Pathfinders

Pathfinders is committed to helping those in the Roaring Fork/Grand Valley who are dealing with grief and loss, cancer or other serious illnesses by providing counseling support, volunteer services, and complimentary care (e.g. massage). Our hope is to create a safe space for those in need.

Testimonials

"When I lost my husband to cancer, I had no idea how I would learn to deal with everyday life, much less find the time to grieve and feel the pain. I had two children and wanted to keep it together for them. Our finances were low from all of the medical bills. Pathfinders came in and brought meals, provided cleaning services for a month, and then came to my house to provide counseling to help me and my children learn how to grieve. I felt like I was held up by them during a time when I was so alone. Pathfinders is invaluable on so many levels."

"My husband committed suicide and while I knew he was depressed I had no idea he would kill himself. I fell apart because I missed him and also because he left so much behind that I had no idea how to do. Pathfinders came in to provide volunteer support as I sorted through his belongings and cleared out his office. When I found myself falling apart in the late afternoons, if I picked up the phone, my counselor would talk for as long as I needed. It wasn't like traditional counseling; it was so much more than that."

"I found out I had breast cancer and a good friend immediately told me to contact Pathfinders. My counselor helped me to organize all of the medical procedures coming up, organized for meals to be delivered three times a week while I was having chemo and then radiation, and then connected me with a local grant for cancer patients that helped pay for our rent one month. I felt like Pathfinders was a wealth of information along with also supporting me in my fear and anger at getting breast cancer. I appreciated their "mind, body, spirit" approach to the illness and my healing. The counselor met me where I was at and never judged me."