September 24, 2007

WA: local kids, wounded by war

Sorrow next door in the South Sound, from the Seattle P-I:

Camp helps kids grieve for a parent killed in war

Kaylee Sharp-Henderson, 8, is comforted by Sgt. 1st Class William Harlan of Fort Lewis and by Gail Kriete, a volunteer with the non-profit Tragedy Assistance Program for Survivors, which conducted a "Good Grief Camp" on Saturday at the fort. The program attempts to help children like Kaylee, whose father was killed three months ago by a roadside bomb in Afghanistan, come to terms with their feelings...

0 Comments: