Living & Dying: A Hospice Blog

We are incredibly excited and grateful to Brattleboro Subaru to be chosen as their partner for 2016's Share the Love Campaign. All customers who purchase a Subaru at their site will be given the opportunity to choose us as their charity of choice and a donation...

We're having a Holiday Shopping Extravaganza! Click below to hear our wonderful jingle! [audio mp3="http://brattleborohospice.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/2016-Jingle.mp3.mp3"][/audio] All proceeds to benefit Brattleboro Area Hospice The event will “pop up” in the Brooks House Atrium on the corner of High and Main Streets in downtown Brattleboro VT on Friday December 2, 2016 at...

Do you wish you knew the “right” thing to say, and do, when someone has experienced a death loss?  Connie Baxter, Bereavement Program Coordinator for Brattleboro Hospice will offer an educational talk about the nature of grief and loss, what grieving people want from others,...

This year we're sponsoring Last Cab to Darwin, a wonderful film from Australia.   [embed]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hypCdpjTMDI[/embed] In this sweet-hearted film, a cab driver, Rex, has spent his life avoiding getting too close to people, including his best friend, Polly. After discovering he is dying, he decides to leave his...

Please join us at the hospice office, 191 Canal St. in Brattleboro on Tuesday, November 29, 5:30 - 6:30 pm, for a special time to gather with others who are grieving to talk about challenges of and strategies for grieving during the holiday season.  Connie...

[caption id="attachment_3499" align="alignright" width="341"] Detail of this year's altar[/caption] Join us for The 14th Annual Dia de los Muertos (Day of the Dead) Altar  Friday November 4 5 pm - 7:00 pm  Experienced Goods Thrift Shop  77 Flat Street, Brattleboro Dia de los Muertos, Day of the Dead, is an...

On Thursday evening, November 3, from 6:00pm-7:30pm, Brattleboro Area Hospice will host a Death Café at The Restless Rooster, at 134 Elliot Street, in Brattleboro. This free event is part of an international movement begun in Europe (www.deathcafe.com ), and is dedicated to taking death out of...

Most of us are unsure of what to say and do when someone we know has experienced a death loss. And the more traumatic the death, in our opinion, the more awkward we feel. This leads us to procrastinate or even fail to reach out...

Grief & the Planet A presentation by Connie Baxter At The Climate Change Café Tuesday, October 25, 6:00-8:30pm Brooks Library Upstairs Meeting Room RSVP kindly requested to ensure enough seats! Many who care deeply about the earth carry unexpressed pain and grief over climate change.  Connie Baxter will provide a basic...