Wings for Widows

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Wings for Widows provides Certified Financial Planning (CFP) professionals to help new widows and widowers navigate the immediate financial and legal concerns of widowhood. There is no cost to our clients.

Did you know the most stressful life event is losing a spouse, and more than 3,000 women become widows every day? Nearly half had children living in their home at the time of loss.

Wings for Widows provides widow advocacy services including bereavement counseling, enrichment classes, and our Arise Widow’s Forum to help new widows and widowers move forward with confidence and hope.

Did you know that more than 70% of married women will experience widowhood? Of those, a third will be diagnosed with a new mental or physical health issue within the first year.

Wings for Widows provides essential services for both men and women. 69% of widows and widowers said that becoming the sole financial decision-maker was the top financial challenge of early widowhood.