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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE June 4, 2008
CONTACT:
Cindy Hickey, Public Relations
330-489-1212
cindy.hickey@csauh.com
Mercy Offers Grief Support Group
Canton, Ohio: Loss through death is certainly a human experience, but the pain of grief is unlike any other pain. Thanks to a grant from the Sisters of Charity Foundation of Canton, Mercy Medical Center established Grief Support Services over ten years ago to help people through the grief process. Mercy Grief Support Services is offering Seeds of Hope, a free bereavement support group to help members begin the journey towards healing and wholeness.
Led by qualified and experienced grief facilitators, Seeds of Hope is a support group, which offers a comforting and confidential environment for participants who have experienced the death of a loved one. Seeds of Hope will meet from 6 to 7:30 p.m. every Tuesday, July 8 – August 12 at Mercy Medical Center. Reservations are required. For more information or reservations, call Mercy’s Pastoral Care Department at 330-489-1143.
Mercy Medical Center, a nonprofit corporation of the Sisters of Charity Health System and University Hospitals Health System, operates a 476-bed hospital serving Stark, Carroll, Wayne, Holmes and Tuscarawas Counties and parts of Southeastern Ohio. It has 550 physicians on its Medical Staff and employs 2,500 people. Mercy operates outpatient health centers in Carrollton, Jackson Township, Lake Township, Louisville and North Canton. A Catholic hospital, Mercy Medical Center upholds the mission and philosophy of the Sisters of Charity of St. Augustine and continues to be responsive to the needs of the community, including the provision of care to all, regardless of their ability to pay. For more information, see www.cantonmercy.com.