Hope Floats 6th Annual Memory Walk ~ A walk to remember our loved ones

April 27, 2019….Registration will open in January.  Walk Information

The Hope Floats Mission

We are a bereavement and educational center for individuals and families who are grieving or facing other life challenges. Our mission is to help people cope with loss, support their healing, and nurture their physical and emotional well-being.

Watch our Hope Floats video created by Jacob Barr:

Bereavement Services

Our support services are free of charge and open to the community. Hope Floats offers peer-led support groups for adults in a safe environment where people are able to share and process their grief with others facing similar losses. Our facilitators are trained volunteers who often have experienced a loss similar to the group members. We believe that the peer-led groups for adults help members move forward in their grief journeys as they connect with group leaders in meaningful ways.

Hope Floats also offers Mike’s Club, support groups for children, teens, and parenting adults coping with death related loss. We offer a group for sibling loss and one for loss of a parent/caregiver. The children process their grief through activities, arts and crafts, and games with the help of trained support staff, therapists and social workers.

Our day-long support retreats enable people with similar losses to gather together. These retreats include yoga, meditation, group discussion and mini-body treatments. We also host a variety of guest speakers throughout the year.

Hope Floats is an independent non-profit 501(c)(3) public charity. All of our funding comes from grants, fundraisers and private donations.

For a list our our support groups, retreats and guest speaker events click here Support Programs and Services

 

 

About Hope Floats Healing & Wellness Center

In 2008 Ken and Denise Brack created Hope Floats in memory of their son Michael, who passed in 2002. Having learned how such a loss is devastating and isolating, they wanted to offer support and resources to others going through a similar crisis. Today the center offers a variety of free support groups, support retreats and complementary wellness classes, body treatments and workshops.

 

 

 

 

If you would like to share your story about your experience at Hope Float visit https://greatnonprofits.org/org/hope-floats-healing-wellness-center-inc

Grant Partners

We are grateful for the support from the following organizations:

Joan H. Brack Charitable Foundation

The Chrystine M. Sullivan Memorial Foundation

The Salah Foundation

Macy’s

 

10th Year Gala

“A Decade of Hope”

 

 

 

5th Annual Memory Walk

Thank you for helping to make our 2018 walk a huge success!

 

 

 

memorial donations

Private donations have been made in memory of the following people who are loved and missed every day.

Donations Made In Loving Memory of…

Michael Thomas Brack ~ Joan H. Brack ~ Jonathan Rizzo ~ Pat Tessieir ~ Michael Lally ~ Acacia Rizzo ~ Lisa Rizzo ~ Tracey & Brett ~ David Manning Jr. & David Manning III ~ Katie Quellette ~ Catherine Walsh Marston & Mary Moore ~ Jonathan Pettey ~ David Murphy ~ Michael Harrington ~ Dot Lamb ~ Brain T. Dagle ~ Dorothy Marie Creutz ~ Kevin Graden ~ Christopher P. Tyrell ~  Susan Harlfinger ~ Nicole Vickery Brooks ~ Ed Gillespie ~ Dr. William Derrickson  ~ Paul Weis ~  Robert A. Bergstrom ~ Irene Armstrong & Ruth Gens ~ Helen Rivlin ~ Matt LaGreca ~ Philip “PJ” Jones ~ Larry King ~ Tyler Ahern Brown ~ Norman Shepard ~ Marcie Winokur ~ Shauna Barker ~ Fred Jenkins ~ Joanie Brack ~ Patricia O’McAlpin ~ Milton Steinberg ~ Brendan Grant ~ Emmanuel Riego Dedios ~  Mary V. Morrissey ~ James & Helen Neylon ~  Ethan Connelly ~ Marjorie Chagon Shea ~ Michael Brack & Joanie Haskell Brack ~ Tom Garrigan ~ Robert A. Bergstrom ~ Heidi Ferguson ~ Christopher Wood ~ Patrick Adams ~ Krystal Hogan ~ Dennis McElhinney Jr. ~ Carol Graham ~ Chelsea Nickerson, Brother Bill, Meme & Pepe ~  Jamie K. Neal ~  Douglas Harvey Sr. ~ Brianna Rooney ~  Andy Craig ~ Melanie Powell ~ Grace Brien ~ Susan Harlfinger ~ Jeffrey Berger ~ Bob Shaffer ~ Ginny Karbott ~ Heidi E. Ferguson ~ Dorothy Marie Creutz ~ Jerry & Glenn Lehman ~ Paul Giaccaglia ~ David Tully O’Callaghan ~ Gerry DeBiasi, Sr. ~ Keith Thornley ~ Norman C. Shepherd ~ Brian Dagle ~ Robert A. Bergstrom ~ Margaret Laciak ~  Steven Jackman ~ Carol L. Graham ~ Jillian E. Phillips ~ Robert T. Keane ~ James Wright ~ Vinny Traficante ~  Michael Barrett ~ Chris Dodge ~ Sam Beattie ~ Tony Stevenson & Leah Lorenzetti ~ Jonathan Sheedy ~ Leonard O’Hara and Colleen O’Hara Collins ~  Stephen F. Nava  ~ Lauren Aikens ~ Caroline Bevilacqua O’Connor ~ Andrew Miller  ~ Mic Flick ~  Rebecca Pintabone & Jimmy Tribble ~ Ian ~ Doug Wood ~ Paul Rudeen Jr. ~ John C. Corr & Ben Daniels ~ Jesse Napolitano ~ Faith Braddock ~ Ainsley Grace & Garrett Sullivan ~ K Matthew Benting ~ J. Douglas Wright ~ Jackson William Girouard ~ Patricia Tessier (Patty Pearl) ~ Mike Brack ~Tony Colarusso ~ Eric James Malone ~ David Jude Murphy ~ Matthew G . Sullivan IV ~ Lauren E. Aikens ~ Richard Oler ~  Robert Keane ~ Grace ~ Scott D. Simard ~Colleen McCarthy ~Peggy & Carl Erikksson ~  Doug Wood ~ Dennis J. McElhinney Jr. ~ Robert Alberino ~ Will Golden ~ Alexandria Norman ~ Mike, Joannie and Chris ~ John Corr ~ Shauna Marie Stella ~ Kate McCarthy ~ Rebecca  Pintabone and Jimmy Tribble ~ Emma Ryan ~ Mary Silvia ~ Nancy, Roger, Brian and Kevin Graden ~ Barry P. Brady ~ Christopher Allan ~ Mike, Joanie and Christopher ~ John Phillip ~ Jared Quirk ~ Will Golden ~ Brendan Kane Keohan II ~ Donald Wolff ~ Ruth Gens & Cathrine Walsh ~

Donations Made In Honor of…

All the Hope Floats Angels ~  Mike Brack ~Kate Otto Macuch ~ Mike and Regina Quirk ~ Doug Wright ~ Bob Brack ~ Cora ~ Janice Mello ~ Denise and Ken Brack ~ Jackson Girouard 

 

 

 

Listen here to Denise Brack’s interview for Mothers Helping Mothers 

 

The American Red Cross Hero Award

Presented to Denise Brack, April 13, 2016

 

Hope Floats Film Created by Andrew Lowery and Justin Maloney, January 2015