BRUNSWICK — CHANS Home Health Care Hospice and Volunteer Program will offer its eight-week Grieving Children’s Program beginning in late February.

Sessions will run from 6 p.m. to 7:15 p.m. Mondays at the United Methodist Church, 320 Church Road, Brunswick.

This program is free and all families are welcome, however a pre-attendance interview is required.

“Grief is not an illness, it is something people do to express and process profound, sometimes life shattering loss,” Andy Sokoloff, grief support and bereavement coordinator for CHANS Home Health Care, said in a release about the program. “Everyone responds to loss differently, and that is normal. When a family grieves, each family member has specific needs and will experience and show their grief in ways unique to them. Much of the work of grieving is to come to accept a loss while creating ways to hold the loved one forever in your heart. Our goal is to support the healing process by allowing children and teens to be themselves, find safe ways to express their feelings and realize that they aren’t alone.”

Trained volunteers strive to provide a welcoming space for families, and activities are designed to be appropriate to each age group. Parents, teens and children meet in separate groups.

For more information or to schedule a required pre-attendance interview, call Sokoloff at 721-1357.