Hospice Volunteers of Waterville Area to offer two bereavement facilitator trainings in March

WATERVILLE — Hospice Volunteers will offer a 20-hour facilitator training for their grieving children’s program, Hope’s Place, starting Monday, March 6. The training dates will be from 8:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. Saturdays, March 11 and 18, and from 5:30 to 8:30 p.m. Mondays and Wednesdays, March 6, 8, 13 and 15.

Those who complete the training are prepared to co-facilitate a peer grief support group for children, teens, their parents or guardians. The mission of Hope’s Place is to provide a safe, supportive environment for grieving children, teens and families through peer support groups, which nurture and encourage safe expression of grief and loss. Hope’s Place honors each person’s individuality and their process toward discovery of resiliency and emotional well-being.

Also being offered is a nine-hour adult bereavement facilitator training. This training will prepare individuals for facilitating adult grief support groups such as widow/widowers, grieving parents, infant loss, adults grieving parents, survivors of suicide, six-week general loss, women’s and men’s groups. It will be held from 5:30 to 8:30 p.m. Monday, March 20, and Wednesday, March 22, and from 9:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. Saturday, March 25.

The trainings will be taught by the staff and volunteers at the Hospice Volunteers of Waterville Area’s community Center, 304 Main St. There will be a $30 processing fee for materials.

For more information, call bereavement/youth services coordinator Jillian Roy at 873-3615, email jroy@hvwa.org or visit www.hvwa.org.