GRIEF AND LOSS IN MOTION
SERVING LAWRENCE COUNTY, THE SHENANGO VALLEY, GREENVILLE / NORTHERN MERCER COUNTY, WARREN (OH) / SOUTHERN TRUMBULL COUNTY, AND NORTHERN TRUMBULL COUNTY
AMOUNT DONATED: $0
Grief and Loss In Motion is a volunteer-driven nonprofit providing trauma-informed peer support, grief education, and community-based programming for survivors of suicide loss and other traumatic losses across Eastern Ohio and Western Pennsylvania. Through the Trumbull County LOSS Team, trained volunteers respond alongside the coroner’s office to provide immediate emotional support, resources, and ongoing follow-up care after a suicide death. Grief and Loss In Motion also offers support groups, community trainings, and Maker:Grief programs that help individuals and families process grief, reduce isolation, and build connection through compassionate support, education, and creative engagement rooted in hope and healing.
Giving Week Progress:
FUNDRAISING GOAL: $20,000
Programs Supported by Your Donations
Grief and Loss In Motion provides free and low-barrier peer support, grief education, and community-based programming for individuals and families impacted by suicide loss and other traumatic losses throughout Eastern Ohio and Western Pennsylvania. Donations directly support
• **Trumbull County LOSS Team** – A 24/7 volunteer peer response team dispatched alongside the coroner’s office to provide immediate emotional support, resources, and follow-up care to survivors after a suicide death. Funding supports on-scene materials, care packages, volunteer training, uniforms, and outreach.
• **Support Groups** – Curriculum-based grief and suicide loss support groups that create space for connection, education, and healing. Donations help provide books participant materials.
• **Maker:Grief Studio** – Creative grief programming making hands-on projects helps individuals process grief, reduce isolation, and build resilience. Funding supports accessible programming, maker supplies, equipment maintenance, and adaptive opportunities for all ages.
• **Community Education & Prevention** – Trainings including QPR suicide prevention, grief education, and trauma-informed community workshops that increase awareness, reduce stigma, and strengthen local systems.
• **Motorcycle Community Outreach** - Due to a number of suicide deaths in this specific community, we have increased outreach through swing and patch making at a local business to engage bikers in suicide prevention/postvention conversations.
Needs that Cannot beMet without Your Help
Grief and Loss In Motion continues to see increasing demand for accessible, inclusive, and free grief support programming for individuals and families impacted by suicide and traumatic loss. Limited funding has prevented the organization from securing a fully ADA-accessible space that can safely house support groups, Maker:Grief programming, trainings, and community events for people of all ages and abilities. Additional support would allow Grief and Loss In Motion to expand free community services, reduce barriers to care, and create a welcoming space centered on connection, dignity, creativity, and hope.
