
Support to the Newtown Community
We were able to send therapists to help in the Newtown tragedy through the Jewish United Fund and the Jewish Community Emergency Resiliency Team (J-CERT). J-CERT’s mission is to prepare for, respond to, and recover from critical incidents that affect the Chicago...

Fundraiser at ILLUSIONS BY JILL in City Park
December 4th, 2012 — Please join us at Illusions By Jill in City Park on December 4th, 2012 in Lincolnshire for a day of shopping, food, wine, fun and more. 10% of all sales will be donated to our Foundation. Appetizers and beverages will be served and there will also be raffles and giveaways.

Sudden Loss Conference on Help, Healing and Hope
November 14th, 2012 — This initiative, in partnership with the Jewish Healing Network of Chicago, will take place on November 14th, 2012. We will host the Lauri S. Bauer Foundation for Sudden Loss Conference on Help, Healing and Hope after Loss. This two part conference will be led by internationally renowned grief expert Dr. Kenneth Doka, PhD and a panel of experts.

Grand Opening of our Evanston Office, April 1st
The Foundation continues to be extremely busy. After just celebrating the one year anniversary of the Barr Harris/Lauri Bauer Grief Center in Deerfield, we opened a second location in Evanston. The new office is located at: 708 Davis St. #203 Evanston, IL 60201...

Willow House Outreach Program
Our Willow House School Outreach program continues to be in high demand. We are currently working on an ongoing consulting basis with 2 schools following particularly traumatic deaths in their communities; namely, Libertyville and Highland Park. We have school...