CLARKSBURG, W.Va. — Children who have suffered the loss of a parent or loved one, along with family members or guardians, will be attending the July 10, 2018 Taylor Swift concert thanks to West Virginia Caring and its community partners.
Financial gifts from Apple Federal Credit Union and other donors will allow 17 children and their guardians — including three children and a mother from Clarksburg — to be treated to an all-expenses-paid experience, including transportation, food, concert tickets and souvenirs. Transportation is being provided courtesy of DC Trails.
DATE/TIME: Tuesday, July 10 — Concert will begin at 7 p.m. EDT
LOCATION: FedEx Field, 1600 Fedex Way, Landover, MD 20785
For more information, contact:
Cynthia Woodyard – West Virginia Caring; [email protected]; 304-864-0884 (office); 304-212-8347 (cell)
West Virginia Caring (a non-profit hospice serving north central citizens) has embraced grieving children and teens for more than two decades by offering grief support through specialized bereavement programs held in individual West Virginia Caring neighborhoods across the Mountain State. West Virginia Caring – along with its sister organization, Capital Caring, serving Virginia, Maryland and the District of Columbia — has access to a private suite at FedEx Field for the concert.
ABOUT WEST VIRGINIA CARING: WV Caring, a 501 (c) (3), non-profit organization, is dedicated to serving individuals and their families transitioning through life-limiting illness with palliative and hospice care while providing outreach, education and expertise in grief support to the entire community.
WV Caring fills unmet patient care needs by taking on complicated diagnoses, making sure hospice pediatric care is available to our communities, and more that is not provided by other end-of-life care providers.
WV Caring serves 12 counties in West Virginia since 1983. It is owned by the communities it serves in North Central West Virginia. In fact, WV Caring is one of a few not for profit, stand-alone advanced illness care providers serving this area. To learn more about West Virginia Caring, visithttps://wvcaring.org/#.