins us to discuss why he wrote the book and share his grief story and words of hope. Stream our entire virtual event NOW at bit.ly/CGADPlaylist2024 LEARN MORE about Kevin and CAPE at captaincreate.com.

Children’s Grief Awareness Day Champion Matthew Schaefer of the Erie Otters shares his grief story and words of hope, and Shawn Bednard, Director of Communications & Community Outreach and Play-by-Play Broadcaster for the Otters, previews the third-ever Children’s Grief Awareness Night (this SATURDAY) presented by the Highmark Caring Place! Shawn also introduces us to the Murawski family who will be dropping the puck before the game. WATCH NOW at bit.ly/CGADPlaylist2024 BUY specially discounted tickets for the game HERE – bit.ly/CGADgame Can’t be at the game? Watch the game at watch.chl.ca OR listen to the game at https://lnkd.in/g9MZjx7P

Totaling 86 songs, our official 2024 Children’s Grief Awareness Day Spotify playlist, Music to Feel, Heal, & Connect is NOW LIVE! Give the playlist a listen NOW at bit.ly/beatsofsupport Music to Feel, Heal, & Connect is filled with songs YOU contributed that that comfort you in your grief and/or connect you with your loved one who died.

Children’s Grief Awareness Day Champions from West Virginia University share their grief story, words of hope, and we reveal to them their custom Children’s Grief Awareness Day shoes/cleats - which they wore in games this past weekend. WATCH NOW at bit.ly/CGADPlaylist2024 Each featured Children’s Grief Awareness Day blue and blue butterflies representing the hope we have for all the children who are grieving in the world. The cleats/shoes also featured the Children’s Grief Awareness Day and Highmark Caring Place logo, and Elijah’s cleats featured a special tribute to his Grandpa who also played football. Thank you to Cody Sabol for his terrific artwork on these shoes/cleats!

Olympic Gold Medalist 🥇 and WWE Hall of Famer, Kurt Angle, shares some words of hope for grieving kids everywhere our own Lexi Livelsbeger and Missy Reagan lead us in a Memory Flag Activity – inspired by Kurt and his Olympic journey. Stream our entire virtual event NOW at bit.ly/CGADPlaylist2024 LEARN MORE about Kurt at kurtanglebrand.com.

Walter Payton Man of the Year and All-Pro Defensive Tackle for the Pittsburgh Steelers, Cam Heyward and his Mom Charlotte Heyward-Wesley, share their story of grief and words of hope. WATCH NOW at bit.ly/CGADPlaylist2024. LEARN MORE about Cam at https://lnkd.in/gTwS93Yj.