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Celebrating a Great Success! Thanks to everyone who participated in our great pickleball fundraiser! On the evening of August 23rd, TSP family Alex and Doug Greer, along with their family and friends, gathered at Peak Pickleball Club to remember their son Walter and raise funds for TSP. The tournament and silent auction raised over $23,000 for The Sharing Place to …
Join us Friday, September 12 to celebrate the opening of our newest Sharing Place location in Washington County! The ribbon cutting begins at 11:00 am, then following, a light lunch will be provided. This event is sponsored by St. George Area Chamber. Then Saturday, September 13 is our community open house from 10:00 am – 12:00 pm. Please stop in …
Please join us on August 23rd, 2025 from 6–10 PM at Peak Pickleball Club for a night of fun, food, and open play pickleball. Most importantly, come to help fundraise for The Sharing Place, which provides grief support for children and families. Register today by scanning the QR code or visiting: https://lu.ma/xvapuj6i On August 13th, 2023 the Greer Family lost …
Written by Jessi Bang | July 10, 2025 A program designed to help children navigate grief has officially arrived in Washington County, offering local families a safe space to heal, connect and find support. “It’s a grief support program for kids ages 3 to 18 who have experienced the death of a loved one,” The Sharing Place Washington County Director …
The Sharing Place was recently featured in Mind Set News. Titled ‘Bereavement Deserts’: Amid a Rise in Parental Deaths, Grief in Children Is Often Overlooked, the article highlights the struggle of children’s grief due to losing a parent. The death of a parent is one of the most traumatic of the adverse childhood experiences (ACEs) that can derail emotional development …
December 21, 2023 The Silver Rush program at Riverton High announced a gift to The Sharing Place: The largest in the 30-year history of TSP: $207,667.24 ! This is an historic day for The Sharing Place and Riverton High. On November 30th, the student body of Riverton selected The Sharing Place as beneficiary of this year’s Silver Rush. For 25 …
The Sharing Place is excited to announce we are expanding our services to Utah County. We are planning to start our first grief group this fall and are in the process of identifying a location on the north end of Utah County. There is a tremendous need for grief support services in Utah County. Currently 15% of our families travel …
Check out the segment by our Program Director, Jill Macfarlane from the an issue of Real Simple magazine.
Be sure to listen to This American Life’s Birds & Bees episode. About this episode: Some information is so big and so complicated that it seems impossible to talk to kids about. This week, stories about the vague and not-so-vague ways to teach children about race, death and sex – including a story about colleges responding to sexual assault by …
