New York Life Donates $1 Million to The Dougy Center for Grieving Children

The New York Life Foundation recently awarded a $1 million grant to The Dougy Center for Grieving Children and Families, the largest ever in Center’s 36-year history. (Pictured left to right) Kimberly Wuepper Rudick, an Agent with New York Life Insurance Company, presented the $1 million check to Ashleigh Gunter, The Dougy Center’s Board Chair and Brennan Wood, The Dougy Center’s Executive Director. The grant will fund expansion of The Dougy Center’s program development trainings in the U.S. and round the world. Based in Portland, Ore., The Dougy Center provides peer-based support programs for children, teens, young adults and their families grieving the death of a parent or sibling.