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...Life Raft meets for two hours every Monday, 52 weeks a year, in the basement of Memorial Church. "Life threatening illnesses do not follow the academic calendar," Bunn explains...
...felt Harvard lacked a place for people to go when they needed help dealing with their own terminal illnesses or deaths in their families. So in 1983, Minifie founded Life Raft, a support group for members of the Harvard community...
Students, faculty and staff who are affiliated with Harvard can attend the meetings. At any given time, says Bunn, between 30 and 40 people are participating in Life Raft. But there are usually between eight and 12 people at each meeting. Bunn attends all of the meetings, though she says, "it works best when I say the least...
...group consists of people with life threatening illnesses, those with ill relatives, and those grieving over deaths in their families. Lutheran Campus Minister H. Frederick Reisz Jr., who refers people to Life Raft, says the group's organizers thought of splitting up those with different problems. But combining the various groups seems to work best. Staff or faculty members with illnesses can answer the questions of students with dying parents, such as "What do you want from your child right now?" or "How would you like me to deal with this...
...biochemistry graduate student who spoke on the conidition of anonymity says she has been attending Life Raft meetings on and off for more than a year since her father died of leukemia. "My grieving has gone in cycles," she says. "It comes back unexpectedly, and it is good to know Life Raft is always there...