Ponderings from our 2017 MAJOR ACCOMPLISHMENTS Executive Director…. OFFERED TOP-NOTCH, COMPASSIONATE CARE AND EDUCATION • Provided grief care and education to 5,889 participants “What inspires you?” • Expanded grief programs to serve 22% more youth and adults he asked as we • Offered 1,302 counseling sessions sipped coffee in a • Expanded school-based support throughout western Montana serving over 2,600 individuals through classroom guidance activities, in-services, small town café. or groups in 117 activities in 16 schools Dr. Tina Barrett • Offered Urgent Response at six schools and businesses for 50 individuals following tragic deaths Resiliency inspires. I’m struck by the • Expanded network of care by providing education to over 449 incredible ability of humans to flourish professionals and community members • Facilitated 12 grief camps and retreats in Montana, offering support for following tragedy. I thrive when over 160 youth and adults surrounded by others committed to 2017 STAFF PUBLICATIONS & PRESENTATIONS INCREASED ACCESS TO GRIEF CARE TGRC Financial Report being our best selves following • Launched 7 grief retreats, 13 support groups, and 9 workshops in Barrett, T & Nichols, L.M. (2017). Defining Loss: Preparing to Support heartbreak despite being acutely aware Browning, Montana Bereaved Students. In J.A. Brown and S.R. Jimerson (Eds.) Supporting of the ever-present mix of permanence • Trained over 60 volunteers who then donated over 2,880 hours of grief Bereaved Students at School (pp.10-24). New York: Oxford. and impermanence; strength and and trauma support vulnerability; hardship and comfort. • Hosted 30 free community workshops throughout western Montana for Barrett, T, & Murphy, M. (2017) The Dirt on Sibling Grief: A Look at over 330 individuals Bereavement Camps. In H.R. Winokuer & B.J. Marshall (Eds.) Sibling Loss Communities inspire. I marvel at the • Provided scholarships or no-cost services for more than 85% of support program participants Across the Lifespan: Research, practice and personal stories (pp.184-192). power of relationships. How I appreciate • Provided over 1,228 grief consultations at no cost to individuals the strong, vibrant teams of TGRC: Staff Barrett, T. (2017). 3 Things Play Therapy Helps Us Remember about teams. Volunteer teams. Board teams. EXPANDED SUICIDE PRE-and POSTVENTION PROGRAMMING Children’s Grief. TAPS Magazine. 9/27/17. TAPS. • Provided stabilizing, growth-oriented care for over 230 individuals Counseling teams. Together we are a grieving a death by suicide Presented Nature-based Grief Care for Individuals & Their Networks at force to be reckoned with. • Facilitated 11 Suicide Prevention Trainings for over 80 individuals National Alliance for Grieving Children National Symposium (Richmond). • Offered advanced training on care for suicide loss survivors in partnership Meaningful work inspires. We strive to with MSU, WMMHC and area schools Presented Compassionate Leadership: Transitioning Participants to not only be a top-notch grief center, but • Supported community members through Suicide Prevention Week, Out Leaders at National Bereavement Camp Conference (Chicago). of the Darkness Walk, Mental Health Awareness Week, and Suicide • 82% of revenue went directly to programs to be an exemplary nonprofit. May we Presented Grief after Suicide & Traumatic Loss at Western Montana Survivor Day • Grant revenue reflects a 1X gift for building be a place people want to visit, work, Mental Health Center (Missoula) & Montana State University (Bozeman). improvements support and replicate. ACTIVELY ENGAGED WITH REGIONAL AND NATIONAL PARTNERS • Helped to develop National Bereavement Camp Standards of Practice • Met contingency match for Year 3 of Program So, what inspires me? This beautiful mix • Served on Tragedy Assistance Program for Survivors Advisory Board Outreach Project of love, and hurt, and healing; of • Launched Advisory Committees in Browning, Missoula and Kalispell collaboration and team work; of the • Served on Project Tomorrow’s Leadership Team and Working Group realization that we are a small piece of a LOOKING AHEAD TO 2018. . . marvelously complex something larger—and that even though we are • Increase awareness of resources for suicide loss survivors tiny—our impact can be huge if we truly • Launch 1st annual Men’s Grief Summit connect with one another, seek to • Serve on Board of Directors for National Alliance for Grieving Children strengthen one another, lean on one • Serve as Senior Consultant for TAPS (Tragedy Assistance Program for another. Survivors) Youth Programs • Engage with BBC London’s project illuminating suicide loss and support Thanks to each of you for what you for survivors bring to TGRC. This is community. • Complete International Association of Trauma Professionals (IATP) Certified Clinical Trauma Professional advanced training This is us. • Continue deliberate, gradual growth to maintain quality of programs while extending reach And you inspire. 2017: 5,889 participants; 11,235 direct service hours American Foundation for Richard Gordon & Cheryl Grief Camp Care Team Big thanks to our Suicide Prevention MT Chapter Watkins Judi & David Calahan Miri Disney-Faller TAMARACK GRIEF RESOURCE CENTER many donors ! First Security Bank of Missoula Marlin & Maureen McKeever Ed Barrett Dave McCarthy 2 0 1 7 First Montana Bank Linda Hom & Eric Kress Tina Barrett Haley McMahon Visionaries: Erck Hotels and Ruby's Inn & Kristen & Andy Johns Convention Center Kramer Family Fund Jon Baum Molly Murphy M.J. Murdock Charitable Trust Tamarack Grief Resource Center strengthens and honors ALPS Gail Shepard Sky Cova Lindsey Nichols Annual Oro y Plata Foundation Audie Jones & Carson Lee Dale Mayer individuals, families and communities throughout their New York Life Foundation Family Foundation of the Napa Bayne Family Fund At WCF Joe Danzer Jim Parker The Steele-Reese Foundation Valley Community Foundation Thomas Moore Marion Park Foundation Ariel Goodman Kim Parrow Report journey with grief. Weber Greiser Missoula Community Sustainers: Jay & Ann Lowder Foundation Deb Greer Nicki Schmardebeck Ellie Steinberg The Silver Foundation Advocates: Tamarack Foundation Inc. Morgan Haynie John Sims Dennis & Phyllis Washington Southgate Mall Fountain Fund Rusty Richardson Foundation Tara Hays Kat Starbird Sandlian Real Estate Lisa Deblan-Deschaun Ed & Mary Barrett Roy & Susan O'Connor Kyle & Jessica Johnson Dawn Henderson Jen Stephani Companions: Jeff Mayer & Tacy Witter Heather Foster Tammy Henry Ashton Smith United Way of Missoula County Ila B. Dousman Fund Bruce & Sheri Showen Gary & Vicki Gallagher Tessa Racine Jeff & Stacy Kendrick AGL Foundation DAF at WCF Aubrey Howell Daybreak Rotary Club of Susan Moore & Charles Jennifer Ehlers Montana Timber Products Crystal Jacks Joe & Danelle Danzer Kalispell Renner Daniella Rineheart Bank of America Charitable Providence St. Patrick Hospital Matthew Ford & Paula Koch Ashley Jacks Chris Lewis Foundation Tina Barrett & Casey Hospice Care Foundation Jason Karp Whitefish Community Foundation Brian Craig Hackathorn Dave & Trish Opitz Deb & Jeff Greer Ben & Emily Martello Caroline Keys Christine & Thomas McCall Beth Woody Lauren Walker Tami Beich Glen & Norma Henderson Jennifer Klingaman Partners: Patti Larsen Felco Industries Bill & Rosemary Gallagher Jennifer Harper Barb & Ed Myers We also want to thank the kind individuals Foundation Cam Rindal & Jamie Adams Arnold & Donna Sue Lyon who offered in-kind donations, volunteered Kim & Jody Parrow David Hackathorn Tracy Mayer & Philip Crissman for events and/or donated $5-$99. You Heather Stokes & Matt Taylor Sue Basta Title Services of Missoula Walla Walla School of Jim Denton & Sandy Hoshaw are a bright light! We apologize in advance Cadeau Foundation Social Work Lolo Peak Brewing Company if we have left anyone off this list or Dennis & Robin Round Garden City Funeral Home Curtis Biggs misspelled a name. Please call (406) 541- Marshall & Mary Brondum Compassus Hospice Erika Taylor Liz & Matt Manley 8472 to notify us of any corrections. Special Assistance Foundation William Henderson Barrett & Karen Byrne Whitefish Public Schools New York Life Insurance Company Randle Romney Student Activity Fund Weyerhaeuser Melanie & Andy Puckett Val Widmer Board of Directors Sentinel Mechanical Lynn Riley Tom & Carol King Hospice of Missoula Laurie & Neil Anderson Stephen McCollum Clint Romney, President Heather Foster Kit Mayer Memorial Fund Appleseed Foundation Missoula Bone & Joint Brandy Fowler, Vice Pres Paula Koch John Jay Miller Michael Conner Merrill Lynch Hospice Care Connection Martha Newell & Mike Kadas Noel Kulbeck, Treasurer John Jay Miller Noel Kulbeck & Stacey Brown First Interstate Bank of Missoula Marlene Koch Jamie Adams, Secretary David Opitz ● ● William J. Howard Clare O Connell Mark & Melissa Dadmun Strength Connection Remembrance Western Montana Big Sky Commerce John Talmage Deb Greer Heather Stokes Orthopaedics, LLC Shelley & Bryan Barrett-Catton Joe & Maggie Barrett Jeri Stephens Lindsey Nichols Tami Beich "The journey of grief has been compared to a venture through an Ryan & Michal Farley Jason & Shannon Tonn “Thank you for coming in and teaching Ryan & Wendy Palma Jason & Katie Tirrell Partners In Home Care internal wilderness. This path through uncharted territory can feel Lindsey Nichols Jason & Angela Johnson us about death and grief. It was a good Community Medical Center Wendy McNamara Howard & Virginia Staff experience. I have had a lot of people I lonely, intimidating, and ominous.... Brenda Wilkins David & Donna Sauers Hendershott love pass away and it makes a lot more Scott & Tana Burke Thad & Sue Huse Flathead Community Tina Barrett, EdD, Aubrey Howell, BSW Immersion in an outdoor setting, surrounded by the wonders and Scott & Rena Hansen LCPC Co-founder/ Program Coordinator Barb Callaghan Foundation sense now. This was very educational Ron Moser Deb Trowbridge Executive Director Ariell Pirwitz trials of the natural world, fosters a sense of interconnection, a Tom & Claudine Origitano Dorothy Davis Claire Windecker Molly Murphy, LCPC Outreach Specialist and interesting!” different look at life and death, and opportunities for Soroptimist International of Casse Mortenson Bethany Hein Program Director Kim Parrow, MA Whitefish Bright Funds Foundation Ben & Barry Wolfe Liz Manley Grief Specialist ~ TGRC School Participant meaning making." Max & Betty Swanson Foundation Jackie Galipeau Bart & Carole Erickson Development Director Dawn Henderson Jim Parker Tom & Mary Lou Stergios Excerpt from Barrett & Murphy's chapter in Sibling Loss Across the Lifespan, 2017 Anne Arrington Flathead Program Rosalie Karp Molly & Jared Murphy Paula Griffith Clint Romney Finance Director Coordinator 405 S. 1st Street W. Gary & Lynne Willstein Kathy Nichols First Call Computer Solutions Lucy France & Jon Kienberger Sienna Speicher, MA Travis Stratford Missoula, MT 59801 Glacier Way Convenience Store Glacier Park Lodge Inc. Care Specialist, Grief LSC, Browning Program Thomas Miller Ashley & Jason Corbally Friendship Quilters of Specialist Intern Coordinator Perry & Tracy Hilderman Whitefish Mountain Resort First Assembly of God Paige Devlin (406) 541.8472 [email protected] TamarackGriefResourceCenter.org NorthWestern Energy Fund at WCF Missoula Quilters Guild Grief Specialist Intern Franchini Family Foundation Teresa Henry & Steve Egli Native Yards