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.
FLOOF Collage pARTy: Remembering Our Mothers
An afternoon of remembrance for men and women who wish to acknowledge their special relationship with a deceased mother or mother figure. Create a work of art in honor of these special women. Workshop will take place at 135 Burleigh Dr., Ithaca.
FLOOF Collage pARTy: Remembering Our Mothers
An afternoon of remembrance for men and women who wish to acknowledge their special relationship with a deceased mother or mother figure. Create a work of art in honor of these special women. Workshop will take place at 135 Burleigh Drive, Ithaca. Registration is required by May 6th. Contact the Bereavement staff via phone 607-272-0212…
Finding Forgiveness: Healing After the Loss of a Parent
The focus of this two-part workshop is to help adult children heal through forgiveness. Registration is required. Contact the bereavement staff at (607) 272-0212 or e-mail bereavement@hospicare.org
Illuminations
Nina K. Miller Hospicare Residence 172 East King Road, Ithaca, NY, United StatesIlluminations is an annual community memorial event, and is open to the public. 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 refreshments. There will also be a special program of remembrance featuring live music and poetry and concluding…
Reflection & Resilience Series
A six-part series is for adults 18 years and older. The focus is on introducing you to new ways of processing your loss and caring for yourself during this challenging time. Soup, Support and Strategies for Grief Thursday, January 31, 6:00-8:00 p.m. Instructors: Donna George & Laura Ward Relieving Bodily Stress During Grief Thursday, March…
16th Annual Women Swimmin’ for Hospicare
Ithaca Yacht Club 1090 Glenwood Rd, Ithaca, NY, United StatesWomen Swimmin’ for Hospicare is a community swim—not a race—that raises money in support of Hospicare & Palliative Care Services. At dawn on a Saturday in August, more than 300 women will leave the east shore of Cayuga Lake and swim west to the Ithaca Yacht Club (a distance of 1.2 miles). Nearly 200 boaters…
The Bem Film Screening- Into the Night; Portraits of Life and Death
Cinemapolis 120 East Green Street, Ithaca, NY, United StatesThe Bem Lecture/Film Screening will take place at 2pm on September 22, 2019 at Cinemapolis, 120 E Green St., Ithaca, NY. Screening will be followed by a Q&A with the director Helen Whitney. WE DON’T KNOW HOW. WE DON’T KNOW WHEN. BUT DEATH COMES FOR US ALL. To be human is to wrestle with this truth…
Reflection & Resilience Series
A six-part series is for adults 18 years and older. The focus is on introducing you to new ways of processing your loss and caring for yourself during this challenging time. Soup, Support and Strategies for Grief Thursday, January 31, 6:00-8:00 p.m. Instructors: Donna George & Laura Ward Relieving Bodily Stress During Grief Thursday, March…
Self-Massage & Muscle Tension Relief
Rasa Spa 310 Taughannock Blvd, Ithaca, United StatesWe will explore ways to care for and nourish our bodies to support the process of grieving. We will teach self-care methods to help relieve muscle tension and encourage relaxation, and you will leave with tools to continue these at home. We will talk about self-massage as well as ways to use our community resources…
Reflection & Resilience Series
A six-part series is for adults 18 years and older. The focus is on introducing you to new ways of processing your loss and caring for yourself during this challenging time. Soup, Support and Strategies for Grief Thursday, January 31, 6:00-8:00 p.m. Instructors: Donna George & Laura Ward Relieving Bodily Stress During Grief Thursday, March…