Mission Statement
The mission of Adam’s Place is to provide support for children, teens, and families experiencing grief and loss. Our Camp Cope Programs provide high-quality, psychoeducational peer support groups to facilitate healthy coping skill development, connection, and individual resiliency.
Adam’s Place is committed to reaching more children, locally and nationally, through education and advocacy in the field of childhood bereavement. The Adam’s Place National Education and Training Marketplace offers Camp Cope Certification and a variety of personal and professional development opportunities for those who support grieving children, teens, and families.
Vision Statement
At Adam’s Place, we believe no child should grieve alone. Our vision is that grieving children, teens, and families receive the support they need to cope and thrive. We are committed to the growth of sustainable, research-backed programs built on evidence-based practices of healthy grieving.
Our approach emphasizes training, education, and skill development, ensuring that grieving children and teens are supported within their own communities. By training schools and local organizations to implement the Camp Cope model, we aim to exponentially expand our reach, offering critical support to more young people navigating grief and loss.
Our long-term vision includes the creation of the first children’s bereavement center in the state of Nevada, providing a dedicated home for children, teens, and families to receive services.
Adam’s Place History
Adam’s Place, a Grief Center for Children and Families was established in memory of Adam Gregory Thomas. Adam was a 21-year-old college senior at the University of Nevada, Reno when he sustained life-ending injuries from a car crash in Reno, Nevada in March of 2007. Adam left behind his father, George Thomas, mother, Kelly Thomas-Boyers, and younger brother, Alec Thomas.
Kelly returned to the University of Nevada, Reno in May 2007 in support of memorial activities and the Adam Thomas Legislative Intern Scholarship. It was there that she found a brochure for the Solace Tree Program, a grieving support center for children, teens and adults in Reno. The idea of a place for her younger son, Alec, to go and work through his grief made a great impact on her. Kelly set out to find a similar program in Las Vegas upon her return, but couldn’t find one.
After intensive research, guidance from the executive director, Emilio Parga, of Solace Tree in Reno, and many talks with social workers, doctors, nurses and school counselors, Kelly launched Adam’s Place in Southern Nevada with the help of a grant that Emilio applied for. Adam’s Place opened its doors in 2010 and has been serving the Southern Nevada community ever since.
Adam’s Place is a Las Vegas 501(c)(3) non-profit organization and all donations are tax deductible.
