Balloon release marks end of grief seminar
Posted On: Saturday, Jul. 24 2010 11:35 PM
From staff reports
Saturday's balloon release was just one event during the Tragedy Assistance Program for Survivors' grief seminar that started Thursday and ended Saturday.
The seminar was a gathering place for those who have lost service members and offered peer support and coping skills.
"Coping with the death in wartime of a military spouse, parent, child or sibling can be a lonesome and difficult journey," read information provided by Fort Hood. "But the
survivors of our fallen heroes don't have to walk alone — there's a community of surviving families to offer comfort and support."
Tragedy Assistance Programs for Survivors is a national organization that provides care for Gold Star families and has supported more than 30,000 since 1994, according to information from Fort Hood.
TAPS provides peer-based emotional support, grief and trauma resources, seminars, case work assistance, and 24/7 crisis intervention care for all who have been affected by a death in the Armed Forces.
Services, which include support, grief and trauma resources, seminars, case work assistance and around-the-clock crisis intervention, are provided free to Gold Star families.
For more information on the program, go to
www.taps.org.
For more on this story, see Monday's Daily Herald.