{"id":37661,"date":"2025-06-25T14:09:12","date_gmt":"2025-06-25T14:09:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/updates-www.mccdn.io\/vitals\/?p=37661"},"modified":"2025-06-25T14:09:12","modified_gmt":"2025-06-25T14:09:12","slug":"bridges-founders-goal-is-that-no-child-grieves-alone","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/updates-www.mccdn.io\/vitals\/bridges-founders-goal-is-that-no-child-grieves-alone\/","title":{"rendered":"Bridges founder\u2019s goal is that \u2018no child grieves alone\u2019","gt_translate_keys":[{"key":"rendered","format":"text"}]},"content":{"rendered":"<p>It\u2019s July in the late \u201970s, and Beverly \u201cBev\u201d Hatter is sitting down to a picnic with her 4-year-old daughter, 15-month-old son and some friends.<\/p>\n<p>A phone rings, and the call will change their lives forever \u2014 Hatter\u2019s husband Paul had collapsed and died while hiking in the Olympics.<\/p>\n<p>The tragic event would go on to inspire her exploration of and future career in grief work.<\/p>\n<h2><strong>The birth of Bridges Center for Grieving Children<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>Hatter, a clinical social worker by training, began her grief journey by attending a group-based program for people who\u2019d lost a spouse. Later, she was asked to facilitate this group. She then transitioned to teaching grief and loss classes at Tacoma Community College (TCC).<\/p>\n<p>In the mid-1980s, Hatter joined Hospice of Tacoma shortly after it was added to MultiCare\u2019s continuum of care. United Way had also awarded the hospice program a $5,000 grant to better understand children in grief.<\/p>\n<p>As Hatter researched programs across the county, Good Morning America coincidentally featured The Dougy Center, a group\/family-based grief model in Portland, Oregon.<\/p>\n<p>Impressed, she reached out, received training and, after nine months of planning and creating, founded <a href=\"https:\/\/www.marybridge.org\/patients-visitors\/patient-family-support-services\/bridges-center-for-grieving-children\/\">Bridges Center for Grieving Children<\/a> in Tacoma \u2014 the third children\u2019s bereavement program based on the Dougy Center model to open in the U.S.<\/p>\n<p>Over time, the program\u2019s curriculum has evolved, guided by the tasks of grief, needs expressed by participating families and ongoing research in the field of grief.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe Bridges\u2019 mission remains the same \u2014 that no child grieve alone,\u201d Hatter explains. \u201cBecause children did grieve alone. Their story would be lonely, as no one really explained what was happening. They didn\u2019t even know Mommy was <em>that<\/em> sick. They didn\u2019t even know what death was to begin with.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe didn\u2019t know how to explain to them or how to understand their responses,\u201d she continues. \u201cThere\u2019s lots of information needed, so many questions and no one really to answer them. They feel so alone. But when the kids would walk into Bridges, they would sit down and they could look eye-to-eye across their group and see that somebody gets it.\u201d<\/p>\n<h2><strong>Part of pediatric care<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>Bridges moved under MultiCare Mary Bridge Children\u2019s Hospital &amp; Health Network in 1999 and has, fittingly, been there ever since.<\/p>\n<p>At every intake appointment, families with children between the ages of 4 and 18 who are grieving the death of a family member receive a packet that details the child\u2019s developmental needs and contains appropriate resources.<\/p>\n<p>In 2024 alone, the Bridges team served 986 individuals and 349 families from Pierce, King, Snohomish, Kitsap and Thurston communities. Over 2,000 individuals participated in bimonthly support groups, which meet for nine months and are designed around Childhood Bereavement Study research conducted at Harvard University.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_37665\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-37665\" class=\"wp-image-37665 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/updates-www.mccdn.io\/vitals\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2025\/06\/bridges-participant-dock-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"Person sitting on dock looking at water.\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/updates-www.mccdn.io\/vitals\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2025\/06\/bridges-participant-dock-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/updates-www.mccdn.io\/vitals\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2025\/06\/bridges-participant-dock-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/updates-www.mccdn.io\/vitals\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2025\/06\/bridges-participant-dock-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/updates-www.mccdn.io\/vitals\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2025\/06\/bridges-participant-dock-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/updates-www.mccdn.io\/vitals\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2025\/06\/bridges-participant-dock-rotated.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-37665\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Reflective moment at family camp<\/p><\/div>\n<p>In addition to support groups, Bridges offers a weekend-long youth bereavement camp called <a href=\"https:\/\/www.marybridge.org\/blog\/camp-erin-kids-grief-loss-coping\/\">Camp Erin Tacoma<\/a> and educational resources for the community, like grief toolkits for adults to use in support of grieving children.<\/p>\n<p>Comforting, pocket-sized fleece hearts known as <a href=\"https:\/\/www.marybridge.org\/patients-visitors\/patient-family-support-services\/bridges-center-for-grieving-children\/feelie-hearts\/\">Feelie Hearts<\/a> are also available for group participants to take home and carry with them throughout the day.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIn our Littles Group of 4- to 6-year-olds, we had a big, red velvet heart that the children held when it was their turn to share,\u201d Hatter says. \u201cBut they didn\u2019t want to give up the big, comforting heart. So, Margie Williams, the Littles Facilitator, went home and made tiny hearts out of velvet and brought them to the group. Each child now had their own bit of comfort to take home.\u201d<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_37667\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-37667\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-37667\" src=\"https:\/\/updates-www.mccdn.io\/vitals\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2025\/06\/bev-hatter-feelie-heart-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"Woman holding felt heart.\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/updates-www.mccdn.io\/vitals\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2025\/06\/bev-hatter-feelie-heart-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/updates-www.mccdn.io\/vitals\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2025\/06\/bev-hatter-feelie-heart-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/updates-www.mccdn.io\/vitals\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2025\/06\/bev-hatter-feelie-heart-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/updates-www.mccdn.io\/vitals\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2025\/06\/bev-hatter-feelie-heart-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/updates-www.mccdn.io\/vitals\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2025\/06\/bev-hatter-feelie-heart-rotated.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-37667\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Original heart used in the Littles Group, held by Bev Hatter<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Bridges is powered by volunteers like Williams and by donors through <a href=\"https:\/\/give.multicare.org\/our-foundations\/mary-bridge-childrens-foundation\/\">Mary Bridge Children\u2019s Foundation<\/a>, whose generous donations help ensure services remain free for families.<\/p>\n<h2><strong>A legacy continued<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>While Hatter has since retired from the program, she still gives back as a volunteer, facilitating a monthly support group for parents who have a child with cancer and doing about four to six hours of clerical work each week.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cVolunteering means a lot,\u201d she shares. \u201cIt\u2019s a connection to a wonderful, helping community. It\u2019s an important part of my life.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_37669\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-37669\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-37669\" src=\"https:\/\/updates-www.mccdn.io\/vitals\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2025\/06\/early-bridges-volunteer-training-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"A group of 17 people. \" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/updates-www.mccdn.io\/vitals\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2025\/06\/early-bridges-volunteer-training-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/updates-www.mccdn.io\/vitals\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2025\/06\/early-bridges-volunteer-training-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/updates-www.mccdn.io\/vitals\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2025\/06\/early-bridges-volunteer-training-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/updates-www.mccdn.io\/vitals\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2025\/06\/early-bridges-volunteer-training-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/updates-www.mccdn.io\/vitals\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2025\/06\/early-bridges-volunteer-training-rotated.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-37669\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Early Bridges volunteer training<\/p><\/div>\n<p>\u201cI love the program,\u201d Hatter continues. \u201cI want to support the staff who are doing a great job and the families who show such courage by sharing and supporting one another at such a difficult point in their lives.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Joining Hatter are college students, older adults and former support group participants who were personally impacted by Bridges.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhat I find so stirring is when kids come back and volunteer when they grow up,\u201d she says. \u201cThe kids coming back and the kids who go on to become doctors or work in the health professions \u2014 it\u2019s like they want to make the world safer and better and healthier, and I think that\u2019s what we\u2019re here for.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Hatter\u2019s Bridges legacy continues with over three decades of generosity as a Mary Bridge Children\u2019s Foundation donor. To her, it\u2019s a no-brainer to champion child- and family-centered bereavement services.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI look, and I think, \u2018How can a city not have this program?\u2019\u201d she says. \u201cGrief is obviously a lifelong task that we live with, we adjust to.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cKids grieve at different developmental stages, too \u2014 how I\u2019m living and understanding the loss of my mother when I\u2019m 4 is very different than how I do it at 9,\u201d she continues. \u201cAnd we\u2019re planting those seeds to understand and heal.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false,"gt_translate_keys":[{"key":"rendered","format":"html"}]},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It\u2019s July in the late \u201970s, and Beverly \u201cBev\u201d Hatter is sitting down to a picnic with her 4-year-old daughter, 15-month-old son and some friends. A phone rings, and the call will change their lives forever \u2014 Hatter\u2019s husband Paul had collapsed and died while hiking in the Olympics. 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