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Kara sponsors a number of events each year for clients, professionals
and the general public. Kara espouses no particular philosophical
or religious orientation.
Kara Volunteer Training
Kara is looking for volunteers who would like to learn how to support
others through the grief process. Click
here for information about our next volunteer training for
peer grief counselors and group facilitators. If you want to volunteer
for office help, events or fundraising, please contact
us or call our office at (650) 321-5272.
The Kara Experience
You are cordially invited to Kara’s Youth & Family facility
to spend one hour learning about Kara and its programs and services.
This experience includes a brief tour of our Youth & Family
facility. We look forward to meeting you and sharing with you the
services we provide to our community.
2008 Kara Experience Events
(Noon – 1PM):
Thursday, June 19
Thursday, August 7
Tuesday, October 7
Thursday, December 11
Click HERE
for Kara
Experience Flyer.
Please RSVP to Kama Fletcher at (650) 321-5272, x17
Kara’s Youth & Family Facility is located at:
First Baptist Church, 305 N. California Ave, Palo Alto, CA 94301
Directions from Hwy. 101
Take the Embarcadero Road/Oregon Expressway Exit. Merge onto Oregon
Expressway. Turn right onto Bryant Street. Turn right onto N. California
Avenue. The church will be immediately on your left. Please feel
free to park on the street in front of the church building.
Kara's Spring Conference: Good Grief - The
Heart of Healing
This conference is intended for nurses, mental health workers,
social workers, hospice personnel, physicians, clergy, school counselors,
and anyone else who deals with issues related to terminal illness,
death and grief.
May 9, 2008
8:30AM - 4:30PM
SRI Conference Center in Menlo Park
333 Ravenswood Ave., Menlo Park CA
Speakers/Topics:
Insight and Inspiration for Caregivers - Dr. Joan Borysenko
The Heart of Healing through Music and Humor - Karen Drucker
Click HERE for conference
details and registration.
Candlelight Service
Each year Kara invites the community to join together to remember
loved ones who have died.
Come Light a Candle
In Memory of a Loved One
At an Interfaith Gathering of Remembrance
First Thursday in December
7:00PM
Unity
Palo Alto Community Church
3391 Middlefield Road
Palo Alto
Contact
Us
457 Kingsley Ave
Palo Alto, CA 94301
650-321-5272
Office hours are M-F, 9AM to 4PM Pacific time.
Here is a map
to our office.
Kara is the Gothic root of the word "care."
It means to reach out, to care, to lament, to grieve with.
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