Save the Date – “The Medium…The Music…and ME!”

COPE is thrilled to announce the new date for The Medium… The Music… and ME! at BACCA Arts Center in Lindenhurst, NY. A benefit performance with proceeds to support COPE families. Mark your calendars for Saturday, May 11 at...

Healing Tip – February 2024

As we look back on our supportive programs from 2023 and begin to schedule our workshops for 2024, we want to express our deepest gratitude to the amazing individuals who shared their grief journeys and bereavement expertise with COPE and its community last...

Co-Presidents’ Message – January 2024

I like to do things with my hands. Admittedly, I’m not very good at it. I’m good at having ideas and envisioning things, but executing isn’t my strength.  I’ve painted, built, restored, worked on, and created too many things to count in the last ten years or...

Welcome to Jennifer Capozzoli

Jennifer Capozzoli began working at COPE in December 2023. Jen is currently an administrator at New York University and previously served in administrative roles at Riverdale Country School and the University of Pennsylvania. Throughout her career in education, she...

Healing Tip – January 2024

The new year has come! During this time, many people often think of new year’s resolutions they have and reflect on aspects of what they may want to change, improve, or begin. Perhaps this is a time of reflection upon the last year and how it felt for you, for a...

12/16 – “Healing Through the Holidays”

Happy Heavenly Birthday Michelle Missing & Loving you, Mom The holidays come with added stress and sadness for anyone grieving a loved one which is why COPE is offering this special program for you. At Lifetime Syosset on December 16 @ 2:00 (details below) ~ part...

Welcome board members!

COPE is thrilled to welcome two new board members, Dr. Kristin Gill and Sonia Mukhi.    Learn more about them and new board member opportunities below. Dr. Kristin Gill is a Psychiatrist, Physician Executive expert, and thought leader in Women’s Mental...

Healing Tip – December 2023

The holidays can be a wonderful time of year for many as people begin to accessorize their homes with festive decorations for the season. For a person who is grieving perhaps this is a more difficult time. Grief is bad enough, but it can be magnified when the holiday...

Co-Presidents’ Message – November 2023

Over here, we lost some of them. But over there, they lost all of us. That’s a quote from the final scene of, perhaps, my all-time favorite TV show. I have a tendency to seek out extremely emotional TV shows and movies. If it doesn’t involve loss of some...

Healing Tip – November 2023

Grief as an Origin Story As I’ve been preparing my kids for Halloween and enjoying all the fantastical costumes, superheroes, and popular toys of my own childhood, it has reminded me of a topic I’ve been mulling over in my head for months. It started over the summer...