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 2,600 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 before and after a death, 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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“The Dougy Center was a beautiful sanctuary for my kids and I. To be able to articulate our grief with others that understood our pain was invaluable. It helped us not only survive an unimaginable time, it helped us grow into stronger, present and healthier humans. We are now all using our creative outlets fueled by our grief to share and hopefully inspire others.” -Dougy Center Parent

Incentives

Fire Lily 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 2025 Give!Guide. 

Fire Lily Coffee is honored to help support Dougy Center's work with children and families who are grieving.

Partner(s)

Dougy Center is excited to partner with Fire Lily Coffee  through this year's Give!Guide! This business helps to strengthen our community!