Virgina Funeral Directors Partner with Comfort Zone Camp
Camp Comfrot Zone, a national grief camp for children based in Richmond, Virginia, has developed a partnership with the Virginia Funeral Directors Association for volunteer, fundraising and family support
Richmond, VA (PRWEB) February 2, 2005 -- The Virginia Funeral Directors
Association is partnering with Comfort Zone Camp, a national grief camp based in
Richmond Virginia, to provide volunteer and financial support.
Richard
Brockwell, President of the Virginia Funeral Directors Association, noted, “the
relationship between he VFDA and CZC is a natural one. By volunteering, it
allows the funeral director to experience the full continuum of grief, including
the healing process, coming full circle with the families they have
served.”
The VFDA is kicking off the partnership with a $1,000 donation
of funds that were raised around the state during the month of December, 2004,
at VFDA district holiday parties. Members of the VFDA outreach committee plan to
train and volunteer together for a camp session in 2005.
Lynne Hughes,
Founder and CEO of Comfort Zone Camp, says, “we welcome the partnership with
VFDA. Funeral directors are in a unique position to be able to refer children in
need to our grief camps, and we appreciate the caring and expertise they bring
to the camp, as well as the fundraising efforts.
The Virginia Funeral
Directors Association is a professional association founded in 1898 representing
over 400 funeral related business and serving over 1,000 licensed funeral
services professionals.
Comfort Zone Camp is the nation's largest
independent bereavement camp, located in the Richmond, Virginia, metropolitan
area. Currently, camps are offered in Virginia, New Jersey and New York for
grieving children from across the United States. Comfort Zone Camp holds camps
for children ages 7 to 12 and a separate camp for teens ages 13 – 17. There is
no charge to a child to attend a camp.
For additional information,
contact:
Lynne Hughes
Founder and CEO
Comfort Zone Camp
2101-A
Westmoreland Street
Richmond, VA 23230
Phone Toll-free (866)488-5679
(804)377-3430 or Fax (804)377-3433
website: www.ComfortZoneCamp.org
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Source : http://www.prweb.com/releases/2005/2/prweb203736.htm