Offering support to a grieving person is a continuous process. It continues on in a healing cycle, just like grief continues and evolves over time. Tammy Miller, a teacher who brought the Hearts of Hope program to her school in Florence, Arizona, has seen how this works. As the eighth grade class at Tammy’s school…

Giving back to others helps us heal and find meaning through our own losses. For years, research has shown that helping others improves not only our well-being but our physical and mental health, too. That’s why Hearts of Hope leads therapeutic art workshops that give back to others. Creating art in itself (no matter your…

After a school shooting, students, educators, and community members carry long-term scars from the trauma. Antidepressant use increases by 20%, and survivors are less likely to graduate high school or college and maintain employment. Diane Sarna knows firsthand the impact of these tragedies on a community as a teacher and member of the Newtown, Connecticut…

On May 24, 2022, tragedy struck the Uvalde, Texas community when nineteen students and two teachers at Robb Elementary School were killed in a devastating school shooting. It was just one day before the last day of school. As students and teachers return to their classrooms in Uvalde and face the emotional aftermath of last…