Center offering grief counseling

The Center for Loss and Hope at Hospice of Northeastern Illinois offers regular drop-in groups to help those dealing with the death of a loved one. Open grief groups are available for those individuals who do not wish to participate in a weekly group. Registration for these groups is not required. All groups are nondenominational and led by professionally trained facilitators.

Open groups include:

• Mourning to Meaning is held from 1 to 2:30 p.m. the first and third Monday of each month at Hospice of Northeastern Illinois Crystal Lake workstation, 390 E. Congress Pkwy., Suite E in Crystal Lake.

• Grief to Hope is held in collaboration with Catholic Charities from 9:30 to 11 a.m. on the fourth Tuesday of each month at the Arlington Heights Senior Center, 1801 W. Central Road in Arlington Heights. If meetings fall on a holiday, the groups will meet the following week.

To register or for more information on the groups or Hospice of Northeastern Illinois' Center for Loss and Hope, call (847) 381-5599, or e-mail nbillman@HospiceAnswers.org.

Hospice of Northeastern Illinois is a community based, not-for-profit organization serving families throughout McHenry, Lake, Northwest Cook, Kane, Boone and DuPage counties. Hospice of Northeastern Illinois provides patient care and bereavement services to all who need them, regardless of ability to pay. Hospice of Northeastern Illinois is Medicare certified and accredited by the Joint Commission.