5 Things to Say to Someone Who is Grieving this Holiday Season
5 Things to Say to Someone Who is Grieving this Holiday Season
Families come together for the holidays, but the joys of the season aren’t felt by everyone, especially people who are grieving. It can be difficult to know what to say or how to act when someone you know has lost a loved one.
Paula DuPré Pesmen, the Founder and CEO of There With Care, shares some insight on what to say to someone who is grieving.
View ArticleImpact of Care | By the Numbers
Since 2005 There With Care has:
- Served more than 5,220 families; 20,880+ people
- Received $6,528,296 in donated in-kind items from the community
- Received $5,611,855 in donated volunteer and professional service hours
57% of families self-identified as people of color: 33% Hispanic/ Latino; 11% African American/Black; 1% Asian/Pacific Islander; 4% Native American; 8% Other; and, 43% White.
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Family Care By the Numbers:
5 average age of the patients we serve
30% of families have single parents
$4,126 average cost to serve a family through crisis
122 average days a family receives There With Care support
720 families served in 2020
991 families served in 2021
83 families served in 2021 facing critical
mental illness with their child
200 average number of families served daily
85% families we serve who live at or below 300% of the
Federal Poverty Level
100% of families are referred by hospital social workers based on need and circumstances
*Data measured through 2020 and 2021.