"Heartworks" Gallery

Kavi & Yash
Making Music with Michael
Keystone Kids Camp
Music Adds Life to the Party
Music to Soothe the Spirit
Sydney's Song
"Here's to Life"
"Alleluia"

A Dancer's Renaissance
Kavi & Yash
Sydney's Song
Keystone Kids Camp

Artist Trading Cards
A Blessing For Marybeth
Charlie's Chair
Lasting Impressions
John's Art Legacy
Anna's Bracelets
A Caregiver's Collage
Keystone Kids Camp

What Are Creative Arts Therapies?

Keystone Kids Camp

Each summer, Keystone Hospice hosts a bereavement camp for children ages 6 to 13 who have experienced the loss of a loved one. The children have the opportunity to have fun in a camp setting, while spending time with other children who have sustained similar losses, allowing them to explore their grief in a supportive and engaging environment. The 2-day camp includes fun activities that promote connection making and emotional expression integrated with therapeutic arts activities that provide meaningful ways for kids to address their feelings.

Under the direction of hospice chaplain Rev. Helen Burke, the children help to create and participate in a special memorial service at the end of camp. Parents, caregivers and other important family and friends are invited to attend. The children write a song together which they present at the memorial service. The song is recorded and each child receives a CD with the song to take home. They engage in movement exercises, like using a parachute as a tool to explore and express emotions in a safe way. The children also decorate kites with messages for their deceased loved ones. They send the messages aloft by flying the kites. These activities provide healthy closure to grieving children.

Click here to read Aaliyah's camp story...

Pocket Full Of Sunshine
(Camp version)

I got a pocket a pocket full of sunshine
I got a love, a love that is all mine
Oh, oh oh
I got your personality and eyes
I got happiness cause you were so nice
Oh, oh oh

Take me away, (take me away)

To Hershey Park, walks in the dark

Take me away, (take me away)

A secret place, where we can play and stay

I got to go on bike rides with my father
Cause he is awesome and so cool, Oh, oh oh
I got my love of my dog Pebbles,
She’s a lab and she was my dad’s dog, Oh oh oh
I got a pocket full of honey
To spend on my sweet honey, Oh, oh oh

Take me away, (take me away)
To dave and Busters, and Skate Park
Take me away, (take me away)
That’s all we wrote, it’s not a joke it’s time to go …
To bed

Photos: Connie Bolig