PAGE 4A THE DALLAS POST SUNDAY, MARCH 10, 2013 Back Mountain Police Association donates BULLETPROOF VESTS The Back Mountain Police Association recently donated funds to sponsor the “Adopt A Cop” program of Fallen Officers Remembered to purchase new bulletproof vests for three local officers. The recipients were Officer Dave Wehrer of the Wilkes-Barre Twp. Police Dept., Officer Cody Smith and Officer Jason Gilbert, both of the Wyo- ming Police Dept. The funding was made possible from the proceeds of the Annual Back Mountain Police Association Golf Tournament. Anyone wish- ing to sponsor a vest or any law enforcement officers in need of a vest are asked to contact Jaclyn at 760-9034 or by email at faloffrem@aol.com. Checks may be sent to Fallen Officers Remembered, PO Box 2299, W-B, PA, 18703. Martin C. Maransky (BMPA, President), Officer Gilbert ( Wyoming), Jaclyn Pocceschi Mosley (F.O.R. President & Co-Founder), Gina Pocceschi Boyle (F.O.R. Vice-President & Co-Founder), Officer Cody Smith (Wyoming), Darren Kramer (BMPA Secretary and Golf Tournament Chairman) 2nd pic shown: Jaclyn Pocceschi Mosley, Martin C. Maransky, Officer Dave Wehrer, Darren Kramer, Gina Pocceschi Boyle. g ” [7 MRE © FY : 4 “ ; Bus rn me z i Bigs © PON Soon vy hoe Pond be or Eh Bloomsburg University of Pennsylvania Celebrity Artist Series Bloomsbur: UNIVE RSITY GRAMMY WINNER Kath Mat i 3 Friday, April 26, 8 p.m. Haas Center for the Arts i Mitrani Hall (570) 389-4409 Tickets: $34.50 Adult urs $19.50 Child www.bloomu.edu/cas | Grief counseling support group reaches out to those in need By MEGAN SCHNEIDER Dallas Post Correspondent The Trucksville United Methodist Church is host- ing a grief counseling sup- port group once a month as it attempts to support those who need help in their time of grief. The group open to the community and is held as a discussion facilitated by Dallas resident Brenda Bird- sall. Reverend Marian Hart- man, who has been with church a little over a year, had been particularly touched by the amount of young people who have died in the Back Mountain over the last year and a half. She shared that she lost a child about nine years ago. “The demands of the world don’t stop for us,” Hartman said. She added that, after a loss, a person needs time to grieve and accept what has happened, but must also continue working and living themselves. “But the world sometimes just expects you to get over it,” Hartman said. “We were looking to see ‘what kind of ministry we could provide, to offer peo- ple hope that as hard as it is there is healing,” she added. “Brenda showed up at the opportune time and had this wonderful background with Hospice and she of- fered to help.” “lI call it a God thing,” Hartman said. Birdsall started attending the Trucksville church when she moved to the area in 2011. She is part of the Nur- turing and Care Committee, an outreach program de- signed by the church to stay in touch with the commu- nity. This committee sends The next meeting of the Trucksville United Methodist Church's grief support group will be held at 7 p.m. on Tues- day, March 20 at the church. For more information, call the church at 696-3897. bereavement packets. Seeing the need for more support in the community, Birdsall offered to start a grief and loss support group. “It came from people say- ing they wish they had a place to go for support and for education,” she said. “I used to work as the bereave- ment coordinator for Hos- pice in Upstate New York.” The group held its first meeting in September 2012. Since then, it has held monthly meetings in the Quiet Room at the Trucks- ville United Method- ist Church on the third Wednesday of each month. The number of attendees fluctuates each month, but according to Birdsall, those who attend participate in the open discussions and are grateful for somewhere to express their emotions. “We're filling a need that wasn’t being met in the community,” she said. “It’s Get The Benefits You Deserve! [ ® Social Security w \ Disability Claimants represented by attorneys are more successful in obtaining benefits. Call me for a FREE CONSULTATION. | can help. Member of the National Organization of Social Security Claimants’ Representatives Janet A. Conser Attorney At Law %» 1575 Wyoming Ave., Forty Fort 283-1200 a safe place where they can open up.” Even though meetinge are held in a church, ® group is not necessarily faith-driven support group. People don’t need to be part of the church or feel strong in their faith to participate. “I come from a clinical background and so the sup- port group isn’t based in the religion but in practice,” Birdsall said. 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