RAINBOWS
"From Hurt, Through Healing, To Hope"

There will be a family orientation meeting at 6:30 pm on Thursday, October 1. This program will begin on Thursday, October 8 from 6:00 – 7:15 pm and continue weekly for 14 weeks, excluding holidays.

 

"Nearly 69% of children in the United States live in "non-traditional" families coping with some type of loss. Each year Rainbows provides training and curricula for 32,000 volunteers offering grief support services. Since Rainbows inception, nearly one million children and their families in 49 states and 17 countries have benefited. Youth and their families receive these service in churches, synagogues, schools and social service agencies regardless of age or religious affiliation."

All Saints Catholic Church
19795 Holyoke Ave.  Lakeville, MN 5044                  
Mary Baatz, RAINBOWS Director, 952-469-6460

 

 

 

 

 

 

RAINBOWS is a peer support program for children in pre-kindergarten through eighth grade who have experienced a significant loss in their lives through death, divorce or other painful transitions. 

  • The RAINBOWS curriculum runs in two parts: 
    two six week sessions and a special day to conclude each section called a Celebrate Me Day. 
  • The RAINBOWS support group will begin with a family orientatation program on Thursday, October 1, 2010 at 6:30 pm. 
  • The first RAINBOWS class is: October 8th. 
  • The RAINBOWS program will be held at All Saints Church in Lakeville. All Saints is located at 19795 Holyoke Avenue. 
  • All meetings will be held on Thursday evening from 6:00 - 7:15 PM. 

RAINBOWS mission is to provide an effective peer-support group to help children and adults cope with their grief and pain. 

When the children are engaged in exercises to assist them in the healing process, there will be adult education provided for the parents.    

The RAINBOWS program provides a safe, loving environment where children and adults gradually learn to deal with their feelings, accept what has taken place in their families, regain self-esteem and find positive ways to go on with their lives.

Please contact Celeste Rekieta, RAINBOWS Coordinator at All Saints (952) 322-3343 or Mary Baatz, RAINBOWS Director at (952) 469-6460 for additional information.