Program Night Tour
Want to learn more about Brooke’s Place and be inspired at the same time? Attend a program night tour and information session! Get a hands-on feel for volunteering during a Brooke's Place Peer Group Program Night. Join us and our families for dinner and celebration time, and see how you can impact so many Central Indiana children and families. Interact with our volunteers during our tour to learn more and ask questions to better understand what opportunities may be the right fit for you. Ready to make a difference?
Program Night Tour
Want to learn more about Brooke’s Place and be inspired at the same time? Attend a program night tour and information session! Get a hands-on feel for volunteering during a Brooke's Place Peer Group Program Night. Join us and our families for dinner and celebration time, and see how you can impact so many Central Indiana children and families. Interact with our volunteers during our tour to learn more and ask questions to better understand what opportunities may be the right fit for you. Ready to make a difference?
2024 Legacy of Hope Breakfast
We are celebrating 25 years of offering grief support services to young people in Central Indiana. By participating in the Brooke's Place Legacy of Hope Breakfast, you can help ensure that children, teenagers, young adults and their families thrive in the midst of grief.
We are thrilled to honor Carol Braden with our 2024 Legacy of Hope Award!
Grab your tickets below!
Be a Table Captain!
Help make our event a success by attending and inviting your friends! Table captains are asked to fill a table of ten and promote the event on social media. If interested, please click the button below to email Taylor, our Advancement Manager.
Be a Sponsor!
To learn more about sponsorship levels and benefits, click the button below. For more information, please call 317-705-9650 x202 or email taylor@brookesplace.org.
Double Your Donation!
Did you know that an estimated $4 - $7 billion (yes, that is billion!) goes unused yearly in corporate matching funds? We frequently hear from individual donors who are unsure if their employer provides matching dollars for their charitable donations. As more and more business leaders emphasize Corporate Social Responsibility programs (CSR), the likelihood that your employer supports charitable giving is higher than ever before!
Discover, with just a click of a button, if your employer offers matching charitable funds and the parameters in which they do so. Contact us and we will let you know right away if you can double your donation!
Why Support Brooke’s Place?
While we could describe the impact that Brooke’s Place has had on the community, nothing speaks louder than the words of the young people and families in our programs. Watch the video below to hear their stories.
Thank you to our Sponsors!
Program Night Tour
Want to learn more about Brooke’s Place and be inspired at the same time? Attend a program night tour and information session! Get a hands-on feel for volunteering during a Brooke's Place Peer Group Program Night. Join us and our families for dinner and celebration time, and see how you can impact so many Central Indiana children and families. Interact with our volunteers during our tour to learn more and ask questions to better understand what opportunities may be the right fit for you. Ready to make a difference?
Table Captain Information Session
Table Captain Information Session
Learn about becoming a table captain at our 12th Annual Legacy of Hope Breakfast! Join us for a virtual information session on October 1st. During this session, you'll meet other table captains, hear about the impact you can have on the Central Indiana Community, and learn how to set up a fundraising page on Givebutter. Click the button below to RSVP or to request a recording of the meeting.
“My Grief is in Bursts!”
“My Grief is in Bursts!”
Understanding and Supporting Children & Teens Living with Grief
About
Do you want to create an even safer and more compassionate space for children and teens living with grief? This workshop teaches an understanding of how children or teens grieve differently than adults and in doses, whether quietly or loudly. Certain learning objectives will be more emphasized depending on the audience members and the population they serve.
Topics: Grief principles, The grieving child & teen, Common myths of childhood grief, Neurochemical response to trauma, Grief tasks, Understanding childhood & teen grief developmentally, Natural grief reactions, Grief support tools, Activities & resources
Learning Objectives:
Professionals will learn unique ways children and teens internalize and express grief (grief tasks), which is different from adults.
Professionals will gain knowledge in recognizing normal grief responses (reactions) in children and teens.
Professionals will gain knowledge and understanding of how our brain development is impacted in bereaved children and teens.
Professionals will gain knowledge of practical supportive tools and techniques, grief activities and grief resources to use when supporting a grieving child or teen.
5 CE hours/PGPs provided
Meet your “My Grief is in Bursts!” Presenter
With over thirty years of experience as a former high school teacher and on staff at Brooke’s Place, Carol Braden, LMHC, works with professionals and individuals to better understand grieving children and offers invaluable ways to support them.
Who Should Attend?
Mental health professionals (social workers, LMHC, LMFT), teachers, school counselors and administrators, clergy, funeral directors and personnel, nurses, hospice personnel and other professionals and individuals who are interested in learning more to empower children and teens to thrive in the midst of grief.
CE Approval
“My Grief is in Bursts!” Understanding and Supporting Children & Teens Living with Grief has been approved by NBCC for NBCC credit. Brooke’s Place is solely responsible for all aspects of the program. NBCC Approval No. SP-4458. This program has also been approved by the NASW-IN, IPLA Funeral CE21000938 and the IDE.Not Sure What’s Right For You?
Give us a call, and we’ll help you figure it out. Call Brooke's Place at 317-705-9650.
Networking Hour
Networking Hour
Re/Connect with current and former board members and local business owners and leaders by joining us at The District Tap on Wednesday, September 25, from 6:00 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. Snacks and one drink ticket are provided to all guests. Please RSVP by September 23.
Program Night Tour
Want to learn more about Brooke’s Place and be inspired at the same time? Attend a program night tour and information session! Get a hands-on feel for volunteering during a Brooke's Place Peer Group Program Night. Join us and our families for dinner and celebration time, and see how you can impact so many Central Indiana children and families. Interact with our volunteers during our tour to learn more and ask questions to better understand what opportunities may be the right fit for you. Ready to make a difference?
Camp Healing Tree Day
Camp Healing Tree is an opportunity for grieving youth ages 7-17 to be with friends their age who have also experienced the death of someone close to them. Connecting with others with shared experiences helps us know that we are not alone in our grief.
Volunteer at Camp Healing Tree Day
Trained camp volunteers provide children and teens the opportunity to express their feelings, thoughts, and memories of their loved ones through engaging activities and outdoor adventures.
Volunteers who apply to be facilitators are required to have been through Brooke's Place Facilitator Training.
Camp Healing Tree Weekend
Camp Healing Tree is an opportunity for grieving youth ages 7-17 to be with friends their age who have also experienced the death of someone close to them. Connecting with others with shared experiences helps us know that we are not alone in our grief.
Due to limited capacity, camper placement is on a first-come, first-served basis, with priority given to individuals who have not yet had an opportunity to attend Camp Healing Tree. Following the submission of the camper application, an in-person or virtual screening will be scheduled with each camper. Registration is not complete until this required step is completed.
About Camp Healing Tree Weekend
Camp Healing Tree offers fun camp activities such as swimming, arts and crafts and campfires. We are looking forward to offering as many traditional camp activities as possible, along with some new experiences as a way to process grief.
Established in 1995 by a team of devoted volunteers and community supporters, Camp Healing Tree became a program of Brooke's Place in 2018. Thanks to our generous donors, community partners and trained volunteers, Camp Healing Tree is offered at no charge to our participants.
Volunteer at Camp Healing Tree
Trained camp volunteers provide children and teens the opportunity to express their feelings, thoughts, and memories of their loved ones through engaging activities and outdoor adventures.
Volunteer registration in now closed.
Program Night Tour
Want to learn more about Brooke’s Place and be inspired at the same time? Attend a program night tour and information session! Get a hands-on feel for volunteering during a Brooke's Place Peer Group Program Night. Join us and our families for dinner and celebration time, and see how you can impact so many Central Indiana children and families. Interact with our volunteers during our tour to learn more and ask questions to better understand what opportunities may be the right fit for you. Ready to make a difference?
Hope FORE Tomorrow Golf Outing
HOPE FORE TOMORROW
GOLF OUTING
Benefiting Brooke's Place
Lunch & Golf Scramble with gifts, prizes and auction!
You are invited to attend the 2024 Hope Fore Tomorrow Golf Outing presented by BlueSky Commerce and Bunzl! Join us at the Prairie View Golf Club on Monday, June 3, 2024, for a great day on the links! Golf while supporting Brooke’s Place for Grieving Young People, where hope for tomorrow begins today.
Schedule
10:00 a.m. Check-in, Boxed Lunches Available, Silent Auction
11:00 a.m. Tee-off - Florida Scramble
4:00 p.m. Prizes and Awards
Entry Fee
$195 per golfer includes lunch, green fees, cart, beverages, and all contest holes.
Thank you to our Sponsors
There are limited opportunities to sponsor this event. To find out more information about sponsorship levels and benefits, click the button below.
Pictures from 2023, 2022, and 2021 Hope Fore Tomorrow Golf Outing
Interested in volunteering?
Learn how you can help this event be a success by contacting taylor@brookesplace.org.
Why support Brooke’s Place?
While we could describe the impact that Brooke’s Place has had on the community, nothing speaks louder than the words of the young people and families in our programs. Watch the video below to hear their stories.
The Multiverse of Grief: A Multicultural + Expressive Arts Approach to Being in Relationship with Diverse Grief Narratives
The Multiverse of Grief
A Multicultural + Expressive Arts Approach to Being in Relationship with Diverse Grief Narratives
3 CEH’S AVAILABLE FOR PURCHASE AFTER WEBCAST
Join Brooke’s Place at 8935 N Meridian St #101, Indianapolis, IN 46260 to watch and discuss the live, in-person and interactive webcast “The Multiverse of Grief: A Multicultural + Expressive Arts Approach to Being in a Relationship with Diverse Grief Narratives” hosted by the National Alliance for Children’s Grief (NACG). During the webcast, listen to nationally recognized speaker Adam D-F. Stevens, MA, RDT on this important topic!
Registration is required to attend and seats are limited. To save your spot, please click the button below or email Carol Braden at carolbraden@brookesplace.org.
Our Speaker
Adam D-F. Stevens, MA, RDT (they | them), are a Registered Drama Therapist (RDT) who works primarily with adolescents in the Tri-state area. They have worked with the Hetrick-Martin Institute and Cooke School & Institute in NYC. Adam’s role includes supporting queer, POC, and neurodiverse youth in transforming their loss, grief, and trauma into unapologetic, abundant joy and empowerment. Adam serves as an adjunct faculty member in the Creative Arts Therapy Programs at Antioch University in Seattle, and New York University and Marymount Manhattan College in NYC. Their research focuses on offering space for Black clients to reclaim racialized roles and deconstruct stereotypes connected to generational and historical trauma and grief. Adam’s superpowers are rooted in the fantastical forces of creativity and love.
What to Expect
Delve into the intricate tapestry of grief as it performs across diverse cultural intersections. Participants will explore embodied grief through metaphorical lenses, drawing parallels with the transformative narratives found in the framework of a graphic novel, drawing from comic book narratives such as the X-MEN, Batman, and many many others.
This workshop introduces Drama Therapy and Role Theory + Methods, offering an expressive arts approach to grief work that considers cultural humility and social justice. Uncover grief roles specific to various communities, acknowledging the nuances of embodied grief. Through didactic and experiential learning processes, participants will engage in population and person-centered grief planning.
We will broaden our understanding of grief beyond conventional boundaries, exploring collective, disenfranchised, suffocated, and non-death-related grief. Delve into cultural responsibilities in serving youth populations, focusing on language, verbal and non-verbal communication, aesthetics, and the overall experience.
Pulling from the work of Joseph Campbell’s ‘Hero’s Journey’, participants will take away a tangible directive to support youth in a relationship with their grief and bereavement narratives through the creation of their own Superhero or Shero Graphic Novel. This workshop promises a unique journey, weaving research and data into a rich fabric of exploration, fostering a connected and empathetic approach to grief across diverse cultural landscapes.
Learning Objectives:
Participants will be able to:
Identify the need for conversations about race, gender identity/expression, sexuality, and other intersecting identities are integral to effective, ethical, and clinical practice of grief work.
Develop tools to utilize creative/expressive arts therapy techniques as clinical interventions with diverse populations to support grief and bereavement narratives in practice.
Formulate needed accommodations in therapeutic modalities for specific populations in a community-centered setting utilizing liberation-focused and healing social justice-oriented practices.
Brooke’s Place Trivia Night
Brooke’s Place Trivia Night
YOU are invited to Brooke's Place Trivia Night presented by Fishers Pediatric Dentistry! Join us at Barnes & Thornburg, LLP (11 s Meridian St, Indianapolis, IN 46204) on March 14 for a fun-filled night celebrating Brooke's Place's 25th Anniversary. Test your trivia knowledge with our host Brian McMullan from Challenge Entertainment, while also EMPOWERING grieving children, teens, young adults and their families to THRIVE. Doors Open at 5:30 PM and trivia starts at 6:30 PM.
Tickets are $200 for a team of 4 and $375 for a team of 8. Food and drinks/alcohol are included with the purchase of a ticket. Along with trivia, there will be raffle prizes and a spirit pull. Prizes await winners.
Register by February 15th for a sneak peek at one of the trivia question categories. Registration deadline is March 8.
Trivia Team Showdown
Once you've bought your tickets, you and your team have the chance to take part in our Trivia Team Showdown. Create a team name, theme and page, and dress up for the big night. How do you win? The group that raises the most on their team page will emerge victorious and be celebrated as the showdown champions!
Download the Showdown Guide for inspiration and tips on how to set up your page!
Schedule
5:30 PM Doors Open
6:30 PM Trivia Starts
8:45 PM Prizes and Awards
9:00 PM Networking
Thank you to our Sponsors!
There are limited opportunities to sponsor this event. To find out more information about sponsorship levels and benefits, click the button below.
Pictures from 2023 “Party Like It’s 1999” Trivia Night
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Interested in volunteering?
Learn how you can help this event be a success by contacting taylor@brookesplace.org. Food and alcohol will be provided to those who volunteer.
Why support Brooke’s Place?
While we could describe the impact that Brooke’s Place has had on the community, nothing speaks louder than the words of the young people and families in our programs. Watch the video below to hear their stories.
Networking Hour
Networking Hour
Join us for an hour of sipping good wine while networking with great people on February 21st from 6 - 7:30 PM at Peace Water Winery. Re/Connect with current and former board members, corporate partners and local business leaders. The deadline to RSVP is February 19th.
2023 Legacy of Hope Breakfast
We are celebrating 24 years of offering grief support services to young people in Central Indiana. By participating in the Brooke's Place Legacy of Hope Breakfast, you can help ensure that children, teenagers, young adults and their families thrive in the midst of grief.
Grab your tickets below!
Be a Table Captain!
Help our event to be a success by attending and inviting your friends! We ask each table captain to fill a table of ten and to promote the event on social media. If you are interested in supporting Brooke’s Place in this capacity, please email Taylor Morgan, our advancement manager, by clicking the button below.
Be a Sponsor!
There are limited sponsorship opportunities available for this event. To find out more information about sponsorship levels and benefits, click the button below.
For more information, please contact our advancement manager, Taylor Morgan, by calling 317-705-9650 x202 or emailing taylor@brookesplace.org
Why Support Brooke’s Place?
While we could describe the impact that Brooke’s Place has had on the community, nothing speaks louder than the words of the young people and families in our programs. Watch the video below to hear their stories.
Thank you to our Sponsors!
Hope for Tomorrow Golf Outing
HOPE FORE TOMORROW
GOLF OUTING
Benefiting Brooke's Place
Lunch & Golf Scramble with gifts, prizes and auction!
You are invited to attend the 2023 Hope Fore Tomorrow Golf Outing presented by BlueSky Commerce! Join us at the Golf Club of Indiana on Monday, June 5, 2023 for a great day on the links! Golf while supporting Brooke’s Place for Grieving Young People, where hope for tomorrow begins today.
Schedule
10:00 AM Lesson with a Pro (Pitching and Chipping)
10:30 a.m. Check-in, Lunch, Silent Auction
11:30 a.m. Tee-off - Florida Scramble
4:30 p.m. Prizes and Awards
Entry Fee
$175 per golfer includes lunch, green fees, cart, beverages, and all contest holes.
Please register by Monday, May 5.
Fee increases to $200 after May 5, 2023
Currently, limited spots are available for golfers. If interested in golfing, please contact Taylor@brookesplace.org
There are limited opportunities to sponsor this event. To find out more information about sponsorship levels and benefits, click the button below.
Pictures from 2022 & 2021 Hope Fore Tomorrow Golf Outing
Interested in volunteering?
Learn how you can help this event be a success by contacting taylor@brookesplace.org.
Do you already know what you would like to do as a golf volunteer? Click the button below to register!
Why support Brooke’s Place?
While we could describe the impact that Brooke’s Place has had on the community, nothing speaks louder than the words of the young people and families in our programs. Watch the video below to hear their stories.
Therapy Services Open House
Therapy Services Open House
Please join us for our Therapy Services Open House to tour our beautiful new space and learn about the life-changing services Brooke's Place provides.
Snacks and refreshments will be provided. To RSVP, please click the button below! RSVP deadline is Wednesday, May 3.
To meet the growing demand for individual grief counseling, we expanded our Therapy Services program! We acquired additional space in our current building to create a calm and inviting waiting area, 4 therapy rooms and a volcano room, allowing even more children, teens, young adults, and their families living with grief, to feel supported and understood.
To see the full space, discover resources and learn more about our services, please come to our Therapy Services open house!
Party Like It’s 1999 Trivia Night
Party Like It’s 1999
1999 & 2000’s Trivia
All ticket proceeds benefit Brooke’s Place
Join Brooke's Place for a family-friendly, fun-filled trivia night celebrating the year that Brooke's Place was founded. Test your trivia knowledge, while also EMPOWERING grieving children, teens, young adults and their families to THRIVE. Prizes await trivia night winners.
Tickets are $10 per person. Each ticket comes with a chance to win a door prize. Each team can be 4-6 people. Click the button below to buy your ticket!
There are limited sponsorship opportunities available for this event. To find out more information about sponsorship levels and benefits, click the button below.
For more information, please contact our advancement manager, Taylor Morgan, by calling 317-705-9650 x202 or emailing taylor@brookesplace.org
Why Support Brooke’s Place?
While we could describe the impact that Brooke’s Place has had on the community, nothing speaks louder than the words of the young people and families in our programs. Watch the video below to hear their stories.
Supporting Children & Families Following an Overdose Death
Supporting Children and Families Following an Overdose Death
2023 National Conference & Live Webcast Community Training
3 CEH’S AVAILABLE FOR PURCHASE AFTER WEBCAST
Join Brooke’s Place and a panel of local grief thought leaders to watch and discuss the live, in-person webcast “Supporting Children and Families Following an Overdose Death” hosted by the National Alliance for Children’s Grief (NACG). During the webcast, listen to nationally recognized speakers Eleanor Haley, MS and Litsa Williams, MA, LCSW-C on this important topic!
Why is this topic important?
1 in 5
children newly bereaved by the death of a parent in 2020 experienced an accidental overdose death (Judi’s House, 2022).
The opioid epidemic continues to surge in the US, with overdose deaths reaching 107,000 in 2021. Family members of those living with substance use disorders often experience deep ambiguous grief. Children are often faced with navigating complex, unreliable relationships as a result of the disorder and are left to make sense of concepts far beyond their stages of moral development. Now more than ever, we need to understand and know how to support children who are bereaved by an overdose death.
Registration is required to attend this live, free, in-person event and seats are limited. To save your spot, please click the button below or email Carol Braden at carolbraden@brookesplace.org
Meet Your Speakers
Eleanor Haley, MS and Litsa Williams, MA, LCSW-C are the co-founders of the online grief community What’s Your Grief. Together they run the grief education and creative exploration websites ‘What’s Your Grief’ and ‘Grief in Six Words’. Both are mental health professionals with a collective 25+ years of experience working with people coping with all types of complicated losses and life transitions.
What to Expect
The first half of the live webcast is designed to understand ambiguous loss in substance abuse and to provide strategies to support these children and families. This includes a framework for understanding a child’s comprehension of addiction and developmental age, guidelines for talking to children, and creative activities for children and families.
The second half will assist professionals in responding to the unique grief following a substance-related death. Drawing on existing research and program interventions, strategies for supporting those dealing with the most common complex issues of substance-related grief in children and adults, including disenfranchised grief, guilt, blame, anxiety and hypervigilance, relief, and introducing basic coping tools for individuals and support systems. Specific attention will be given to the needs of children and tools for assisting caregivers who are supporting children grieving substance-related deaths.
After watching the live webcast, attendees will be able to engage in a discussion with a panel of grief thought leaders about overdose deaths and the best ways to support families. 3 CEH's will be available for purchase through the NACG after the webcast for $45.
Heartland Film Festival Screening of Dear Zoe
Looking for a way to discuss grief with your friends and family? Join us at the Heartland Film festival next Sunday to watch the movie “Dear Zoe”.
“Dear Zoe” is a story of resilience in which teenage Tess (Sadie Sink- Stranger Things, The Whale) enlists the help of her father and the charming juvenile delinquent next door in the aftermath of the death of her little sister Zoe. Afterward, Brooke’s Place will host a discussion on childhood grief.
Clothes with a Cause Shopping Night
Join us and Clothes with a Cause on September 8th from 4 - 8 PM at their Clay Terrace location or online. We will be providing snacks and refreshments for your enjoyment!