2.18 Vision, Inc.

Help Us Raise $2,018 to Help Fund Grief Gatherings

YOUR IMPACT

Grief can feel isolating, but no one should have to navigate it alone.

This Long Beach Gives, 2.18 Vision is raising $2,018 to help fund our Grief Gatherings—safe, welcoming spaces where youth, women, men, and families can come together to heal, connect, and find community after the loss of a loved one.

2.18 Vision hosts nine Grief Gatherings each year, with each gathering costing approximately $1,000 to provide a welcoming space, meals, healing resources, supplies, and meaningful experiences for those navigating grief.

Every gift helps create a space where people feel seen, supported, and reminded they do not have to grieve alone.

CHOOSE YOUR IMPACT

$21.80 – Join the 2.18 Challenge

Every journey begins with one step. Your gift helps create safe spaces where healing and connection can begin.

$218.00 – Signature Gift

Honor the heart of 2.18 Vision with our signature gift. Your generosity helps fund Grief Gatherings that provide connection, healing resources, and community for those navigating loss.

$1,000 – Sponsor a Grief Gathering

Cover the approximate cost of one complete Grief Gathering, providing a safe space, meals, healing resources, supplies, and meaningful experiences for those who need them most.

No matter the amount, every donation brings us closer to our goal of $2,018 and helps expand access to healing through Grief Gatherings.

Donate Today. Every gift creates connection and community. Together, we can ensure no one has to grieve alone.

TESTIMONIALS

"What inspired me so much was just learning about the other ladies and the journeys we’ve all been on. I’ve been trying to get here for a while. I’m so glad that I finally made it. This has been awesome. I looked forward to coming back again. I learned a lot from Teacher Michelle and the rest of the ladies and I just feel kind of brand new. I’m so glad I came and I’m so inspired to be at more of the grief gatherings."

- La Tonya, Grief Gathering Attendee (March 2025)

"One of the exercises that we did was we had to circle what emotions we were feeling at the time. How it impacted me was because as people kept expressing. I realized that the circles that I was creating, I wasn't being honest with myself. I decided to finally just open up when it got to my turn to say something. I opened up, I expressed it and I just felt safe doing it. I couldn't be more grateful for being a part of this space today, feeling safe, feeling free to express myself and feeling free to be empathetic with other people and not feeling ashamed about it. " 

- T. Ray, Grief Gathering Attendee (January 2024)

"I 100% absolutely would recommend this. This was such a therapeutic experience and me personally, it was one of the most amazing experiences of my life and I'll never forget this and I look forward to coming back again."

- A. Rentie, Grief Gathering Attendee (May 2024)

"I am a therapist and I've experienced grief in all the human emotions. I'm a human first always and despite knowing what to do and all the things that I help support others with, it isn't always the same. Like, I also need to be poured into and so, being a therapist, yes, you may know technically what to do but it doesn't absolve you of your human experience and you have to support also and have go to your own therapy, go to your own community support spaces like this and so, it doesn't absolve you. Grief touches everyone no matter what expertise you may have."

- U. Allen, Grief Gathering Attendee (May 2024)