Dougy Center

Mission

Dougy Center provides grief support in a safe place where children, teens, young adults, and their families can share their experiences before and after a death. We provide support and training locally, nationally, and internationally to individuals and organizations seeking to assist children who are grieving.

Bottom Line for Portland

Every year, Dougy Center provides support to over 2,500 children, teens, young adults and their family members in the Portland Metro area who are grieving a death through our world-renowned peer-to-peer Grief Support Program. Our unique approach providing peer support groups offers an opportunity for children and teens to express their emotions — all of their emotions — and can help families find a path in grief. We know from the thousands of children and families who have walked through the doors of Dougy Center that newly grieving children need support and understanding - from their friends, family, school, and community and the impact of the pandemic has led to the highest volume of requests for our services in our organization’s history. 

Donating to Dougy Center ensures that grief support is available at no expense to families who are grieving and ensures that resources are available at no cost to the Portland Metro community when supporting children in grief is needed. 

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“Dougy Center has been an invaluable resource. I consider myself to be a very intentional, resourceful, and protective mother when it comes to my children. However, I, alone, was not capable of managing their grief. Dougy Center can help to process and unpack all of those big feelings that can consume the hearts of adults and children alike.” -Dougy Center Parent

Incentives

Exilior Coffee is partnering with Dougy Center to offer a curated gift basket that includes their delicious authentically Kenyan coffee and macadamia nuts. The lucky winner will be randomly drawn amongst all gifts of $50 or more to Dougy Center through the 2024 Give!Guide. 

Assembly Brewing Co. is partnering with Dougy Center to offer a $50 Gift Card to be used at any of their Portland locations. Assembly Brewing Co. believes in bringing Portland together, one beer at a time.  The lucky winner will be randomly drawn amongst all gifts of $25 or more to Dougy Center through the 2024 Give!Guide.

Exilior Coffee and Assembly Brewing Co. are honored to help support Dougy Center's work with children and families who are grieving.

Partner(s)

Dougy Center is excited to partner with Exilior Coffee and Assembly Brewing Co. through this year's Give!Guide! These businesses help to strengthen our community!