Bereaved Families of Ontario - Kingston Region

2025 Butterfly Releases

The 2025 Butterfly Release at Glenhaven is coming up on June 7th, and this year there is a second Butterfly Release in Napanee on July 19th. See details here.

Walk to Remember

Thank you to everyone who joined us on October 6th for the Walk to Remember! Sponsored by Kingsbridge Retirement Community. See you next year!

UPDATE:

BFO-Kingston has moved! We are very excited for this new chapter and new space, and we hope you will come celebrate with us! On April 27th, we will be holding an Open House and Volunteer Appreciation Event in our new home at Providence Village. Please join us for a first look at our new meeting room while enjoying light refreshments and recognizing the amazing contributions of our compassionate, dedicated volunteers. Please RSVP to let us know you can make it at bit.ly/3XANryR.

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Bereaved Families of Ontario – Kingston Region continues to offer both group and one-to-one peer support with phone conversations, video conferencing or in-person. Please call or email for more information or to register.

The office is open most days between 9:30am and 12:30pm, but we suggest calling ahead to ensure someone is there before arriving. Phone and email continue to be the most reliable way to contact us; every effort is made to reply to voicemails and emails within two business days.

Support Group Sessions of Bereaved Families of Ontario – Kingston Region

Please email bfo@kingston.net or call 613-634-1230 to register.

**Parent (Loss of a Child) First Tuesday Monthly 6:30 p.m.

**Suicide Loss First Wednesday Monthly 6:30 p.m.

Pregnancy and Infant Loss First Thursday Monthly 7:00 p.m.

*Partner/Spousal Loss Second Thursday Monthly 6:30 p.m.

Living with Loss Third Tuesday Monthly 6:30 p.m.

*Mourning Break Fourth Tuesday Monthly 11:00 a.m.

*meets in-person

**hybrid meetings, with some participants attending in-person and others on Zoom

#WeAreHere to #SupportYGK

Please e-mail or call to register bfo@kingston.net or 613-634-1230

Who We Are

If you are visiting this website, chances are someone important/special to you has died or you are preparing for a death. We are a supportive community who understands grief. We have all been there. We hope you will find that these pages are a comfort and a place to remember those we love, as well as a resource for information about BFO – Kingston Region’s programs and services. We believe that when bereaved families come together to support one another, they can influence the growth of a healing and caring community.

Our Mission

We are Bereaved Families of Ontario – Kingston Region. We provide programs, services and resources based on a mutual support model to individuals, families, children, groups and communities. We are the bereaved helping the bereaved learn to live with grief. We can help the healing begin.

Our Events

We are a charitable organization registered with the Canada Customs and Revenue Agency. Our charitable registration number is 86521 1718 RR0001