Serenity House Hospice
News Letter
Thank You!!
To those who were able to make it out this month for our volunteer meeting! It was great to see so many friendly faces.
To all active volunteers, please contact Heather Mudford to set up a face to face meet. We are updating our files, filling out a matrix and going to be making ID badges complete with pictures!
THE MEET NEEDS TO HAPPEN BEFORE NOVEMBER 8TH!
KIND WORDS WE WANTED TO SHARE WITH YOU
"Friend's not about who you've known the longest. It's about who walked into your life, said 'I'm here for you' and proved it!
'Share the care' certainly made X's and my decision to be at home 'til the end come true. The volunteers were wonderful. Giving, washing, reading, talking... helped X. (he told me) to focus on other things besides his illness. It was a pleasure to have them come in and help me. (us)
Thank you too for Kathy and Sheila. They were Godsends.
Sincerely,
O"
We received a thank you card with this positive and grateful message hand written on the inside. This just proves that what we are doing and what we are working towards here at Serenity House Hospice is making a impact. Keep up the good work volunteers.
Upcoming Events dedicated to OUR Volunteers
Tour of Sakura House
Sakura House, located in Woodstock Ontario, is Oxford County's only residential hospice and is run by VON Oxford. This is an alternative care setting with a team of professionals and professionally trained volunteers. THere is no cost to patients or their families. The specialized palliative care provided at Sakura House focuses on living fully in comfort and dignity until the end of life.
November 13th, 2012 at 9:00 am.
We are planning on carpooling, if you are interested in this tour please call the office or come in to sign up.
DATES TO REMEMBER
December 5th, 2012
Volunteer Christmas Social
December 6th 2012
Serenity House Hopsice is having a open house
WHATS NEW!
We would like to re-introduce Pat Gibson to Serenity House Hospice. We truly appreciate her and look forward to working with her again. Pat is the instructor for yoga with Chi Gong integrated.
Red Hat Tea
We have been searching and trying to connect with someone, anyone from the Red Hats. If anyone has connections and could do an introduction that would be great!!
Volunteer Hours
Just a reminder any training that you do for Serenity House Hospice, please remember to mark down your training hours.
Fundraising
Because we are funded by United Way we are restricted to do any fundraising for ourselves between September 1st through to December 1st.
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On Friday October 12th, everyone should have received a virtual hug in regards to World Hospice Day October 13th, 2012
VIRTUAL
World Hospice and Palliative Care Day was celebrated on 13 October. It is a unified day of action to celebrate and support hospice and palliative care around the world.
HUG
Thank You to all who received and passed on our virtual hug! We sent out approximately 115 hugs and had over 150 views!
We need a name for our newsletter! E mail and submit your suggestions!
Training Opportunities
INFOANYWHERE- Internal computer software program
October 25th, 2012 at 1:00pm at Serenity House Hospice Main Office
Please call or come in to sign up for the training
InfoAnywhere is a "Case Management System" that helps us take the information of volunteers and clients and helps make our day to day tasks more simple. This training is for all volunteers who are interested in the internal works of our organization. This would be beneficial for our volunteer office staff.
Dr. Stephen Flemming; Presentation on the insight into grief and bereavement
November 8th, 2012 at 7pm in Listowel
Dr. Flemming is a registered clinicial psychologist and is internationally renowned for his understand and work with trauma and grief. During his presentaion he will provide insight into grief and bereavement,
Carpooling is available, please contact Heather Mudford if interested in attending by November 2, 2012.
Contact Us!
Email: info@serenityhousehospice.com
Website: http://www.serenityhousehospice.ca
Location: 750 Talbot Street, St. Thomas, ON, Canada
Phone: 5196373034
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/serenity.househospice