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One out of every twenty children, age 15 and younger, will suffer the loss of one or both parents.
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FIRST ANNUAL Ride With Kelly Ride Information...Welcome
As adults we all have our own way of grieving. We may need help. We may not. In the end we understand that the death of a loved one is inevitable. But, what about the children left behind? How do we help them understand while at the same time try to grieve and understand our own loss? Blessedly, I was introduced to an organization called Rick’s House of Hope. and, I also performed my own research of parent/sibling loss and its effects on children. I have discovered staggering statistics. For example, after the loss of a parent or sibling, children are 85 - 90 percent more likely to use drugs/alcohol to numb the pain of the loss. To complicate matters the financial impact can be enormous to the average family and most insurance companies have limited or no counseling coverage. Even harder to find is specialized attention to your child’s grief.
Thank you in advance for your time.
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Kelly Marie Beckmann - McQuate loved children and children loved her back. She had a special gift of lighting up a room, and everyone, whether strangers to her or not, could sense it. Kelly was my wife for only seven days when she was killed by an intoxicated, wrong way driver (
We at the Ride For Kelly Foundation are committed to helping all children regardless of social or economic status receive the attention they need in their time of grieving the loss of a parent or sibling. That is where the life and death of one person can and will make a difference. The Ride With Kelly way.
