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Highmark Caring PlaceA Center for Grieving Children, Adolescents and Their Families The Highmark Caring Place provides peer support to children, adolescents and families grieving the death of a parent or primary caregiver, or a brother or sister. The Highmark Caring Place exists to help children work together to overcome their fears, to know they are not alone, to share their broken-heartedness. The Highmark Caring Place takes its inspiration from Fred Rogers, who held that sharing the difficult things in life is the necessary first step in managing them. We work to provide a safe place, a caring and supportive atmosphere, and a strong and accepting adult presence. Highmark Caring Place services are offered free of charge to grieving families. The children and parents who attend the Highmark Caring Place sessions receive support and encouragement from other members in their groups-other children and adults who have experienced similar losses-and from trained adult group leaders. Each session is made up of approximately 15 - 20 families that come together for 8 - 10 evening meetings. For more information online go to:www.highmarkcaringfoundation.com For information by phone, please call:In Harrisburg 1-866-613-4673 PFDA Supports Highmark Caring PlacePFDA has been a longtime supporter of Highmark Caring Place, which provides free grief support services to children and their families. Each year we host the PFDA Golf Classic to raise funds for the organization.Since 2004, the event has raised over $138,000 for specialized services and programs provided at the Caring Place. All funds raised by the PFDA Golf Classic are matched dollar-for-dollar by Highmark Blue Shield, which has increased the total donation from six PFDA benefit golf outings to over $270,000 |