You Are Invited!
3rd Annual Sweet Pea
Sisters & Brothers Picnic
There is no greater pain
for a parent than the pain of outliving their child. But we parents are not the only ones who
suffer. The death of a baby can be very
difficult on our surviving children, and even our subsequent children. These
kids witness their parents wrestling with overwhelming grief, and struggle with
their own feelings of sadness and confusion. They deserve a day just to be
carefree children, playing with their parents in the sunshine and having fun,
and that is what our annual picnic is all about.
Sweet Pea Project will be
holding this special event for children who have lost a brother or sister
during pregnancy or infancy on Saturday, June 1st, 2013. Parents are invited to bring their surviving
and subsequent children to Lititz Springs Park in Lititz, PA, from 4pm-7pm to
play, eat, and enjoy each other's company.
This event is free but registration is required. To register, go to
www.sweetpeaproject.org/picnic and click on Picnic Registration Form! Registration will close on April 25.
Just as we did in years
past, we will be offering tons of food and family fun activities. Dancing Bears Music will be performing on the
bandshell stage, Kulfan Photography will be doing free family portraits at the park,
Bob's Critters will be doing live animal demonstrations, Gymboree of Lancaster
will run bubble and parachute playtimes and Acts of Jennius will be leading
kids in some hula-hooping fun. Country
Conjuring and Tony the Balunguy will be wandering through the park performing
magic tricks and making balloon animals.
We'll be offering various arts and crafts projects and children will be
able to plant flowers from Shenk's
Greenhouse. We'll be serving a picnic
dinner from Freeze & Frizz and dessert from Couture Cupcakes, so bring
your appetites! We'll continue to
announce activities as the event date approaches, so be sure to check out
www.sweetpeaproject.org/picnic for more.
The idea for the Sweet Pea
Sisters & Brothers Picnic came about after Beth Gauthier and Nicole
Jackson joined the board of directors in 2010. Both had older children who
grieved along side of them when their sons were stillborn and each have had
another baby since then. Though support groups exist for parents, very little
is offered for children. Sweet Pea Project is excited to be able to reach out
to these children through this annual picnic, in honor of Mark and Max.
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