For Gerard Morin, a Manager at AVANGRID and based in Portland, Maine the mission of the Center for Grieving Children is personal.  His wife is a Center employee, and for years he has been moved by the hundreds of stories about individuals and families who have been helped by the Center to find resilience and healing at their most vulnerable: when experiencing grief and loss. Each year, the Center serves more than 4,000  (66,000 since 1987) children, teens, families, and young adults overcome trauma and loss in their daily lives – from leaving war-torn countries, to the loss of a parent or guardian to dealing with illness.  The Center is unique in many ways, providing all series at no cost and employing a community-based model that offers immediate intervention, peer support, outreach, and education delivered through a small staff and the help of over 28,000 volunteer hours.  In the words of Executive Director Ann Heros, the Center is all about community:  “By helping [families] and propping them as a society, they’re getting surrounded by a love that is unconditional…and when everything else falls away, what’s left is the human connection and community.” Watch here to learn their story!