Websitehttps://adamsplacelv.org/Instagram@Adamsplacelv Social Media-IG: Adamsplacelv About our guest … Kelly Thomas-Boyers is the co-founder and board presidentof Adam's Place. Adam’s Place is a Grief Center for Children and Families wasestablished in memory of Adam Gregory Thomas, Kelly’s son. Adam was a 21-year-old college senior at the University of Nevada, Reno when he sustainedlife-ending injuries from a car crash in Reno, Nevada in March of 2007.Kelly returned to the University of Nevada, Reno in May 2007 in support ofmemorial activities and the Adam Thomas Legislative Intern Scholarship. It wasthere that she found a brochure for the Solace Tree Program, a grieving supportcenter for children, teens and adults in Reno. The idea of a place for her youngerson, Alec, to go and work through his grief made a great impact on her. Kelly setout 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, ofSolace Tree in Reno, and many talks with social workers, doctors, nurses andschool counselors, Adam’s Place opened its doors in 2010 and has been servingthe Southern Nevada community ever since.She brings over 25 years of business and healthcare experience to the board.Her unwavering passion for Adam's Place is obvious in her work in thecommunity.

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