Programs & Services (click for more info.)
The Center's bi-weekly program sessions begin with families, staff and volunteers sharing a meal, providing an opportunity for fellowship and bonding.
Afterwards, children and teens are placed in age appropriate groups where they meet for activities such as open discussions, art, music, play games, reading, expressive writing and journaling. Adult caregivers meet separately in the center.
There is a place where children can embrace grief and begin their journey through the healing process toward peace. The place is within a child's heart. The location is The McClean Fletcher Center, Mississippi's first grief center for children and their families.
The Center also offers an Anticipatory Grief program to assist those experiencing the anticipated death of a loved one due to illness or disease. Emotional needs are often overlooked or misunderstood because of the pressures and challenges we face when someone in a family has a serious illness.
Afterwards, children and teens are placed in age appropriate groups where they meet for activities such as open discussions, art, music, play games, reading, expressive writing and journaling. Adult caregivers meet separately in the center.
There is a place where children can embrace grief and begin their journey through the healing process toward peace. The place is within a child's heart. The location is The McClean Fletcher Center, Mississippi's first grief center for children and their families.
The Center also offers an Anticipatory Grief program to assist those experiencing the anticipated death of a loved one due to illness or disease. Emotional needs are often overlooked or misunderstood because of the pressures and challenges we face when someone in a family has a serious illness.
History
McClean Fletcher
The Center, named for McClean Fletcher who died at the age of 19, was born out of the need to support children and families suffering the loss of a loved one.
The addition of a grief center was a natural extension of Hospice Ministries' mission to care for a family's physical, mental, emotional, and spiritual well being.
The addition of a grief center was a natural extension of Hospice Ministries' mission to care for a family's physical, mental, emotional, and spiritual well being.