​MANCHESTER — Christine Phillips sits on a couch inside a beautiful Victorian house turned home of Friends of Aine’s Center for Grieving Children & Families.

​Friends of Aine, a nonprofit organization providing peer-to-peer support services to grieving children, teens, and families, hosted its 7th annual Gala on March 11 at the DoubleTree by Hilton Manchester Downtown.

Losing a loved one is always hard, but there are people and places who can help. To aid in that effort, Girl Scout Sophia MacDonald gave her time and muscle to Friends of Aine, a grief counseling service in Manchester, by working on the landscaping at their new location to create a calming garden with flowers, benches and a water feature. MacDonald has helped to make the world a better place and earned the highest honor in Girl Scouting for her work, the Gold Award.

​Friends of Aine, a nonprofit organization providing bereavement support services to grieving children, teens, and families, held its second annual Gathering in Remembrance on Sunday at Northeast Delta Dental Stadium.