Full Circle Grief Center

Returning January 2025, our Journeying Through Grief program will be available virtually for grieving folks in the state of Virginia. Read more below... ***** Full Circle Grief Center is offering a virtual monthly grief support group for adult grievers in Virginia. Learn about grief, develop healthy coping skills and explore your feelings, connect with others, share the story of your loved one and discover new ways to remember them by joining this monthly virtual group. Registration Information: Monthly on Monday evenings | Beginning January 27, 2025 Tentative Dates: 1/27, 2/24, 3/24, 4/28, 5/26 (TBD), 6/23 Time: 6:00 – 7:30 pm This group will be held virtually on Zoom and not meet in-person. Journeying Through Grief will be facilitated by a member of our Full Circle clinical team. Our monthly sessions will include psychoeducation, discussion and support, and sharing resources. Our next installment of Journeying Through Grief will begin in January 2025. When available, registration information for all upcoming sessions will be promoted on our website, social media, and e-mail newsletter. Participants must be located in the Commonwealth of Virginia. All members must register for the group prior to attending. The session is offered free of charge but registration is required. For more information visit our Journeying Through Grief website: https://lnkd.in/euyyzMQa

Welcome, new board members! We are excited to announce the arrival of four new board members this fall, Jenny, Ken, Kristin, and Rich! Learn more about each of them below and what brings them to Full Circle's special mission. 💙 Jenny Bliley Jenny Bliley is a social worker (MSW) who currently is the director of the Interment of Angels program at Bliley Funeral Homes. The Interment of Angels program provides a free memorial service for families that have experienced a miscarriage or stillborn loss. Read more about Jenny below... https://lnkd.in/e8zkPx62 💙 Ken Jones Ken is the co-founder of The Legacy Advisor Group, a wealth management firm headquartered in Richmond, Virginia. With over two decades of experience in the financial industry, he and his team manage assets and provide private client solutions around the country. Read more about Ken below... https://lnkd.in/eHk5iEaU 💙 Kristin Mravinec Kristin Mravinec has dedicated the last 21 years in support of grieving children, spending the last 10 years as a volunteer with Full Circle, helping in HOH groups and other various roles. Following her mother’s passing in 2003, she became an active volunteer with the Highmark Caring Place in Pittsburgh, PA, where she found a great sense of purpose in helping children navigate the messy grief journey, profoundly inspired by their bravery and resilience. Read more about Kristin below... https://lnkd.in/eVc6Zyyq 💙 Rich Salon Rich Salon is a Human Resources leader, Career Transition Coach, Author, and Speaker. He works closely with business leaders to create and sustain a prominent level of career fulfillment, employee engagement, and trust within organizations, resulting in an improved employee-to-employer relationship. Read more about Rich below... https://lnkd.in/emtmz4P7

🕯️ Join our remembrance event 🕯️ Full Circle's annual Pregnancy and Infant Loss Awareness Day Candle Lighting Community Event will take place on Tuesday, October 15th at 6:30 pm. This event is free and open to the community, taking place in person at Full Circle Grief Center in our lower level parking lot. Candles and light refreshments will be provided. Please view our website for additional details and how to RSVP. Linked below, or in our bio: Pregnancy and Infant Loss Awareness Day https://lnkd.in/eDp-dZmB

Full Circle honors Pregnancy and Infant Loss Awareness Month each October, with Pregnancy and Infant Loss Awareness Day on October 15. In acknowledgment of the month and day, we're sharing several blogs, articles, and other resources focused on this difficult type of loss. Linked below, or in our bio: Full Circle Blog | The Benefits of a Memorial Service After a Miscarriage or Loss https://lnkd.in/epZJFUp7 Full Circle's Conversations About Grief | Grieving a Miscarriage https://lnkd.in/eTVSGkjF New York - Presbyterian Health | Supporting Someone After the Loss of a Baby https://lnkd.in/epXD-Udy Full Circle Blog | Remembering Your Baby https://lnkd.in/eBDbWhir 💙

📣 Join our team! 📣 Do you have a head for numbers and a heart for supporting a meaningful mission? How about an eye for the details, a passion for solving money mysteries, and an ability to crunch out an Excel spreadsheet from the comfort of your kitchen table? Sound like you? Then keep reading, future financial wizards... Full Circle is welcoming applications for the position of Financial Coordinator! As a member of our operations team, this role provides bookkeeping, financial processing, and financial reporting support in a hybrid, flexible part-time role. This position requires strong time management and attention to detail, at least two years of relevant work experience, proficiency in Quickbooks. 990 filing experience preferred. Learn more about the role and responsibilities at our website below: https://lnkd.in/ejZt_k9K Or contact Allyson England Drake, M.Ed., CT, Full Circle Executive Director, with questions at allyson.drake@fullcirclegc.org.

🎉 Welcome to our Fall 2024 graduate interns! 🎉 We are so excited to have two graduate interns on our clinical team who are joining us for this Fall, and one undergraduate intern, for a total of three new folks in the office! Scroll down to learn a little more about each of them and what brings them to Full Circle. Welcome, Maria, Alana, and Evelyn! *Maria DeBonis-Richards* Maria DeBonis-Richards holds a Master’s degree in Counseling from Fordham University and is completing her Post-Master’s Certificate in Professional Counseling at Virginia Commonwealth University. Maria decided to go back to school to become a Licensed Professional Counselor specializing in grief counseling. She enjoys facilitating groups and has a passion for helping individuals anticipating or grieving a loss. Maria is a member of The Bereavement Coalition, the National Alliance for Children’s Grief and is a trained End-Of-Life Doula with INELDA. Maria has led grief groups for school aged children with Full Circle Grief Center, volunteered at grief camps such as Comfort Zone Camp (VA) and Camp Good Mourning (NY) and is certified to be a foster parent within Henrico County. Read more about Maria at: https://lnkd.in/ebZWVzAX *Alana Harris* Alana (she/her) earned her Bachelor of Science degree in Psychology from Virginia Commonwealth University (VCU) in 2022. She is currently in the second year of her Master’s program at VCU’s Department of Rehabilitation Counseling, pursuing a concentration in Clinical Mental Health Counseling. Her expected graduation date is in the summer of 2025. Following her undergraduate studies, Alana spent a year at the Virginia Treatment Center for Children (VTCC), a part of the VCU Health System. There, she worked closely with adolescents from 7 to 17 in an inpatient psychiatric setting, where she developed a deep passion for supporting young people who have experienced trauma. Read more about Alana at: https://lnkd.in/eXcDTDXr We are also excited to include our undergraduate intern, Evelyn, who is joining us from Brightpoint Community College for the Fall 2024 semester! *Evelyn Frelier* Evelyn (she/her) is currently completing her Associate’s Degree in Human Services with a Pre-Social Work Specialization at Brightpoint Community College. She is expected to earn this degree in December of 2024. Proceeding this, she will be transferring to Virginia Commonwealth University (VCU) to obtain her undergraduate in Social Work, graduating after the fall semester of 2026. She then plans to obtain her Master’s in Social Work (MSW) to become a Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW). She specifically is interested in working with adolescents and young teens in the future, with specializations such as substance abuse and grief. Read more about Evelyn at: https://lnkd.in/e3P5NC5x

We'd like to officially welcome (back?) Emily Orfan as our newest clinical team member here at Full Circle! 🎉 Emily has recently taken on the role of Perinatal Loss Education Manager, working closely with our clinical team, perinatal loss folks like Carrie and Casey, and our larger community partners as part of new and exciting initiatives here at Full Circle. However, Emily is no stranger to our Full Circle community, as she previously served as a board member, and is deeply committed to our mission of serving grieving families in Central Virginia. We are so excited to have you on board in your new role, Emily! Welcome (again!) to Full Circle! You can learn more about Emily by reading her bio on our website, linked below. 💙 Emily Orfan https://lnkd.in/es4XYDgi

🍂 Fall Fest tickets are on sale now! 🍂 Join us for a community-wide celebration to benefit Full Circle on Friday, November 15th from 6:30-10 p.m. at Triple Crossing Brewing Company in Fulton. Fall Fest is a Full Circle fan favorite, with ticket purchases including dinner, drinks, a silent auction, raffle drawing, remembrance activities, a testimonial, live music, and more! Our goal is to raise $22,500 in honor of over 22,500 community members served since Full Circle was founded in 2008. All funds go directly to our grief support programs, so they remain free of charge for participants. Many, many thanks to our generous sponsors for 2024: Patient First, Chaplin & Qureshi, Graybeale Construction, Inc., The Strum Group, Nikhil and Beena Parekh, and A Hokie Family! For tickets and more information about Fall Fest, please visit our Fall Fest website below or check out our bio link! Fall Fest 2024 https://lnkd.in/e2p-FDdX Ps. Curious about sponsorship opportunities? Contact Whitney Asher, Community Engagement Manager, at whitney.asher@fullcirclegc.org.

Thank you so much for this wonderful partnership, Rotary Club of Midlothian! We are so grateful to work with you in better serving grieving children and adults in our community. 💙

Our Conversations About Grief installment for September features mindfulness and awareness tools, brought to you by Full Circle's own Grief Services Director, Britt Cowart, LCSW. Watch the video on our YouTube channel, posted below for tips and tools on grounding, breathwork, and more. Conversations About Grief: Mindfulness Tools https://lnkd.in/eAtqGSrE