Posts Tagged ‘hospice’

  • Legion helps C-K Hospice

    Feb 5, 19 • 0 Views • Feature Story, Life • • No Comments

    Representatives from the Royal Canadian Legion Br 642 in Chatham recently made a $5,000 donation to the Chatham-Kent Hospice to be used for ongoing operating expenses. “It’s because of generous donations like this one from the Legion that we are able to...

  • Union Gas gives $20K to C-K Hospice

    Nov 29, 18 • 0 Views • Feature Story, Life • • No Comments

    Union Gas recently supported the Chatham-Kent Hospice Volunteer Program with a $20,000 donation towards volunteer network initiatives. “Whether it’s working together on infrastructure projects, contributing as leaders in the business community or...

  • Gala supports hospice families

    Nov 22, 18 • 0 Views • Feature Story, Life • • No Comments

    Recently, the Chatham-Kent Hospice Foundation hosted its third Annual Benefit Gala, raising more than $75,000 to support end-of-life hospice care in Chatham-Kent. The sold-out event focused on the theme Changing Moments, Changing Lives. This theme was...

  • Handbags event raises $22K for hospice

    Nov 20, 18 • 0 Views • Feature Story, Life • • No Comments

      Recently, a group of committed volunteers hosted the second Handbags for Hospice’ event at the Portuguese Social Club in Chatham. The sold-out event raised $22,000 in support of local hospice families. The evening consisted of food, refreshments, and...

  • Lowe’s helps Legion, hospice

    Oct 23, 18 • 0 Views • Life • • No Comments

      Lowe’s Canada through local RONA centres, is sending funds to the Chatham-Kent Hospice and the Wallaceburg Royal Canadian Legion. The hospice is to receive more than $2,700, while the Legion will get nearly $2,600. Lowe’s is donating $1.1 million...

  • Hospice reaches to the future

    Sep 27, 18 • 0 Views • Feature Story, Life • • No Comments

    What will hospice care look like in 100 years? We will never know, but the hospice in the future will have a good understanding of how Chatham-Kent Hospice operated in 2018 with the information being shared through a time capsule. “We had the idea of...

  • Hospice Gala returns Oct. 26

    Sep 18, 18 • 0 Views • Feature Story, Life • • No Comments

    Chatham-Kent Hospice staff and volunteers are hard at work on the third annual “Changing Moments, Changing Lives” Hospice Foundation Gala happening Oct. 26 at the John. D. Bradley Convention Centre in Chatham. Guests attending the gala will enjoy a...

  • Positive messages shared by C-K Hospice

    Sep 12, 18 • 0 Views • Feature Story, Local News • • No Comments

    For Not-for-Profit/Charity Positivity Day, the Chatham-Kent Hospice shared positive messages of love and support with the community. After collecting the messages in the hospice’s reception area as well as comments from online posts, they were added as...

  • Hospice program list growing

    Sep 4, 18 • 0 Views • Feature Story, Life • • No Comments

    Thanks to an Ontario Trillium Foundation grant, area residents in need of grief support programs will be able to access them at Chatham-Kent Hospice. The Hospice’s third program, a six-week-long Grief and Bereavement Walking Group, is to kick off Sept. 19....

  • Birthday gift to the hospice

    Mar 14, 18 • 0 Views • Feature Story, Life • • No Comments

    Leah Barnier isn’t your typical eight-year-old child. For her eighth birthday recently, she asked friends and family for gift cards instead of presents, and informed them it was for the hospice, not her. As a result, Barnier donated $375 in gift cards to...