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With the goal of increasing the pool of volunteers available in the Greater Falls area, we will offer its Spring Volunteer Training at the Westminster Institute on Route 5 in Westminster beginning on March 16 and ending on May 25. Sessions will be held from 3...
Do you want to join the Taking Steps Brattleboro Team? Maybe your heart aches hearing a friend talk about the terrible battle her family had over their grandmother’s final days in the hospital. Maybe you long to see families talk far in advance so they can be...
Each year we create new remembrance flags to hang at the Hospice Memorial Garden. Please come by the hospice office on Tuesday, April 26th, anytime between 4:00-6:00 p.m. to make a flag to honor a loved one. Everyone is welcome and artistic talent is not required! This...
[caption id="attachment_3203" align="alignleft" width="346"] WENDY M. LEVY/THE COMMONS Experienced Goods assistant manager Ellen Graham stands beside a pile of rejected clothing that fills the window of the Flat Street store.[/caption] Hospice thrift store swamped with unusable clothing Experienced Goods says it needs new recycler to handle the...
Joanna: A Young Mother Faces Cancer We're delighted to announce that this year Brattleboro Area Hospice is sponsoring a film in the 2016 Women's Film Festival. The film Joanna is from Poland. As she faces a terminal illness, the mother of a young son writes a blog...
On Thursday February 11, at 9:45 am, Grace Cottage Hospital is offering “It’s Really About Love”, an informational session on Advanced Care Directives in collaboration with Taking Steps Brattleboro. Taking Steps Brattleboro has trained volunteers to support and guide people through the process of advance care...
**New** 7 Week Bereavement Support Group for Adults, whose parent, sibling, friend or other cared-for person has died, will begin on Wednesday February 10th. The group will meet from 5:00-6:30 on 7 consecutive Wednesdays, ending March 23rd. Connie Baxter will be the facilitator. Bereavement Support Groups offer...
Advanced Care Directives: “It’s Really About Love” On Thursday, January 21 at 12:30 p.m., Deerfield Valley SASH is offering “It’s Really About Love”, an informational session on Advanced Care Directives in collaboration with Taking Steps Brattleboro. Taking Steps Brattleboro trains volunteers to support and guide people through the process of...
Advanced Care Directives: “It’s Really About Love” On Tuesday, January 19 at 12:30 p.m., Deerfield Valley SASH is offering “It’s Really About Love”, an informational session on Advanced Care Directives in collaboration with Taking Steps Brattleboro. Taking Steps Brattleboro trains volunteers to support and guide people through the process of...
People often ask me how I can bear to work with people who are going to die. “Isn’t it too sad?”, they ask. I am always taken aback by the question because I rarely think about hospice work in those terms. Mostly, like so many...