Foster Funeral Home Helps Friends Of Hospice Provide Children’ Grief Coping Books To Hannibal, Mexico Libraries

Foster Funeral Home, in partnership with Friends of Hospice in Oswego County, recently donated books to the Hannibal public library that help children cope with grief and loss. Shelly Stanton, Hannibal library director, is joined by Foster Funeral Directors Jody Ann Morgan, center, and Heather Sturges in displaying some of the donated books.

FULTON, NY – Foster Funeral Home has partnered with the Friends of Hospice in Oswego County (FOHOC) , to expand their program of offering books at local libraries to help children coping with grief and loss, said Klara Stellingwerf, manager, Foster Funeral Home.

            FOHOC launched the program in January by donating these books to the Oswego, Fulton and Pulaski public libraries, said Elena Twiss, FOHOC executive director. “Foster Funeral Home has helped us expand this program by donating these books to Hannibal public library and FOHOC donated them to the Mexico public library. We believe this is a wonderful service to our community by helping children in a range of age groups address grief and loss. There are book options for ages zero to eighteen-plus, and one of the books is even for adults to help assist parents in talking to their children about loss.”

            “All of us at Foster Funeral Home are grateful to have this opportunity to work with Friends of Hospice to offer comfort and consolation to children who are dealing with the loss of a loved one,” Stellingwerf said. “It’s part of our ongoing mission to support our community as we have for more than 100 years.”

Friends of Hospice in Oswego County is a volunteer organization that provides financial and non-medical support to individuals, caregivers, friends and families during the end-of-life journey and supports them following their loss. For additional information, visit www.friendsofhospice.org, or call 315-216-7580.

Foster Funeral Home has been serving the community since 1919. They have locations at 910 Fay St. in Fulton and at 837 Cayuga St. in Hannibal. For more information, call (315) 592-2313 or visit their website at www.fosterfuneralhome.com.

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