Coming Together to Tend Our Grief

The Grief Ceremony Details:

• Dates: Friday, Oct 9, 7pm – Sunday Oct 11th, 12pm

• There is no set cost to participate. We’ll cover all costs with 20 participants contributing an average of $300 (for a total of $6,000). If some are able to give more financially, it will help cover the costs of those who need to contribute less. We will communicate with all registered participants about actual income and expenses for this offering.

Please register by September 25th

We estimate this registration form will take approximately 15-30 minutes to review and complete.

If you have any questions, please contact methow.kinship@gmail.com.

 

We would love to get to know you, your background, and what's bringing you to this grief ceremony. 

We believe that grieving is an essential human need, something that shouldn’t just be available for those with the resources to pay money for it. Therefore, there is no set cost to participate in this grief ceremony.

We estimate $6,000 in total expenses for this event, including meaningful financial support for the facilitators, cost for the space, and supplies. In our dream world, we would offer this ceremony weekend as a community giveaway, but we are not in a position to offer that given the truth of our financial realities.

So, we do the best we can in extending the offer here in hopes that people will join in, asking for what they need and offering what they can. We’ll cover all costs with 20 participants contributing an average of $300. If some are able to give more financially, it will help cover the costs of those who need to contribute less.

Please contribute the most you can that feels within your capacity, knowing that doing so will help to uplift this effort and make it available for folks who have less in the way of financial resources. One way to find your capacity is through a thought experiment: Imagine contributing $300. If this feels like too big of a stretch and beyond your capacity at this time, lower the number until it feels good - a stretch, but not an overstretch. If imagining contributing $300 feels very comfortable, increase the number in your mind until it feels good - like a stretch, but not an overstretch. We’re going for feeling generous - and responsible to the truth of your needs. 

We will communicate with all registered participants about actual income and expenses for this offering. If you have more questions, please see our Frequently Asked Questions.

Collectively, we can make shared spaces for grieving more widely available and accessible in the Methow Valley.

I am voluntarily participating in a course or courses provided by Rites & Responsibilities, a project of Nourishing Futures. I will be receiving instruction and information concerning emotional wellness during exposure to course content, which may include potentially emotionally activating materials. I represent and warrant that I have no physical or mental health condition that would prevent my safe participation in this offering. I agree that if I am pregnant, or have a known cardiac arrhythmia (including very slow heart rate), a history of heart block, or if I am taking antipsychotic medications that may result in an adverse reaction in connection with emotionally sensitive activities. 

I am willingly and voluntarily assuming any risks, injuries or damages, known and unknown, which I might incur as a result of participating in this offering, and agree that Rites & Responsibilities, a project of Nourishing Futures, will not have any liability for such injuries or damages, to the maximum extent allowed by applicable law. 

I acknowledge and agree that none of the Rites & Responsibilities team are medical professionals and do not provide medical or psychological diagnoses or treatments. I agree that if I have any medical condition, I will seek the help of a medical professional. 

To the maximum extent permitted by applicable law, I hereby (a) waive and release  any claims, known or unknown, I may have against Rites & Responsibilities and/or Nourishing Futures, including its facilitators, volunteers, instructors, officers, directors and employees and agents, arising from or in connection with the services provided by Rites & Responsibilities and/or Nourishing Futures (“Claims”) and agree to indemnify Rites & Responsibilities and/or Nourishing Futures, including its facilitators, volunteers, instructors, officers, directors and employees and agents, from and against any and all Claims. 

I expressly waive all rights afforded by any statute which limits the effect of a  release with respect to unknown claims.