For Patients & Families | Bereavement Program: Newsletters

The Bereavement Program issues a seasonal newsletter. Download past issues below.

• November 2024 issue: The winter newsletter includes a recap of our Keeping Connections Conference in November, and shares announcements about Children’s and Teens’ Grief Awareness Month in November and Worldwide Candle Lighting Day in December.
• September 2024 issue: This marks the one-year anniversary of the bereavement newsletter and highlights our fall family bereavement event, Keeping Connections, as well as a Boston Children's bereaved family, Sarah, John, and Emma, who attended Keeping Connections for the first time in 2023 after the death of their daughter and twin sister, Molly.
• July 2024 issue: In honor of Bereaved Parents Awareness Month, our summer newsletter highlights Boston Children's bereaved parent Holleigh Tlapa, who writes and recites a unique poem every year at our annual Boston Children’s Hospital Memorial Service in honor of her daughter, Jaiden Lyndi.
• March 2024 issue: In our first spring newsletter, we share details about our upcoming hospital Memorial Service and summer bereavement camp information to support our young grievers.
• February 2024 issue: Our special edition Valentine’s Day newsletter shares moving love letter submissions from Boston Children's parents and siblings written in response to a Dougy Center Podcast posing the question, “How did your person love you? How did you love your person?”
• November 2023 issue: In our inaugural issue, we share an archived interview of Kelly Cervantes, author of the book “Normal Broken,” as featured on the Courageous Parents Network.