Grief is a universal experience, and people need places and spaces to hold and express their grief. The original Wind Phone was the inspiration and creation of Itaru Sasaki. After the tsunami in 2011, he installed a phone near Otsuchi, Japan to help the people grieve their catastrophic losses. Since then, hundreds of wind phones have been established around the globe (see mywindphone.com).

This project intends to install a wind phone in Gloucester to provide people in our community with a place and a means to connect to and express their grief.

Wind phones are inactive, “old-fashioned” phones in a booth or shelter to allow a quiet, serene, private place to "call loved ones in spirit, to say the things that didn't get said while the person was alive". We wish to create a dedicated place where individuals can find comfort and healing.

Ideally, our plan is locate the phone in Stage Fort Park over looking the harbor in the peaceful area adjacent to the garden at the curve of the promenade. Our goal is to install the phone to coordinate with National Grief Awareness Day on August 30, 2025.