Ayo, Jamie Lee Curtis is out here doing something genuinely beautiful. The actress teamed up with philanthropist Kelsey Jane Lang to donate a Wind Phone to Grief Club of Minnesota this week. The gift honors close friends they lost tragically several years ago.
Curtis shared the news on Instagram with a heartfelt caption. “The Grief Club has been an unbelievable support system for the family of our dear friends who we lost tragically a few years ago,” she wrote. “We miss our friends profoundly and wanted to create this in their memory, as a symbol of the love we have for them.”
For anyone new to the concept, a Wind Phone is a memorial installation – an unconnected phone booth in a quiet outdoor space. Visitors go there to “call” loved ones who’ve passed. The idea became widely known following a similar installation in Japan. That phone booth became a gathering place for people grieving the 2011 tsunami. Curtis first learned about it from friends Gail Lerner and her husband Colin Campbell. She described them as “two extraordinary people” who have “turned unimaginable grief into purpose, and have helped so many people walk through the pain of loss.”
That legacy is hard to put into words. And now that same spirit lives in Minnesota.
Grief Club of Minnesota is the nonprofit at the center of this story. They provide free therapy and grief counseling, no payment required. Curtis put it plainly: “The women who run Grief Club of Minnesota are absolutely inspiring.” She praised their “dedication to helping people who have suffered an out-of-order death in the family.” She and Lang are “blown away by the community they’ve built,” she added.
That phrase – “out-of-order death” – hits different. It’s the kind of loss nobody is ever ready for. A parent burying a child. A close circle suddenly one person smaller. Grief Club of Minnesota holds space for exactly that pain. Now there’s a Wind Phone on their grounds for anyone who needs it.
Lang, a philanthropist with deep roots in grief support advocacy, co-donated the installation with Curtis. This isn’t a casual gesture for either of them. It’s rooted in real, personal loss.
Curtis ended her post with a direct call to action. “There is no more worthy cause I can think of,” she said. “They require no payments for services and offer therapy and grief counseling to so many.”
This is the kind of post that stops you mid-scroll. No promo tie-in, no product placement. A real person honoring people she loved and pointing others toward real help.
Curtis has always gone all-in on causes she cares about. The Halloween franchise icon turned Oscar winner has spoken openly about loss and purpose over the years. This Wind Phone donation fits right in line with that – personal and grounded.
The Wind Phone is up. Grief Club of Minnesota’s services are free. For anyone carrying grief right now, that combination matters.
