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.
Frontline: Being Mortal Presentation and Discussion
Hospicare Cortland Office 11 Kennedy Parkway, Cortland, NY, United StatesJoin us for a free screening and discussion of the PBS FRONTLINE film Being Mortal. Based on the best-selling book by Atul Gawande, MD, this documentary explores the hopes of patients and families facing terminal illness and their relationships with the physicians who treat them. See the film and be part of a national conversation…
Illuminations
Hospicare Ithaca Office 172 East King Road, Ithaca, NY, United StatesIlluminations is an annual community memorial event. Enjoy the Hospicare gardens, light a luminaria in memory or in honor of a loved one, and share in refreshments. A special program of remembrance at 8:00 p.m. features live music and poetry, and concludes with candlelight on the pond. Attendance is free, although luminarias can be personalized…
Gathering the Pieces
Hospicare Ithaca Office 172 East King Road, Ithaca, NY, United StatesMany grievers feel they have lost essential parts of themselves and the life they planned. This two hour workshop explores ways to feel whole again, even while we grieve. We’ll focus on ritual, simple mindfulness meditation techniques, and shared experience as tools to re-gather the pieces of our lives. This workshop is co-led by Elaine…
Young Widows Support Group
Hospicare Ithaca Office 172 East King Road, Ithaca, NY, United StatesThis is a grief support group for women between the ages of 20-55, who have experienced a spousal or partner loss. Register by June 26th by emailing our Bereavement staff or call 607-272-0212.
Frontline: Being Mortal Presentation and Discussion
Cortland County Office Building 60 Central Avenue, Cortland, NY, United StatesJoin us for a free screening and discussion of the PBS FRONTLINE film Being Mortal. Based on the best-selling book by Atul Gawande, MD, this documentary explores the hopes of patients and families facing terminal illness and their relationships with the physicians who treat them. This presentation is co-sponsored by the Cortland County Area Agency on Aging, and is being held in the Cortland County Office Building, Rm 302.
Fundraiser at Texas Roadhouse Ithaca for Women Swimmin’ for Hospicare
Please join us on Monday, July 17th as our good friends at the Texas Roadhouse host a fundraiser for Women Swimmin’ for Hospicare from 4:00pm to 10:00pm. It will be a delicious evening! *Vegetarians can order from a specially compiled menu so be sure to ask your server for it! Ten percent of total food…
Grief Stories by Firelight
Hospicare Ithaca Office 172 East King Road, Ithaca, NY, United StatesOnce upon a time on a starry night… Sit beneath the stars with your family and hear stories and songs of wonder and amazement, life, loss and love with award winning storyteller, Regi Carpenter. Open to children ages 6-12, accompanied by a parent or caregiver who must stay with the child for the event. Register…
Grief Yoga Canceled
Hospicare Ithaca Office 172 East King Road, Ithaca, NY, United StatesGrief yoga combines many forms of yoga to help release grief to connect us to the gift of life. Come experience grief yoga for yourself through video instruction by David Kessler. This empowering class brings in many forms of yoga with the intention of using grief as a fuel for healing. It is designed for…
Young Widows Support Group
Hospicare Ithaca Office 172 East King Road, Ithaca, NY, United StatesThis is a grief support group for women between the ages of 20-55, who have experienced a spousal or partner loss. Register by August 3rd by emailing our Bereavement staff or call 607-272-0212.
Women Swimmin’ for Hospicare
Ithaca Yacht Club 1090 Glenwood Rd, Ithaca, NY, United StatesWomen Swimmin’ is a community swim, not a race, that gives women in the community (and some who travel from afar) the opportunity to swim across Cayuga Lake, while raising money for Hospicare & Palliative Care Services. Join us on August 12 to cheer on our swimmers, and boaters as they arrive at the Ithaca…