Dr. Kip Herren, the new Auburn School District superintendent, will be the special guest speaker at the GriefWorks’ annual fund-raising breakfast on Oct. 17.

The breakfast, Compassion Partners, will be at 7 a.m. at Emerald Downs.

Herren has served 32 years in public education and will bring his humor and stories of compassion to this special event.

GriefWorks has served more 9,000 children, teens, and adults since 1998. The mission of Grief Works is to serve as a bereavement resource providing education and support for people grieving a death or seeking to understand the grief process. Its motto is “Together we’re mending hearts … and re-landscaping lives.”

“Dr. Herren has supported GriefWorks from our beginning 10 years ago,” said Mel Erickson, GriefWorks’ co-founder. “How wonderful that he will help us celebrate our passion for serving grieving children in the school setting.”

For more event and program information, contact the GriefWorks office at 253-333-9420 or visit www.GriefWorks.org.