Empower is an international nonprofit with a very specific mission — to empower, support, and connect children and young adults up through age 24 who have experienced the loss of a parent. 

Empower hosts events that remind children they are not alone in their grief, and offers a unique one-on-one mentor program with positive role models from the community who help teach, “loss is survivable.”  All programs and activities are provided at no charge to the family.

Empower was formed by Boston native Cara Belvin in 2013 and began as a local grassroots effort. Cara was nine years old when her mother Kit died of breast cancerand formed Empower out of the gratitude she had forall the support her family received growing up. Word quickly spread and thousands of inquiries came in from people who wished foran organization like Empower when they were growing up. Today, Cara works with these Ambassadors to build community for grieving children everywhere.  For more information, or to become a Mentor or enroll a child, please visit www.weareempower.org.