Tidewell Foundation Awarded Grant for Grief Services

October 16, 2023 – Sarasota

Tidewell Foundation received a grant of $10,000 from the Suncoast Credit Union Foundation to support Tidewell Grief Care’s Blue Butterfly Family Grief Program.

The Blue Butterfly Family Grief Program serves children and teens, ages 5-18, who are grieving the death of a special person in their lives through peer support groups led by trained mental health counselors. Blue Butterfly serves families in Sarasota, Manatee, Charlotte and DeSoto counties. Donations to the Tidewell Foundation provide funding for free grief and bereavement counseling through Tidewell Hospice and Tidewell Grief Care, both members of Empath Health.

“We greatly appreciate the Suncoast Credit Union Foundation’s commitment to grief and bereavement services,” said Delesa Morris, Interim President of the Tidewell Foundation. “This grant will help us bring hope and healing to families touched by grief.”

“Dealing with grief is essential to our well-being and we salute the work of the Tidewell Foundation,” said Kourtney Berry, Executive Director, Suncoast Credit Union Foundation. “We support these endeavors with the help of our members and we believe that these services are important to the communities they serve. We are proud to honor our mission to offer this assistance accordingly.”

For more information about grief and bereavement services through Tidewell Hospice and Tidewell Grief Care, call (941) 845-3061 or email Grief@Tidewell.org. To learn more about the programs and services supported by the Tidewell Foundation or to make a donation, visit TidewellFoundation.org.