PROVO, Utah (AP) — A couple in northern Utah is offering grieving families a place to get support.
The Daily Herald reports Lance and Nancy Boldt are renting a 110-year-old home in American Fork that provides peer-to-peer support groups a place to hold meetings to help participants manage grief.
Joshy’s House of Hope opened in September and is named in memory of the Boldts’ son, Joshua, a 15-year-old with Down syndrome who died 10 years ago after a battle with acute myeloid leukemia. The couple also lost their 12-year-old son, Ben, who was diagnosed with acute lymphoblastic leukemia.
Nancy Boldt says she decided to rent the home to create a support system for families of children with cancer after her children got sick.
The home serves groups at no cost that help families deal with grief and support those who have lost loved ones to suicide.