Learning how to grieve the loss of a parent is always a traumatic experience for anyone who has had to live through it. Those emotions are only compounded when you have had to witness that death firsthand. Ginger Florey-Powell was only 9 years old when she and her brother survived the car accident that took their mother. She felt alone and incapable of talking to anyone about the accident, as they had not experienced it. Imagine someone saying to you, I miss my mom who passed away. How would you handle that conversation? She turned to her Father for help, but he too was incapable and unwilling to discuss the accident and her mother’s death as he was parenting while grieving.
Ginger came to Kate’s Club as a volunteer later in her life. A friend, who had met Kate at a networking event in 2004, suggested she become involved with the grief resources provided at Kate's Club. As life is always surprising, her third date with her current husband was to attend the Kate’s Club Cabaret. After they were married her husband’s ex-wife died and his daughter Sarah Ann was left without her mother. Again, someone was left with the difficult question of how to grieve the loss of a parent. What if she too said I miss my mom who passed away? Ginger having been through this earlier in her life, and knowing how difficult it can be without the proper grief resources suggested her stepdaughter participate in a Kate’s Club function. That was 5 years ago and Ginger happily attributes Sarah Ann’s happiness and ability to cope with how to grieve the loss of a parent with her time spent at Kate's Club. She has had an opportunity to meet people who share in her experience and talk to other kids in a supportive place with a grief specialist. This is something that Ginger never had and she is thankful that Kate’s Club could be there for her stepdaughter who finally got free grief support.
Ginger continues to help with fundraising for Kate’s Club as well as volunteer work in Atlanta Ga and around. As both a parent and participant of Kate's Club, she can clearly see the positive impact such a place as Kate's Club can have on anyone dealing with loss through grief resources. She feels that Kate's Club is best described by the three words: Happy, Healing, and Healthy. Get free grief support through Kate's Club.