HOPE Circle is no longer meeting
or hosting groups.
Some other postpartum resources:
Perinatal Support Washington (PS-WA)
The PS-WA website has listings of online and in-person support groups all over WA state. Find an active group in your area!
PS-WA Toll Free Support Line: 1-800-404-7763
Steps to Wellness - some easy things you can do to help deal with symptoms of mild depression
Solace for Mothers - healing after traumatic birth experience
Postpartum Progress - a great website full of PPMD resources and personal stories
Peninsula Birth Network - pregnancy, birth & postpartum resources in Kitsap and the Peninsula
The PS-WA website has listings of online and in-person support groups all over WA state. Find an active group in your area!
PS-WA Toll Free Support Line: 1-800-404-7763
Steps to Wellness - some easy things you can do to help deal with symptoms of mild depression
Solace for Mothers - healing after traumatic birth experience
Postpartum Progress - a great website full of PPMD resources and personal stories
Peninsula Birth Network - pregnancy, birth & postpartum resources in Kitsap and the Peninsula
Our recent message to the community:
After considering all the options, and taking into account the resources available, the decision has been made for HOPE Circle to wrap up its time with the community. It's been 8 years since the organization was started by Crystal Gurney with a group on Bainbridge Island. Since then, we've had as many as 3 groups (Poulsbo, Bremerton, and Gig Harbor), and have most recently been offering an online group. Over the years, we sent at least 15 people to be trained as facilitators in the GPS model (previously MotherWoman). A best guess is that we have hosted close to 200 groups and had around 350+ moms attend those groups over the years. We have had so many amazing volunteers help with fundraising, serve on the board, and otherwise support the work of bringing support to moms in the perinatal period in Kitsap. It has been a really amazing 8 years! AND, amazing and good things still come with an end point, and it is time to give closure to HOPE Circle.
This comes with a mixed bag of feelings, as expected. One of those feelings is excitement to see what new and fresh offerings will emerge in Kitsap. It won't be long before we have some new resources available for folks, hopefully including in-person groups again someday soon. For now, the HOPE Circle website will remain up and will let visitors know that we are no longer hosting groups, and will offer some other current available online resources.
For anyone who would like to do so, we've created a place to share your thoughts and feelings about what HOPE Circle has meant to you. You can also offer a message to a specific facilitator if you'd like. Click here to share your thoughts in our online form.
THANK YOU SO MUCH to this community for supporting HOPE Circle over these years. Your support, referrals, donations, and cheerleading helped to create a community resource that touched MANY lives. Offering much gratitude for everyone who was a part of this organization in big and small ways.
This comes with a mixed bag of feelings, as expected. One of those feelings is excitement to see what new and fresh offerings will emerge in Kitsap. It won't be long before we have some new resources available for folks, hopefully including in-person groups again someday soon. For now, the HOPE Circle website will remain up and will let visitors know that we are no longer hosting groups, and will offer some other current available online resources.
For anyone who would like to do so, we've created a place to share your thoughts and feelings about what HOPE Circle has meant to you. You can also offer a message to a specific facilitator if you'd like. Click here to share your thoughts in our online form.
THANK YOU SO MUCH to this community for supporting HOPE Circle over these years. Your support, referrals, donations, and cheerleading helped to create a community resource that touched MANY lives. Offering much gratitude for everyone who was a part of this organization in big and small ways.
THANK YOU to all of our facilitators through the years:
April Duggins
Melody Donohue
Erinn Stinson
Marie Richmond
Megan Jennings
Nicole Blanford
Monica Morton
Caroline Moore
Kathleen Peel
Jenn Woodriff
Arrielle Temple
Elizabeth Giras
Wilder Kruzan
You helped create space for so many moms to be heard and to know that they were not alone. Your investment of your heart, your time, and your compassion has made a HUGE difference for Kitsap County families!!
Melody Donohue
Erinn Stinson
Marie Richmond
Megan Jennings
Nicole Blanford
Monica Morton
Caroline Moore
Kathleen Peel
Jenn Woodriff
Arrielle Temple
Elizabeth Giras
Wilder Kruzan
You helped create space for so many moms to be heard and to know that they were not alone. Your investment of your heart, your time, and your compassion has made a HUGE difference for Kitsap County families!!
