Two weekends a year, Comfort Zone Camp comes to Massachusetts. Dozens of kids took part in June on Cape Cod.Senior regional director Krista Koppe said the next weekend held locally will be in September.”We provide weekend grief camps where kids get to learn how to cope and heal after a family member has died,” she said.Bella, an 11-year-old from Falmouth, said the camp has helped her. Her father died of a heart attack five years ago.“I’ve had a hard time dealing with it, but I think the camp has helped a lot,” she said. “I think if anyone is going through something, losing a loved one, I feel like the camp would be really helpful.”Comfort Zone Camp is free. Koppe said they offer traditional camp fun but also healing activities.”We want kids to have a good time and be kids again,” Koppe said. “But then we give them true opportunities to remember and say goodbye.”Every camper is paired with a big buddy. Duxbury’s Liz Bone volunteered to be a big buddy for the first time this month.“I think we had equally as much fun as the kids,” Bone said.Bone said she connected deeply with the campers. Her daughter Heather, a wife and mother of three, died suddenly in her sleep in 2021.The Heather Bone Foundation, formed shortly after, focuses on supporting charities that serve children. This year, they’re raising money for Comfort Zone Camp.”Every year we try to find a different organization,” she said. “This has just been a really different experience because we could participate in it.”A Fourth of July-themed kids’ parade and celebration in Duxbury is the foundation’s big annual fundraiser.”We have bike decorating, we have a petting zoo, we have a musician,” Bone said. “It’s a fun family day.”Bone said there is no cost to attend, but the hope is that paradegoers will feel generous.”We want to make sure that camp is always free, which is why the Heather Bone Foundation fundraising and supporting Comfort Zone camp allows us to support more children coming into the camp program,” Koppe said. “It costs us $800 to send a child to camp for the weekend with their big buddy, and we want to be able to help and support so many more grieving children.”This year, the Heather Bone Foundation parade is being held on Sunday, June 29.Find more event details here.
Two weekends a year, Comfort Zone Camp comes to Massachusetts. Dozens of kids took part in June on Cape Cod.
Senior regional director Krista Koppe said the next weekend held locally will be in September.
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“We provide weekend grief camps where kids get to learn how to cope and heal after a family member has died,” she said.
Bella, an 11-year-old from Falmouth, said the camp has helped her. Her father died of a heart attack five years ago.
“I’ve had a hard time dealing with it, but I think the camp has helped a lot,” she said. “I think if anyone is going through something, losing a loved one, I feel like the camp would be really helpful.”
Comfort Zone Camp is free. Koppe said they offer traditional camp fun but also healing activities.
“We want kids to have a good time and be kids again,” Koppe said. “But then we give them true opportunities to remember and say goodbye.”
Every camper is paired with a big buddy. Duxbury’s Liz Bone volunteered to be a big buddy for the first time this month.
“I think we had equally as much fun as the kids,” Bone said.
Bone said she connected deeply with the campers. Her daughter Heather, a wife and mother of three, died suddenly in her sleep in 2021.
The Heather Bone Foundation, formed shortly after, focuses on supporting charities that serve children. This year, they’re raising money for Comfort Zone Camp.
“Every year we try to find a different organization,” she said. “This has just been a really different experience because we could participate in it.”
A Fourth of July-themed kids’ parade and celebration in Duxbury is the foundation’s big annual fundraiser.
“We have bike decorating, we have a petting zoo, we have a musician,” Bone said. “It’s a fun family day.”
Bone said there is no cost to attend, but the hope is that paradegoers will feel generous.
“We want to make sure that camp is always free, which is why the Heather Bone Foundation fundraising and supporting Comfort Zone camp allows us to support more children coming into the camp program,” Koppe said. “It costs us $800 to send a child to camp for the weekend with their big buddy, and we want to be able to help and support so many more grieving children.”
This year, the Heather Bone Foundation parade is being held on Sunday, June 29.
Find more event details here.
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