Living & Dying: A Hospice Blog

Do You Like to Help People? Are You Aware of the Importance of Advance Directives? We offer a new kind of volunteer training that enables you to help your fellow community members to complete their advance directives. Our Advance Care Planning (ACP) volunteers tell us...

On Monday, September 30, 2019, at 5:30 – 7:00 pm. Putney Community Cares, Inc., Patient Choices Vermont, and Brattleboro Area Hospice will co-sponsor Your Options, Your Autonomy, at End of Life. The event will take place at the Putney Meadows Common Room, 17 Carol Brown...

Tickets can be purchased online at this link: Summer Soiree: An Evening of Friends, Music & Flowers We are delighted to announce our second annual garden party event and gathering that will take place on Friday, July 26th from 4:30 – 7:30 PM, in the gardens of...

One showing only! Wild, the Film With Oscar-nominated performances by Reese Witherspoon and Laura Dern Sunday June 16, 4:00 pm Latchis Main Theater Suggested addmission $10 [embed]https://www.youtube.com/watch?reload=9&v=tn2-GSqPyl0[/embed] The Oscar-nominated film Wild starring Reese Witherspoon will be shown in the main theater of the Latchis on Sunday, June 16th at 4:00pm in honor...

The 21st annual Memorial Planting Service sponsored by Brattleboro Area Hospice will be Sunday, June 2 at 4:00 pm at the Brattleboro Area Hospice Memorial Garden, Living Memorial Park, Guilford Street in Brattleboro. This is a wonderful, relaxed event that offers support and connection to people...

Annual Living with Grief Teleconference FREE admission Tuesday, May 7, 2:00 - 4:30 pm Brattleboro Retreat Conference Center Following the teleconference, there will be a local panel to discuss the presentation with the audience America is aging at a rapid rate with 10,000 people in the U.S. turning 65 every...

A new six-week Pet Loss Support Group will meet on Saturdays, from 10:30 a.m. to noon, beginning Dec. 7 and ending Jan. 25 (the group will not meet on Dec. 28). Cheryl Richards is the facilitator. Anyone who has experienced the death of a beloved furry,...

A new Six Week Bereavement Support Group for adults in any type of addiction recovery begins March 7th and will meet each Thursday from 5-6:30pm, ending April 11th.  This is not a 12-step group, but a group for those who are in recovery from any type...

Trailblazers Wanted! Take our training and become a member of the Advance Care Planning Volunteer Team! Our volunteers say helping others with this task is very fulfilling. Take the Facilitator Training and learn how to help people complete and register their Advance Directives. Saturday, March 16...

[caption id="attachment_5764" align="alignleft" width="387"] Store managers left to right: Alison Macrae, Liza King, Gemma Champoli, Karen Zamojski[/caption] Looking Back by Jennie Reichman One day this past November, Karen came to me around lunch time and said excitedly, “Four of the past shop managers are here at the same...