Capital Campaign

Providing Hope and Healing for Grievers

Why A Sanctuary?

We have been serving the grieving community for almost 7 years. We have seen hope and healing restored where a spirit of grief was overshadowing the progress of living a healthy life. As we have served these remarkable people, we have seen a need to have a place where people can come for 3-5 days for Grief/Trauma Coaching and Mediation, equipping them with tools, strategies, and resources to manage their grief.

    One may ask, “Why does there need to be a place?” 

When a child passes, color leaves. We know it is important to have grievers in a place to introduce color back into their world. Quite often individuals are living in the house where the sibling or child had been residing. There are so many triggers around them it makes it difficult for them to breathe and process. Unfortunately, some of these individuals found their children in their homes due to a suicide and/or overdose. We have seen getting the individuals away from their environment helps to promote and foster healing. 

The purpose for The Sanctuary:

The Sanctuary will have coaching available -both individually and as a family - and will offer the opportunity to work on family relational dynamics. The goal is to equip attendees with tools, skills, and resources to manage their grief in healthy ways and prevent the family from fraying apart.

We will have coaching available -both individually and as a family - and will offer the opportunity to work on family relational dynamics. The goal is to equip attendees with tools, skills, and resources to manage their grief in healthy ways.

The Sterling Rose Sanctuary, a 501c3 nonprofit, serves those grieving by providing resources for hope and healing.

What You’ll Experience

  • The Rose and Thorn Room

    You cannot enjoy life’s beauty without experiencing the thorns. We have exercises to help individuals identify both and work through unresolved issues.

  • The Butterfly Room

    We will explore how families can embrace the transformation process as they evolve into their new identities.

  • Soaking Room

    An area designed to let individuals permit themselves to grieve.

  • The Workout Room

    Grief has physical consequences, and we will provide light stretching and exercises to promote health and well-being.

  • The Garden and Nature Trail

    The grounds will be equipped with water features and a garden for people to relax an be renewed.

What moves through us is a silence, a quiet silence, a longing for one more day, one more word, one more touch. We may not understand why you left the earth so soon, or why you left before we were ready to say good-bye. But, little by little, we begin to remember not just that you died, but that you LIVED. And, that YOUR life gave us memories too beautiful to forget...”

— Unknown