# Ele's Place > No child should have to grieve alone. ## Pages - [Supporting someone who is grieving](https://elesplace.onewithdigital.com/supporting-someone-grieving/): Plain-language ideas for supporting a grieving child, teen or friend: what helps, what to avoid, talking about death, and holidays. From Ele's Place. - [Resources](https://elesplace.onewithdigital.com/resources/): Grief resources from Ele's Place: reading lists, a holiday toolkit, tips for schools and medical professionals, and trusted organizations. - [Tips for medical professionals](https://elesplace.onewithdigital.com/resources/medical-professionals/): Tips for medical professionals on talking with children about the death of a family member, and how to refer a family to Ele's Place. - [Tips for educators](https://elesplace.onewithdigital.com/resources/educators/): Tips for teachers and school staff supporting a grieving student, and how Ele's Place partners with schools in Michigan. - [Young adult grief support](https://elesplace.onewithdigital.com/programs/young-adults/): A free monthly virtual peer grief group for young adults ages 18 to 26 who live in Michigan. Call Ele's Place to ask about joining. - [Ele's Groups at school](https://elesplace.onewithdigital.com/programs/schools/): Ele's Groups are 8-week peer grief support groups in Michigan schools, run with school counselors. Learn how schools and parents can start. - [Cars & Cocoa](https://elesplace.onewithdigital.com/events/cars-and-cocoa/): Cars & Cocoa is a family fundraiser at the Vanguard Motor Sales showroom in Plymouth, held February 21, 2026, for Ele's Place Ann Arbor. - [Derby Day Soirée](https://elesplace.onewithdigital.com/events/derby-day/): The Derby Day Soirée is Ele's Place Ann Arbor's evening fundraiser, held May 2, 2026 at Revel Run in Chelsea. - [Healing Hearts 5K](https://elesplace.onewithdigital.com/events/healing-hearts-5k/): The Healing Hearts 5K is an outdoor family run/walk benefiting Ele's Place West Michigan. Held June 7, 2026 at Millennium Park. - [Ele's Race 5K](https://elesplace.onewithdigital.com/events/eles-race/): Ele's Race is an annual 5K run/walk that benefits Ele's Place Capital Region in Lansing. Held July 18, 2026. - [Courage, Comfort & Cocktails](https://elesplace.onewithdigital.com/events/courage-comfort-cocktails/): Courage, Comfort & Cocktails is Ele's Place West Michigan's signature fall event, held October 13, 2026 at the Goei Center in Grand Rapids. - [Children's Grief Awareness Month](https://elesplace.onewithdigital.com/events/awareness/): November is Children's Grief Awareness Month. Learn how to take part, give, or bring your workplace to Ele's Place in Michigan. - [Bring your workplace](https://elesplace.onewithdigital.com/involved/workplace/): Help as a team: volunteer, host a workplace fundraiser, match gifts or give supplies. Call your nearest Ele's Place branch to get started. - [Corporate sponsorship](https://elesplace.onewithdigital.com/sponsor/): Sponsor free grief support for Michigan children and families. See events, ways to partner and who to call at Ele's Place. - [Become a group facilitator](https://elesplace.onewithdigital.com/involved/facilitator/): Lead a peer grief group for kids and teens in Michigan. See the time, training and how to apply at Ele's Place in Ann Arbor, Lansing or Grand Rapids. - [West Michigan](https://elesplace.onewithdigital.com/locations/west-michigan/): Ele's Place West Michigan in Grand Rapids: free peer grief support for children, teens and caregivers at 2000 Michigan St NE. Call 616.301.1605. - [Capital Region](https://elesplace.onewithdigital.com/locations/capital-region/): Ele's Place Capital Region in Lansing: free peer grief support for children, teens, young adults and families at 1145 W. Oakland Ave. Call 517.482.1315. - [Ann Arbor](https://elesplace.onewithdigital.com/locations/ann-arbor/): Ele's Place Ann Arbor: free peer grief support for children, teens and families at A Home for Healing Hearts, 5665 Hines Drive. Call 734.929.6640. - [What a group night feels like](https://elesplace.onewithdigital.com/programs/a-night/): The scariest part is not knowing the shape of the evening. Here is the outline, written for the adult who is driving. - [About](https://elesplace.onewithdigital.com/about/): Ele's Place is a nonprofit organization dedicated to supporting grieving children, teens and their families. - [Contact](https://elesplace.onewithdigital.com/contact/): Call the branch nearest the child. A family can call now. A school should ask for the Ele's Group coordinator. - [Get involved](https://elesplace.onewithdigital.com/involved/): Volunteer with Ele's Place in Ann Arbor, Lansing or Grand Rapids. Lead a peer grief group, help at events, or bring your team. Call to start. - [Give](https://elesplace.onewithdigital.com/give/): Children, teens and their caregivers never see a fee. Foundations, corporations, organizations and individuals pay for it. - [Events](https://elesplace.onewithdigital.com/events/): Ele's Place events across Michigan: Children's Grief Awareness Month, Courage, Comfort & Cocktails, Ele's Race 5K, Healing Hearts 5K and more. - [Find support](https://elesplace.onewithdigital.com/support/): If you already know the town, call that branch. The three branches are equal. Choose the one that is easiest to reach. - [Locations](https://elesplace.onewithdigital.com/locations/): Ele's Place has three branches across Michigan. Support is free at every branch. If you live between branches, call either one. - [Programs](https://elesplace.onewithdigital.com/programs/): Ele's Place helps children and teens cope after a parent, a sibling, or someone else close to them has died. Groups are peer to peer. - [Home](https://elesplace.onewithdigital.com/): Free peer grief support for children, teens, young adults and caregivers at Ele's Place in Ann Arbor, Lansing and Grand Rapids, Michigan. [comment]: # (Generated by Hostinger Tools Plugin)