Events
Please see our calendar below for more details. Some are held online while others are in-person.
Our interactive online calendar allows you to view events by month, week or day. Click on each event title for more information, including description and details about how to RSVP. Hospicare has a list of online grief resources that may be of assistance.
Throughout the year, Hospicare holds many events and programs, including ongoing grief support groups and special one-time or limited-time sessions. Hospicare also holds fundraising activities and outreach and educational events.
Grief Support Groups
Spousal Loss Support Group: Online
OnlineA 5-week group offering men and women who have lost a spouse or partner the opportunity to process their loss in a supportive and confidential setting. Held via Zoom. Registration is required by February 25th. Use the form below. For more information contact the Bereavement staff via phone at 607-272-0212 or send an email. Login…
The Compassionate Friends
OnlineThis group meets the first Thursday of every month via Zoom, and is open to any parents, grandparents or siblings over the age of 18 who have experienced the death of a child of any age. This group is run independently from Hospicare and is the local chapter of the national Compassionate Friends organization (visit…
Recovering Your Creative Spirit in Grief: Online
OnlineGrief can cause you to feel stuck, uninspired, or unfulfilled. This can impact your ability to express conflicting emotions in creative ways. In this workshop we will explore the feeling of being stuck and how it affects our inner life and outer expression. Through written reflection, group discussion, mind-body practices, and intuitive collage, I will…
Chi Gong for Stress Reduction and Well Being: Online
OnlineChi Gong is an ancient Chinese practice -meaning exercise with your vital energy or breathing exercise. This form focuses on relaxation and rejuvenation through slow, graceful movements. Benefits of practice include stress reduction, strength and balance, and inner harmony. In just moments of practice each day you can shift your mental and physical state. Instructor:…
Book Discussion: It’s Ok That You’re Not OK by Megan Devine: Online
OnlineLaura Ward, Hospicare bereavement counselor, will facilitate an interactive discussion of the book, It’s Ok That You’re Not Ok. This event is presented by Phillips Free Library in Homer. In this powerful book, Megan Devine normalizes and validates the pain of grief while challenging a culture that often fails to understand. Her writing serves as…
Finding Forgiveness: Healing After the Loss of a Parent: Online
OnlineThe focus of this two-part workshop is to help adult children heal through forgiveness after the loss of a parent. Forgiveness can be an on-going process, even after death. Learning to forgive our parents and ourselves opens positive possibilities. Participants must commit to both sessions. Instructor: Mara Alper, Hospicare volunteer, creator of “Forgiveness: A Healing…
Illuminations Community Memorial
Nina K. Miller Hospicare Residence 172 East King Road, Ithaca, NY, United StatesThursday, June 9th, 7:30-9:00 p.m. Illuminations, our annual community memorial event is open to the public and all are welcome to attend. Please join us to enjoy the Hospicare gardens, light a luminaria in memory of a loved one, and share in a special program of remembrance featuring live music, poetry, and concluding with a…
Writing Your Loss Story: Virtual
OnlineWriting Your Loss Story is a four-week writing program that provides therapeutic writing prompts for the bereaved to use to tell their story. Held via Zoom and facilitated by Jane Baker Segelken, LMSW The group allows individual living with loss to explore their unique circumstances. A goal of the program is healing with words —…
Virtual Book Discussion: The Wild Edge of Sorrow, by Francis Weller
OnlineBrenna Fitzgerald, Hospicare’s Communications Coordinator, will facilitate an interactive discussion of the book The Wild Edge of Sorrow by Francis Weller, a psychotherapist, writer, and soul activist. In this lyrical book filled with touching stories, Weller offers a poetic handbook for the art of grieving. His insights into grief and the grieving process, including the…
Feeling, Honoring and Releasing Our Stories of Grief: Using Dance and Movement as a Healing Landscape: In-person
Hospicare Ithaca Office 172 East King Road, Ithaca, NY, United StatesThis workshop, which will be held outdoors on the Hospicare grounds, focuses on introspection as it relates to static energy of the body, mind, and spirit. We’ll bring awareness to stored tension and the manifestations of grief in the body by exploring breath work, gestures, physical shapes, movement pathways and verbal expression. “The body says…