The grieving process is long and difficult and at some point after losing a loved one, most people come to that place where they just wish they could have one more conversation with their dearly departed. Clinton Township Senior Center Assistant Director Debbie Travis believes the new wind phone, which was expected to be installed and available for use by Aug. 21, will help people through the grieving process by allowing them to speak their feelings.
“The idea fits in so well with our center and all of the things that we do,” said Travis. “It is a therapeutic way to process grief. “Pick up this phone and your message is going to go wherever you want it to go.
” The project is a collaboration between Dignity Memorial, Lowe’s store 1716 in Clinton Township, and Senior Center officials. Lowe’s tagged the wind phone and recent improvements at the bocce courts as a Lowe’s Hometown Community Project. Dignity Memorial sponsored the purchase of the phone, the bench and plaques that are displayed in the pergola.
Resurrection Cemetery sponsors a grief support group that meets at the Senior Center and the idea for the wind phone evolved in part from that group. Lowe’s built the 8×8 pergola with three slatted sides with the south side open and looking into the woods. There is a natural bench inside the pergola and the red, rotary dial wind phone itself is inside of a custom-built box that looks like a British phone booth.
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