{"id":48086,"date":"2025-06-06T07:35:00","date_gmt":"2025-06-06T11:35:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.westbendnews.net\/autonews\/?p=48086"},"modified":"2025-06-04T09:48:45","modified_gmt":"2025-06-04T13:48:45","slug":"daf-grant-supports-chps-rays-of-hope-grief-bag-program","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.westbendnews.net\/autonews\/daf-grant-supports-chps-rays-of-hope-grief-bag-program\/","title":{"rendered":"DAF Grant Supports CHP\u2019s Rays of Hope Grief Bag Program"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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Pictured are Laurie McCann, DAF Grants Committee Member, and Laurie Hockenberry, CHP Licensed Social Worker.<\/strong><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

The Defiance Area Foundation (DAF) has awarded a $2,800 grant to Community Health Professionals (CHP) in support of its Rays of Hope grief bag program. This compassionate initiative provides comfort to children in Defiance County who  coping with the loss of a loved one.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The grant, made possible through the Hospice Fund under the DAF umbrella, will help expand the program\u2019s reach across all five public school districts in Defiance County. Each grief bag includes a handmade blanket created by volunteers, an age-appropriate activity workbook to help children understand and process their emotions, and a parent packet containing resources on childhood grief.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The grief bags are distributed during CHP\u2019s annual Rays of Hope grief camp and have become an essential part of providing emotional support to grieving families in the community.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThe Foundation is honored to help fund this impactful work supporting families in our community,\u201d said Chelsie Schroeder, Marketing Director at the Defiance Area Foundation.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The Defiance Area Foundation (DAF) has awarded a $2,800 grant to Community Health Professionals (CHP) in support of its Rays<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":48087,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"colormag_page_container_layout":"default_layout","colormag_page_sidebar_layout":"default_layout","nf_dc_page":"","_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[6,13406],"tags":[2651,6327,20649,16666,25912,25911,20698],"class_list":["post-48086","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-community","category-not-for-profit","tag-chp","tag-community-health-professionals","tag-daf","tag-defiance-area-foundation","tag-hospice-fund","tag-laurie-hockenberry","tag-laurie-mccann"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t