Death Cafés provide an experience for us to come together in a comfortable setting to discuss a wide variety of topics that surround death and dying.  The format is informal, and the event is free of charge.  Space may be limited.  The increasingly popular Death Café is part...

A new twice-monthly Bereaved Parents Support Group for parents mourning the death of their teenage or young adult child will be held on the first and third Tuesdays of each month from 4:30-6:00 pm. Dates for June for this group are June 2nd and 16th....

The Wake Up to Dying Project Traveling Exhibit & Workshop Schedule     EXHIBIT HOURS*   Thursday & Friday, June 25 - 26th, 11:00am - 8:00pm Saturday, June 27th, 10:00am - 8:00pm Sunday, June 28th, 10:00am - 5:00pm   *PLEASE NOTE: The audio portion of the exhibit will be turned off during workshop hours (see below). It will remain...

DUE TO RAIN, THE MEMORIAL SERVICE HAS BEEN RESCHEDULED to Tuesday, June 2 at 5pm. However, due to rain forecast on Tuesday, we encourage you to contact our office AFTER 2PM ON TUESDAY, to see of the event will happen. Brattleboro Area Hospice will host its...

Most of us feel that we're not good at comforting or helping someone who has experienced a death loss.  We're afraid of saying the wrong thing, of making the person feel even sadder, or we simply feel there's nothing we can do to help.  The...

  Being Mortal by Atul Gawande A BOOK DISCUSSION GROUP 4 Wednesdays April 8, 15, 22, 29 5:30 – 7:00 p.m. For more information and to register, contact Joyce Drew at 257-0775   Being Mortal shows that the ultimate goal is not a good death but a good life – all the way...

A new Six-Week Grief Support Group for adults begins Thursday April 9, 4:30-6:00 pm, and will continue on Thursdays through May 14. The group is free of charge and open to anyone in the community grieving the death loss of a loved one, no matter...

Back by popular demand! An encore staged reading of the end of life drama Vesta will be performed at the River Garden in downtown Brattleboro on Sunday April 12 at 2:00 pm.   Tea, cake and discussion will follow the play. Sponsored by Brattleboro Area Hospice,...

Brattleboro Area Hospice will offer its Spring Volunteer Training in Bellows Falls.  Applications are due by Friday, March 20.  The training will run from Thursday, April 2 through May 28, 4-7 pm.  First spots in the training will be held for Bellows Falls area residents. ...

A new Bereaved Parents Support Group, for parents who have lost a teenaged or young adult child, will begin an 8 week session on Tuesday February 3 and continue on Tuesdays through March 24.  The group will meet from 4:30 - 6:00 pm, and the group...