At New Hope Grief Support Community our mission is to help bereaved children and families find hope and healing through connection and support.
Death happens every day, unfortunately, many people don’t have the support they need. Since 2003, New Hope Grief Support Community has been serving bereaved children and families in the Greater Long Beach area and surrounding communities. Our mission is to help bereaved children and families find hope and healing through connection and support. We understand that after someone dies it can bring feelings of isolation and loneliness and most people don’t know where to turn. New Hope offers community-based programs led by people who genuinely care and have experienced a death themselves. Together, through peer support groups, family camps, community groups, and dinner parties we offer an opportunity to share experiences and feelings in a safe environment free of judgment. Our vision is to see bereaved children and families with strong support systems living good and flourishing lives after loss.
Our vision is to see bereaved children and families with strong support systems living healthy and flourishing lives after a loss
Our Values
Service calls us to use our gifts, talents and abilities to advance the genuine well-being of our community and those we serve.
Relational connections are valued with our community, our partners, each other, and those we serve. We believe that our relationships with others are the most valuable resource we have.
Compassion compels us to stand with and embrace others in their suffering so that they may find hope and healing. Too often we underestimate the power of a touch, a smile, a kind word, a listening ear, an honest compliment, or the smallest act of kindness, all of which have the
potential to turn a life around.
Inclusion builds a community that fosters a climate that is open and welcoming to diverse people, ideas, and perspectives that promote constructive discourse on the nature of diversity; and that engages staff, volunteers, clients, and the community in activities that promote New Hope’s core values.
Grief Awareness plays an important role in our work. We believe that by raising grief awareness in workplaces, schools, colleges, hospitals, social sectors, and places of worship we help break through the stigma associated with grief and help our community better understand how they
can care for themselves when grief happens, and for those living with around them.