STAR Children's Bereavement Services

06/03/2026

Wellness Wednesday 🫶🏼🧠

This week is all about journaling! Journaling is a wellness technique used to dump our brain’s thoughts onto paper. This can help our brain feel less overwhelmed, anxious, angry, sad, or scared.

Journaling can be anything you want it to be - letter, poem, pictures, songs, or lists. This can be kept to yourself or shared with others. Journals can also be kept as a time capsule - you can reread what you wrote years ago! We’ve included some prompts below!

Do you have a journal? Share a prompt in the comments that you like to write about!

06/02/2026

Friends in the Manistique area, we highly recommend going to this community event at Schoolcraft Memorial Hospital and bringing your teen along! One of the speakers is our very own volunteer, Miss Sydney! What a fantastic event to help break that taboo around grief 💛

💜 Untangling Grief 💜

Presented by Schoolcraft Memorial HomeCare and Hospice, this community event offers an evening of support, reflection, and connection in a welcoming environment.
Join Sydney Chartier, LMSW, and Becca Barham, Social Services Coordinator, as they lead a discussion focused on understanding grief and healthy coping strategies.

🗓 Thursday, June 18, 2026
⏰ 5:30 PM – 7:30 PM
📍 Schoolcraft Memorial Hospital | Cornerstone Building
Conference Rooms 1 & 2
7870W US Highway 2, Manistique, MI

What to Expect:
• Discussion on the stages of grief
• Helpful coping tools and resources
• Interactive activity
• Light snacks provided

✅ Open to anyone in the community ages 13+
✅ Participants under 18 must attend with an adult
⚠️ Limited availability – please pre-register by June 8th
📞 To RSVP, call 906-341-3805 or click on this link-https://signup.com/go/ZxfWfHB

06/02/2026

Don’t forget to enter our first giveaway!!

GIVEAWAY TIME ✨

We are giving away two limited edition camp T-shirts and our retired logo drawstring backpack to 8 lucky winners over the course of multiple giveaways leading up to camp! To be entered, all you have to do is follow us on Facebook or Instagram, like this post, and comment tagging two friends! You will get extra entries for sharing this post to your stories and for every additional two friends commented! Help us gain a better following to get our mission out there!

This first giveaway will run for one week starting Today, Sunday, May 31st until next Sunday, June 7th. The winner will be notified shortly after!

06/01/2026

Myth-Buster Monday 🔨

We are busting this week’s myth about high schoolers and camp.
We hear so often “we wish there was something for teens grieving in our community” or “Camp STAR is geared towards younger kids” and that couldn’t be further from the truth! Camp STAR is created to be geared towards anyone ages 8-17 who have experienced the loss of a loved one.

We have special programming for high schoolers including, but not limited to a cook out, star gazing, and a teen only hike. This gives the opportunity for teens to discuss the unique challenges they face while grieving in such a transitional and pressure driven time of life. The teens in our community have lost so much in the last few years and we want to share camp with them!

Do you have a high schooler who would benefit from Camp STAR? Send them our information and encourage them to fill out an application. Applications are open now on our website and in our bio! DM us with questions - we’d love to explain to your high schooler how camp STAR could help!

05/31/2026

GIVEAWAY TIME ✨

We are giving away two limited edition camp T-shirts and our retired logo drawstring backpack to 8 lucky winners over the course of multiple giveaways leading up to camp! To be entered, all you have to do is follow us on Facebook or Instagram, like this post, and comment tagging two friends! You will get extra entries for sharing this post to your stories and for every additional two friends commented! Help us gain a better following to get our mission out there!

This first giveaway will run for one week starting Today, Sunday, May 31st until next Sunday, June 7th. The winner will be notified shortly after!

05/29/2026

Flashback Friday ⚡️

A highlight of everyone’s weekend are the Teal Lake Drummers. They bring stories from their native culture and share songs with us. This past year two of our teen boys were able to join in on the drumming. The love and community around the drum was palpable.

Have you been to camp before? What was your favorite part? Let us know in the comments!

05/27/2026

05/27/2026

Wellness Wednesday 🫶🏼🧠

This week we are trying another grounding technique - find the rainbow. This tool is perfect for when you want to calm your mind and body. You can try it at school, home, or wherever you are! It’s like playing ispy all by yourself!

Find a comfy spot and sit down and take a few slow, deep breaths. When you’re ready, find one thing around you that is each color of the rainbow. If you want to challenge yourself, find 5 or 10 things of each color!
Repeat as many times as needed to bring yourself to the present rather than the overwhelmingness loop playing in your brain.

Have you ever tried this grounding technique? Let us know in the comments! OR share any other ways you’ve calmed your mind and body. We’d love to hear!

05/25/2026

Today we would like to remember all the brave women and men who have lost their lives to keep us safe, both at home and abroad. Your sacrifice does not go unnoticed and today we honor you. Thank you. ❤️🤍💙

05/25/2026