Twenty Years After the September 11 Attacks, Comfort Zone Camp Is Still Helping Grieving Children and Will Host Upcoming 9/11 Program for Families
CZC to host a special camp program during the weekend of 9/11 to remember loved ones and campers who attended those first 9/11 camp programs.
RICHMOND, Va.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–#childrengrieve–On September 11, 2001, America was devastated by terrorist attacks. That day will live on in so many American memories as our nation’s greatest tragedy, but the tragedy was even more personal for those who lost someone that day. More than 3,000 children lost a parent, sibling, or guardian on 9/11/01.
That’s when the Virginia-based nonprofit Comfort Zone Camp [CZC] Founder & CEO, Lynne Hughes, brought Comfort Zone Camp to New York to help those children grieve, heal, and grow.
Twenty years later, families are still grieving those who never made it home and some are willing to share their stories.
Today, CZC continues to help grieving children across the entire country and reflects on the impact that 9/11 had on its program.
This year CZC will have a camp program during the weekend of 9/11 with a special moment of remembrance and light lanterns in memory of loved ones whose campers attended those first 9/11 camp programs.
Today, 1 in 14 children in the United States will experience the death of a parent or sibling by age 18. Without support, those children can face derailments in their development, feel isolated, and seek unhealthy coping skills. Comfort Zone Camp aims to break the isolation of grief for children and show them healthy coping skills and a community that gets it.
Comfort Zone Camp is free to campers and families and supported and funded by:
About Comfort Zone Camp: Founded in 1998, Comfort Zone Camp is a nonprofit 501(c)3 bereavement organization that transforms the lives of children who have experienced the death of a parent, sibling, primary caregiver, or significant person. Programs are free of charge and focus on teaching how to heal and grow after grief.
These programs include trust-building activities and age-based support groups that break the emotional isolation grief brings. Comfort Zone’s programs are offered to children ages 7-17 and their families for the family programs, plus there are provide young adult programs for 18-25-year-olds.
Contacts
Media inquiries contact:
Lynne Hughes, Founder & CEO, 804-334-2565, [email protected]
