How it all began
Wild Grief began over dinner-table conversations in early 2015, by people experienced in leading peer grief support for children, teens and parents. The founders met and dreamed: “What would it be like if we could take grieving teens out to the wilderness?” We looked for a place to hold our dream and realized that we needed to create that space in our community – so Wild Grief was born.
Our vision increased to providing this kind of support for the entire community; everywhere we turned there were people yearning for the chance to share their stories while walking side-by-side in nature. Doors began to open for us before we reached them! Wild Grief started as a volunteer run organization, and we put time and love into the work to achieve our first hikes in 2017, our first overnight trip in 2018, and our first staff in 2019.
