News From griefHaven
March 18, 2009

Shopping For A Cause and the Cause is griefHaven!

2009 – Shopping For A Cause Shopping For A Cause and the Cause is griefHaven! March 18, 2009, 4 to 8 PM. Vince on Robertson in Beverly Hills Partners With griefHaven And YOU Are Invited! See the NEW Spring Line! Meet Your griefHaven Family! Enjoy Cocktails While You Shop! Comfortable, stylish, trendy, simple or beautiful, there’s something for everyone, even the guys! March 18, 2009 ~ 4 to 8 P.M. 112 N. Robertson Boulevard, Beverly Hills, CA Speak With Ashley Nguyen by calling 310-247-8299 http://www.vince.com As Sold at Neiman Marcus, Barneys, Saks 5th Avenue Everything YOU Purchase Will Help griefHaven Can’t Make It? Live Too Far Away? No Problem! Go to www.vince.com , pick out something you want, call Ashley Nguyen at the store, your item will be shipped to you AND 20% of your purchase will be STILL be given to griefHaven. CHECK IT OUT: Vince has partnered with griefHaven and is […]
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February 25, 2010

2010 – Screening: The Greatest – Director Shana Feste

2010 – Screening: The Greatest – Director Shana Feste Directed and Written by: Shana Feste Featuring: Pierce Brosnan, Susan Sarandon, and Carey Mulligan. Running Time: 100 Minutes Release Date: Friday, April 2nd 2010 An award winning drama representing Shana Feste’s debut as writer/director, “The Greatest” stars Pierce Brosnan and Susan Sarandon as Allen and Grace Brewer, a grief-stricken couple whose family has been pushed to the breaking point by the death of their older son, Bennett, in a car crash. When a young woman, Rose, (Carey Mulligan) shows up a few months later announcing that she is pregnant with Bennett’s child, the Brewer’s are forced to take her in. At first, Rose’s presence threatens to tear the family even further apart but, eventually, her interaction with each of the Brewers proves to be the very thing that brings them back together. THE GREATEST, which Brosnan also produced with longtime partner […]
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January 15, 2011

Tragedy in Tuscon

      On January 8, 2011, U.S. Representative Gabrielle Giffords and eighteen others were shot during a constituent meeting held in a supermarket parking lot in Casas Adobes, Arizona, in the Tucson metropolitan area. Six people died, including federal District Court Chief Judge John Roll; Gabe Zimmerman, one of Rep. Giffords’ staffers; and a nine-year-old girl, Christina-Taylor Green. Giffords was holding the meeting, called “Congress on Your Corner” in the parking lot of a Safeway store when Jared Lee Loughner drew a pistol and shot her in the head before proceeding to fire on other people. One additional person was injured in the immediate aftermath of the shooting. News reports identified the target of the attack as Giffords, a Democrat representing Arizona’s 8th congressional district was shot through the head at point-blank range. In the video below Susan Whitmore discusses this tragedy.
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March 1, 2012

2012 – Grant Presentation – Palisades Community

Thanks To YOU, Our Fundraising Event Was A Very Sweet Success Indeed! You helped us raise $617.86, the largest amount ever raised for a fundraising event at The Yogurt Shoppe! Clive Lewis, Susan Whitmore, Kevin Sabin Thanks To Kevin Sabin and Clive Lewis, Owners Of The Yogurt Shoppe, And all of you for buying frozen yogurt, for telling your friends to buy frozen yogurt, and for being a part of helping us support grieving parents and siblings, as well as educate others about grief. If You See Us Around Town, Please Wave Hello Or Give Us A Big Hug Love And Thanks Again From All Of Your Friends At griefHaven Susan Whitmore, Founder & President
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July 26, 2012

Starting Over Television Show – NBC

      Starting Over was a daytime reality show from the creators of “The Real World” which followed six women who came from all walks of life to overcome issues that had held them back from leading a fulfilling life. The producers of Starting Over contacted Susan Whitmore, asking her to visit with Bethany who was one of the Starting Over house guests. Bethany had just lost her only child, Shelby, in a tragic car accident a few months earlier (see Shelby’s photo on our memory page). The holidays were coming, Bethany was far away from her home, living in the Starting Over house in Southern California, and feeling the painful separation from family and friends. The hardest part for Bethany was that she was missing Shelby terribly. Bethany was trying to decide whether or not she would continue living in the Starting Over house while feeling such intense pain […]
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October 8, 2012

2012 – Live Your Best Life Luncheon

2012 – Live Your Best Life Luncheon Luxe Hotel – Los Angeles, California October 8, 2012 On October 8, 2012, more than 125 “friends” of griefHaven gathered at the Luxe Hotel in Los Angeles for the first annual Friends of griefHaven luncheon. Friends of griefHaven is a new organization that supports griefHaven’s mission and vision, both financially and with “hands-on” assistance. The October 8 luncheon was planned and organized by the Friends of griefHaven Council. The Council is comprised of its nine founders, outlined below in the Council photo, and is committed to assisting griefHaven’s founder and president, Susan Whitmore. Attendees included several griefHaven board members, supporters, family, friends, and a number of parents and siblings who have lost children and brothers and sisters and benefitted from griefHaven’s many services of support and hope. All of the friends who attended were given the opportunity to join hands with the Friends of […]
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