Heartlight Center

990 SummaryPart III Statement of Program Service Accomplishments 1.Briefly describe the organizations mission: Provide meaningful, accessible grief support and education to those grieving and professional and volunteer caregivers working with those grieving. The specific objectives HeartLight Center pursues to accomplish these goals are as follows: 1.Offer comprehensive programs to serve individuals, families and caregivers who are dealing with end-of life, death and grief2.Collaborate with individuals and organizations to extend services 3.Make grief support available by the active use of volunteers and pursuing private, public and charitable financial support4.Offer in-person and virtual support groups, workshops, educational seminars and resources5.Offer tailored market seminars to professionals working with those grieving2.Did the organization undertakeNo3.Did the organization cease conducting.No4.Program accomplishments4a. Describe the organizations program service accomplishments for each of its three largest program services, as measured by expenses. Part III Line 28 First AccomplishmentProgram service accomplishments for each of its three largest program services, as measured by expenses. Top 3 Program Services as measured by expenses: 1. Facing the Mourning: $5136.18 Facing the Mourning is a four-week grief support group for people who have experienced a loss and afacilitator training. 137 people participated in Facing the Mourning support groups facilitator training that will allow them to offer the four-week support within their organization and community.2. Signature Series: $3500.00Heartlight hosts experts on grief and loss to provide educational presentations to those grieving and professional and volunteer caregivers. Sessions are offered live, then recorded sessions are available online in order to offer continued acess to grief educaton. The 3500 expense is for the following signature series speakers:-helping bereaved understand their grief and cultivate self compassion presented by Kelly Karavousanos (108 live participants)-the heroes you never see: bringing your whold self to compassionate care settings presented by Harold Ivan Smith (41 live participants)3. Self-Care/Compassion: $2700Heartlight hosted Dr. Tonya Cunningham to provide an educational training for professional and volunteer caregovers titled Leaders Grieve Too! When the Heart and Mind are Exhausted. 48 live participants.Additional Services offered: Support Groups: HeartLight offers both virtual and in-person support groups through volunteer support. The groups meet monthly and have a $15 suggest donation. Groups follow an open format where participants may come and go based on their needs. In 2023 HeartLight had 1381 support group participants and offered the following groups: *Mens Loss of a Spouse Group/Partner Denver Group (58 participants)*Growing Through Grief virtual Group (116 participants)*Loss of a Parent Virtual Group (95 participants)*Loss of a Spouse/Partner Virtual Group (75)*Loss of a Spouse/Partner Denver Groups (285 participants)*Young Widowed Group Denver Groups (235 participants)*Loss of a Child Virtual Group (53 participants)*Loss to Suicide Virtual Group (60 participants)*LGBTQ+ Virtual Group (8 participants)*Growing through Grief Denver 164 participants)*Spanish Language virtual Group (1 participants)*Loss of a Child Denver Group (135 participants) * Loss to Suicide Denver Group (154 participants)* Comfort Foods Potluck Delta (15 participants)* Loss of Spouse Potluck Grand Junction (21 participants)* Growing Through Grief Grand Junction (1 participant)* Bereaved Siblings Group Denver (9 participants)Tailored Market Seminars: HeartLight has offered specific training, on the topics of grief and loss to various organizations and professionals. HeartLight provided training to 625 professionals in 25 organizations in 2023. *TRU Community Care Hospice (9)*Sorring Spirits Non Profit (19)*Grief Networking Slliance Denver (13)*Lunicare Hospice (52)*Mountain View Friends Church (9)*Arapahoe Community College (8)*Gentiva Hospice (35)*Denver Police Department Peer Support Officers (40)*Colorado Volunteer Leaders In Hospice (18)*Engle wood Housing Authority (20)*2U (56)*TAPS Conference (35)*ADEC Conference (13)*Circle of Solace* Grief Networking Alliance (14)* CO Hospice and Palliative Care Loss of Colleague (17)* Bloom Hospice Facilitator Training (9)* TRU PACE Social Workers (10)* Westminister Victim's Advocates (14)* Park Lawn Corporaton (85)* Berkeley Hospice Grief in the Workplace (40)* Soaring Spirits Grief and the Holidays (15)* University of Colorado Denver (19)* Colorado Hospice and Palliative Care Self Care (35)Tailored Market Seminars: HeartLight offers specific workshops on various topics to grievers and professionals. In 2023 20 workshops were offered and 280 individuals participated. * Seasons of Grief through Quilts (5)* Alzheimer's and Dementia Rememberance Commemoration (5)* 3 Tending to your Grief with Yoga (18)* 2 Singing Bowls (30)* Self-Care after a loss to Homicide (10)* Spring Remembrance in partnersip with Arapahoe Community College Mortuary Science students(25)* Pet Loss Memorial (5)* Sacred Grief Circle (8)* 2 Open HeART Studio (15)* 4 Healing with horsees in partnership tiwh TRI Community Care (31)* Summer Alzheimer's /Demential Loss Remembrance Ceremony (4)* 2 Intro to TRE (18)* Memory Mugs (9)* Sacred Grief Circle (7)* Continuing Bonds (38)* Grief and the Holidays (15)* Essentially Grieving (6)* Facing the Holidays in partnership with Denver Public Library (7)* Grief and the Holidays (13)* Opean HeART for the Holidays (11)Additional Programs/Services: oHoliday Candle Lighting Services in Partnership with Horan & McConaty Funeral Services (140 attendees)oPracticum placement site for counseling and social work internsoHosted and lead steering committee for Denver based Grief Network Alliance oHosted variety of networking events and mission aligned organizations for use of space (Grief Networking Alliance, Hospice Bereavement Services, Police Department meetings, Loss of Spouse Potlucks, etc)