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Front Porch Collective, LLC

Front Porch Collective, LLC offers professional grief support to adults experiencing loss. Our mission is to witness, understand, and support those in grief.

Through 1:1 and group sessions, grievers are provided space to share stories of loss, have their grief witnessed, and explore strategies for growth and finding purpose after the death of a loved one or grief following a life event. Front Porch Collective was born from a need to create more spaces for grievers and build communities that understand and embrace the process of grief work. Following th

e sudden loss of her father in 2022, FPC founder Nicole Kerekes began the healing process of working with a Certified Grief Educator and supporter. Through their grief work together, Nicole began feeling empowered to take on life again. It was the realization that Nicole wanted to do for others what her supporter did for her that drove her to become a Certified Grief Educator through David Kessler and grief.com.

06/02/2026

Join us NEXT Thursday, June 11for Dead Parent Support Group **We are meeting one week earlier than usual!

7:00 PM EST
RSVP Required for access to Zoom Room
$0 to register-- come as you are!
Sliding scale: information available on registration page
RSVP 🔗 ON OUR PAGE

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05/29/2026

Join us at Parthenon Books for a celebration of 🏳️‍🌈 TWO YEARS of Supportive Q***r Craft Circle 🏳️‍🌈 on Friday, June 19 from 5-7 PM!!

Connect with q***r community, express yourself through crafts and art, and enter to win FREE door prizes!

Experience never required! BYO craft or use our coloring materials! Get excited for a delicious cup of coffee or lemonade and a cozy, supportive environment 🫶🩵🧶

Supportive Q***r Craft Circle
📍
THIS FRIDAY, MAY 22
5-7 PM
Bookstore & event is all on one-level with an accessible restroom. Manual doors for entry but Nicole will be available to open doors!

$0 to attend
Participants are asked to make a purchase at the café or purchase a book. If you cannot make a purchase, DM us before 5 on event day and we will sponsor a cup of coffee or tea for you!

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05/24/2026

Join us this Tuesday for Grief Gathering, our general grief support group! 💛

Grief Gathering, a general grief support group
Virtual from the comfort of your safe space
Tuesday, May 26
7-8:30 PM EST
Registration 🔗 on our page

This monthly group offers support to grievers of all types. You are welcome to join no matter where you are in your grief journey. You are welcome to join to matter the type of grief you are experiencing. Live captioning will be enabled.

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05/20/2026

THIS FRIDAY!!! Join us for the last Craft Circle before June and meet new folx to attend Pride Month events with this year 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️ If you were looking to build community here in CNY, we’ve got space for you 🫶

Note: Craft Circle is not ending and will absolutely happen in June (and so on)! This is just a call out to folx who are excited about all of the Pride events CNY has to offer but don’t know who they’ll be going with! Meet your people this Friday! 🧶

Experience never required! BYO craft or use our coloring materials! Get excited for a delicious cup of coffee or lemonade and a cozy, supportive environment 🫶🩵

Supportive Q***r Craft Circle
📍
THIS FRIDAY, MAY 22
5-7 PM
Bookstore & event is all on one-level with an accessible restroom. Manual doors for entry but Nicole will be available to open doors!

$0 to attend
Participants are asked to make a purchase at the cafe or purchase a book. If you cannot make a purchase, DM us before 5 on Friday and we will sponsor a cup of coffee or tea for you!

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05/19/2026

MARK YOUR CALENDAR! For our next gathering of Good Grief, we will be discussing Sula by Toni Morrison 📖

Good Grief, a book club about life, loss, and love
2nd Wednesday of every month
🐦 June selection: Sula by Toni Morrison
🗓️ WEDNESDAY, JUNE 10
⏰ 6 PM
📚

Grab your copy of the book from Parthenon and receive 20% off! Participants also receive 20% off their café purchase the night of book club!

About Sula:
Sula is the story of the fear that makes people accept self-pity; the fear that will not countenance escape and that justifies itself through myth and legend. Sula herself is cast as a witch and demon by the people who resent her strength. They attack her with the most pervasive weapon of all, the weapon of language and story. But Sula is a woman of power, a wayward force who challenges the smallness of a world that tries to hold her down

Find additional information and content warnings for this month's selection on The Storygraph. DM us to get added to the virtual book club in The Storygraph app!

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05/18/2026

Join us THIS Thursday, May 21 for Dead Parent Support Group 🫶

7:00 PM EST
RSVP Required for access to Zoom Room
$0 to register-- come as you are!
Suggested $10 donation can be made payable at the link on the registration page.
RSVP 🔗 ON OUR PAGE

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05/07/2026

HUGE announcement for our local clients and community looking for support: Beginning May 22, Front Porch Collective will offer in-person grief work sessions on Fridays at our new office in Syracuse, NY! 🛋

Virtual, in-person, and hybrid options are now available for all new and returning clients!

Accessibility: This space is unfortunately not physically accessible to those who use mobility aids. Office has 5 steps to the entrance. Entrance to restroom has some restrictive space. As always, virtual options are accessible to people of all bodies.

COVID-19: Air purifier will be running before and during all sessions. Nicole will be masked for all sessions. Masking is not required of clients.

➡ To inquire about in-person or virtual grief work sessions, drop us a line via email or DM!

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04/01/2026

grief work is real work, no foolin'

We've got some new faces 'round these parts since we last posted what we *do* and not just what events we're hosting. If you have any questions regarding grief work or our process, give us a shout. email is the best route for contacting us but our DMs are open, as well.

happy april fools day, friends. 🤡

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03/14/2026

Join us for our Grief Gathering, our general grief support group! RSVP for access to the secure Zoom room.

Grief Gathering, a general grief support group
Virtual from the comfort of your safe space
Tuesday, March 24
7-8:30 PM EST
Registration 🔗 on our page

This monthly group offers support to grievers of all types. You are welcome to join no matter where you are in your grief journey. You are welcome to join to matter the type of grief you are experiencing. Live captioning will be enabled.

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01/23/2026

Thank you, Syracuse (& beyond)! I am thrilled to announce that we took home awards in both of the categories we were nominated for with CommunityVotes Syracuse!

PLATINUM in Professional Coaching
GOLD in Community Organization

I am so honored to do this work and be a member of the Syracuse community. Here's to a great year!

🫶 Nicole

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https://www.frontporchcollective.com/

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