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.
Hospicare Volunteer Training
Nina K. Miller Hospicare Residence 172 East King Road, Ithaca, NY, United StatesHospicare Volunteer Training - Want to Make a Difference? Become a Hospice Volunteer! Volunteers are an essential part of the hospice team; both in assisting our patients and families and in assisting our staff. Hospicare & Palliative Care Services is looking for: • Volunteers to help assist our staff in the Ithaca office answering phones and…
Spousal Loss Support Group
OnlineFacilitator: Laura Ward, LMFT, CT Dates: Tuesdays, 2/28, 3/7, 3/14, 3/21, 4/4 Time: 12:00 p.m.-1:30 p.m. Location: Zoom Description: A 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. Participants must commit to attend 4 of the 5 sessions.…
Musical Companionship: How to be a Musical Companion for Your Loved One at End-of-Life
Musical Companionship: How to be a Musical Companion for Your Loved One at End-of-Life TO GET ON THE WAITING LIST please email Jayne. Join Hospicare for a three part series with Jayne Demakos. Monday's on 3/ 6, 3/ 13, and 3/20 from 7-8:30 p.m. via Zoom. This program is offered to the community free of…
Grief Yoga Workshop
OnlineInstructor: Shasta Savage, MSW Date: Wednesday, March 8th Time: 5:30-7:00 p.m. Location: Zoom Description: This yoga & mindfulness workshop will be led in the virtual format by Shasta Savage, MSW. Appropriate for those over 18 years of age. No experience necessary. Registration is required by March 2nd. Use the form below. For more information contact…
Meditation for Grief and Loss
OnlineFacilitator: Ellen Abrams, LMFT Date: Monday, March 20th Time: 6:00-7:15 p.m. Location: Zoom Description: This workshop will help us to learn to turn our attention, through meditation, to the heart of our experience with griefs, sorrows, and losses – the often denied or unmarked moments, experiences that have been cast out, cast away or un-witnessed.…
EARTH DAY GROUNDSKEEPING EVENT
EARTH DAY GROUNDSKEEPING EVENT! Volunteers invited to pitch in for a day of cleaning and improving Hospicare's 11 beautiful acres. 9 a.m. 12 p.m. or 2 p.m. - 4:30 p.m. To learn more or sign up the morning OR afternoon timeslot contact avanorman@hospicare.org
Grief Writing Workshops
OnlineInstructor: Clare Jones Dates: April 26, May 10 and June 14 Time: 6:30-8:00 pm Location: Zoom Description: Join us for an online writing workshop led by poet, Clare Jones, recipient of fellowships from the Fulbright Program, Saltonstall Foundation for the Arts, and the Iowa Writer’s Workshop. She will be providing a safe and comforting space…
Finding Forgiveness: Healing After the Loss of a Parent
OnlineInstructor: Mara Alper, Hospicare volunteer, creator of “Forgiveness: A Healing Documentary” Dates: Tuesday, May 9 & 16 Time: 7:00 p.m.-8:30 p.m. Location: Zoom Description: The 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…
Book Discussion: Grief is Love: Living with Loss by Marisa Renee Lee
OnlineFacilitator: Peaches Gillette Date: Wednesday, May 24, 2023 Time: 5:30 p.m.-7:30 p.m. Location: Zoom Description: Peaches Gillette will facilitate an interactive discussion of the book, Grief is Love: Living with Loss. In this book, author Marisa Renee Lee reveals that healing, does not mean moving on after losing a loved one — healing means learning…
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…