In 2014, after the passing of her youngest son, she founded Luminous Light Studio where she creates heartfelt art for bereaved parents in memory of their children.
For the second year running, the Still A Mum initiative will be marking this day by planting trees with parents in memory of babies gone too soon.
There are prayers for the birth of a child, for new love, for military veterans, for connecting with old friends; for someone diagnosed with cancer, Alzheimer's or dementia; for a critically ill parent, and in memory of an organ donor.
The award being given tonight by this center for mediation is one of healing and forgiveness; it is most appropriately awarded to Jan and Mary, Chris's parents, not just in memory of Chris' good works, but theirs.
But for the people for whom it mattered, especially those who have recently lost parents, it remains alive in memory like a mythical Brigadoon.
In 1984 he won the most lucrative award in mathematics, the Wolf Prize, and used all but $720 of the $50,000 prize money to establish a scholarship in his parents' memory in Israel.
A performance by parents who are professional performers in memory of William E. McGinn, a neighbor and firefighter who was killed in the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks.
Family donations may come in memory of a parent, to honor a survivor, or in the hope that medicine can help other family members who may be susceptible to a hereditary condition.
Helping to buoy this year's totals are the many donors who give year after year, often in memory of a parent or spouse who had given for many years.
Among his charitable activities, he was a major supporter and served as a trustee of the Museum of Jewish Heritage A Living Memorial to the Holocaust in New York City, where he established the Keeping History Center in memory of his parents, Fannie and Morris Pickman, along with funding numerous other programs and projects of the museum, including the Pickman Museum Shop.
