A Gentle Escape for Healing Hearts
Together, after loss.
Your generosity gives grieving families the space to rest, reconnect, and begin healing—together.
Healing Happens Together
Our mission is to support families healing from the loss of a spouse and parent by providing all-expenses-paid vacations that create space for connection, rest, and new shared memories. We help surviving parents and children rediscover togetherness, resilience, and hope as they navigate life after loss.
Grief Does Not End Love
Grief changes everything—but it doesn’t take away the need for connection, love, and presence. Healing Hearts Getaways offers families a chance to step away from daily pressures and into a space where healing can begin.
Why Vacations Heal Grief?
Rooted in purpose, shaped by vision, driven by results.
Grief doesn’t pause when children are watching, and it doesn’t wait until a surviving parent has the strength to rest. After the loss of a spouse and parent, families are often overwhelmed by routines, responsibilities, and reminders of what has changed. There is little space to breathe—let alone heal.
A restorative vacation removes families from the environment where loss happened and places them in a setting designed for rest, connection, and presence. This change of scenery allows the nervous system to soften, creating a rare window where grief can coexist with moments of relief, laughter, and bonding.
Healing doesn’t mean forgetting. It means learning how to live together again.
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Your support fuels progress and brings hope where it's needed most.
Your donation is made to Cherry Willow Initiative, a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization (EIN: 33-2282290) that is fiscally sponsoring Healing Hearts Giveaway.