Grief in the Workplace Video

2011 Wolfelt Workshops

Coming in 2011!

CGSS is bringing Dr. Alan Wolfelt back to Birmingham for workshops on complicated and traumatic grief, April 5 at Canterbury Center and April 6 at St. Vincent’s Bruno Conference Center. CE’s will be offered. Watch for details to be posted on our website in November.

Below is a brief video by Dr. Alan Wolfelt on the Importance of Memorialization:

Recommended Viewing:

‘NOT MY SON’, a documentary film by Dwight Cameron featuring members of Parents Against Violence will be aired on Channel 10 on Nov. 16th at 8:00pm, Nov 22nd at 10:00pm, and Nov. 23rd at 1:00am. This powerful documentary illustrates the lasting impact that violent death in the Birmingham area has on the families of its victims.

Dwight Cameron is Director of Television Programming: Documentary Studies at the University of Alabama: Center for Public Television. This film received the Director's Choice Award for Social Relevance at the 2010 International Black Film Festival in Nashville. NOT MY SON has won several other film festival awards in Miami, Philadelphia and Birmingham.

Hope for the Holidays 2010

Tomorrow: Hope for the Holidays!

Hope for the Holidays Details:

Date: Saturday, November 6, 2010
Time: 9:00am -12:00pm
Where: Fellowship Hall at Trinity United Methodist Church
1400 Oxmoor Road in Homewood
Breakfeast: A light breakfast buffet will be served from 9-9:30 a.m.
Speaker: Bart Grooms
Live Performance: Sanspointe Dance Company
Cost: FREE! Seating space is limited
Registration: Call 205-870-8667 or Send an Email to communitygriefsu@bellsouth.net

Whether you have recently lost a loved one or continue to grieve a prior loss, we invite you and your family to join us.

2010 Lift Your Spirits Gala & Auction

Lift Your Spirits Gala Sneak Peak!

You’ll want to be there as Jack Granger of Granger Thagard cranks up the heat at our Auction! Whether you “just want to have fun” or are seriously shopping for the holidays, here’s a peek at some of the great items:

- Outfit from Town & Country Clothes
- Pair of Daiwa Spinning reels w/rods
- Diamond and precious coral earrings
- AU/LSU game tickets
- $500 Diamonds Direct gift certificate
- Aerial photo of your property
- Porsche Driving School Hot Lap at Barber Motorsports Park
- Sunset flight for 2 over Birmingham
- 1989 bottle of Chateau Neuf du Pape
- Samford Baseball Camp
- Gulf-front Villa for 6-8 at Seagrove Beach
- Apple iPad Wi-Fi 16GB
- National Championship Alabama football signed by Coach Saban
- Renaissance Ross Bridge lodging, dining, spa & golf
- Golf at Greystone
- Reynolds Plantation vacation package
- Wine Cellar – 16 bottles of vintage wine
- Alabama Symphony Season Sampler for 4
- Sterling & diamond earrings by Scott Kay
- Dinner at Veranda for 4 w/chef Tom Robey
- Sawzall by Makita

Free “Early Bird” and “End of Auction” Drawings (must be present to win!)

Drop your car with the Valet, enjoy a delicious cocktail supper by “A Social Affair”, and kick back for an evening of fun, conversation and bargains galore!

It’s all for a great cause – helping folks who struggle with grief. See you Thursday, October 21, from 5:30-8 pm in the Penthouse of the Kress Building.

COME EARLY – AND BRING TEN FRIENDS!!!
Call 205-870-8667 to RSVP today!