Avow Kids Specialist Brenda Schlueter, MS-CAM, paints remembering stones with Alana Rizzo and Dezarria and Dezmond McKay during Camp Mending Heart teen overnight camp in April. Contributed photo
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Lifting kids from the darkness of grief
Local groups help children work through the trauma, pain of losing a loved one
In 1987, 36 years ago this month, 31-year-old Valerie Melvin was killed in a tragic car accident, leaving two young children. However, Valerie left her daughter one of life’s most important lessons—that she could do anything she wanted.
