Free program helps grieving youth in central Pennsylvania [Video]

CUMBERLAND COUNTY, Pa. — Dealing with death can be difficult, especially for young people, but a free peer support program in Camp Hill aims to provide hope amid sorrow.

The Highmark Caring Place Peer Support program gives people an opportunity to connect with others and process death in their family. The facility offers a chill zone, meeting rooms and activities for people to channel emotions.

Chris Wilcox, the mother of a program participant, lost her husband to cancer in January of 2017. He left her and their four children behind. Wilcox says she came to the Caring Place expecting help for her daughter and ended up receiving some for herself.

“When my husband died, it was shocking,” Wilcox said. “I felt shellshocked. When I came to the Caring Place and I sat in an adult room with other people who …