"My mom loved a Pepsi. One thing about my mother, that's her favorite drink,"
"Losing your best friend, losing your mother, losing your support system,"
"I lost my mom at 30 years old, right? So a young kid that might have lost a parent at 9 or 10, it could be very traumatizing,"
"It was a very dark time. The trauma and not knowing what was going to happen next. I'm an only child,"
Savon White lost his mother, Lonnice White, to a stroke in 2022 and continues to mark milestones and birthdays to stay connected. He founded the Lonnice White Foundation to provide counseling and mentorship for children and adolescents coping with the death of a parent. The foundation aims to create peer connections and community supports, and plans to officially launch on Dec. 19, his mother's birthday, to address intensified grief during the holiday season. He intends to partner with local organizations, including nonviolence programs that already serve bereaved youth. The initiative emphasizes that parental loss can be long-term and deeply traumatic for young people.
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