The vision of Judi's House is a community in which no child has to feel alone in grief.

Our mission is to help children and families who are grieving the death of a loved one find hope and healing within themselves.

Grieving children ages 3 to 18 who have experienced the death of a parent, sibling, grandparent or other loved one. We also provide grief support to the adult cargivers of these children and youth.

In an effort to realize its vision and embrace its mission, the Board, Staff and Volunteers provide grief support groups to children 3-18 and their adult caregivers, raise awareness about children and grief through informal interactions and formalized training and outreach to the community, and further professional understanding of grief in children through continued investment in empirical research and development of “best practices”.

Night with the Rockies
Saturday, July 19, 2008
Join Brian and kids from Judi's House in throwing out the opening pitch as the Colorado Rockies take on the Pittsburgh Pirates.

Dodgeball Tournament
Saturday, November 8, 2008
This third annual event will be at Bladium in the Stapleton Neighborhood and is open to teams of 8 who are ready to put aside bad memories of dodgeball from grade school and take home the big prize! This event is more fun than you could imagine and all for a great cause.

Judi’s House was founded in 2002 by Brian Griese with the support of key Denver community stakeholders who offered their time, energy and resources. Brian continues as the President of the Board of Directors. Karmen Carter, the Executive Director, has brought her 15 years of experience leading and consulting with non profits to collaborate with Brian and the Board of Directors, staff and community donors and volunteers in realizing the vision of a community where no child has to be alone in their grief.

Bill Mosher, Vice President (Trammel Crow Company)
Kathy Kaley, Treasurer (President, Horizon Banks-Cherry Creek)
Michael Bell (President/CEO Curian Capital)
Ted Bellamy
Pat Cortez (Senior Vice President, Wells Fargo)
Joaquin Dulitzky (Merrill Lynch)
Jeannine Hansen (Quincy Communications)
Mary Haynes (Daniels Fund)
Phil Hicks (President, David/Hicks Brokerage)
Kathleen McCracken (President, McCracken Consulting Group)
Dean Prina, M.D. (Partners in Pediatrics)
John Wickliff (Armstrong & Wickliff Real Estate)

Visonary team of Founding Donors:
Ray and Frances Baker
Steve Bangert
Laura Barton
Frank & Jacqueline Bonnano
Tim & Jan Brasel
Joy Burns
Doug and Katie Chapiewsky
PC Crown
Cate Dobson& Herschel Vaughn
Donn & Linda Eley
Sam & Nancy Gary
Bob & Shay Griese
Brian & Brook Griese
Cecil & Noel Hernandez
Phil & Kathleen Hicks
Lisa & Roger Koenigsberg
Allen & Diana Lampert
Ken Larson & Kathleen Humphrey
Sharon Magness Blake & Ernie Blake
Earnest & Valerie Mathis
Bill & Yvonne McCallum
Bill Mosher & Molly Broeren
Jim & Mary Piccolo
Dr. Dean Prina
Don & Kristin Provost
Rick & Jan Rivers
Richard & Susan Rogel
Tim & Angela Romani
Brad & Marlene Saathoff
Greg & Sue Stevinson
AL & Frances Troppman
Bill & Leslie Vollbracht
Ted & Nancy White
John Wickliff
Don Woods
FY 2007 Donors $10,000 & Above
Arie and Ida Crown Memorial
Stephen Barney
Hardy & Amy Brumfield
Douglas & Catherine Chapiewsky
Charles T. Beaird Foundation
Adolph Coors Family Foundation
The Denver Foundation
Great West Life Insurance Company
Brian Griese & Brook McClintic Griese
David Hicks Brokerage, Inc.
Christopher Hehmeyer
Phil & Kathleen Hicks
Jackson National Life Insurance Co.
David Lee
Donna Levine
NFL Charities
Nike, Inc. and Affiliates
Nouveau Riche University
Office Depot
Greg & Sue Stevinson
Greg & Jessica Weaver

Our primary services are offered at Judi's House which is an alternative to the sterile, clinical settings that traditional bereavment services are offered. Our primary point of intervention is with the children and youth as opposed to the adult or parent. Since this is true, we offer many ways for these children and youth to express themselves including peer support groups, experiential activities including sand tray work, art, outdoor grief adventure courses in collaboration with Outward Bound.

We do not tell our kids how to grieve, we step with them through their experience of grief.

We have a diverse array of support from individuals, corporations, foundations,and events. (Download our annual report pdf on this profile page to learn more)

In March of 2007, the Board of Directors, with input from key stakeholders in the community, mapped the strategic business plan for the agency for the next five years. Through this process the agency’s mission, vision, successes in the first five years, strengths, and capacity were considered. Special attention was given to the ongoing needs for grief support services focused on children in Colorado and beyond.

The resulting strategic business includes:
A pointed commitment to the continued longitudinal research study of children and grief begun in 2006 through a contract with CU Boulder’s Department of Psychology
Development of “best practice” interventions based on this research and dissemination of findings from this research nationally
Diversified outreach to grieving youth and children in the community through cultivation of community partnerships and collaboration
Ongoing investment in the organizational infrastructure to support agency growth
Embracing the agency’s values of
PREVENTION
INCLUSION
INNOVATION
COLLABORATION
COMPASSION

Since opening our doors in 2002, we have served more than 2,000 grieving children.

In 2006 we began a longitudinal study of children and greif that is one of the first of its kind. We met and exceeded revenue/fundraising goals for the most recently completed fiscal year (July 2006 to June 2007).
Judi's House was selected as a finalist by the El Pomar Foundation for an Award for Excellence in the non profit sector.