Join us Tuesday, December 4 in the Nina K. Miller Hospicare Center Great Room for music, refreshments, a candle-lighting ceremony, and a special display of the names of those being remembered.

Refreshments will be served at 5:30 PM, and the program will begin at 6:00 PM.

Attendance is free, but if you wish to make an online gift, please specify "Light the Landscape" and the name(s) of the person(s) you are honoring.

As the event is only a few days off, an RSVP is helpful but not necessary. If you're able to let us know you're planning to attend, please call 607-272-0212 or stop by the office.
 

By the time you read this, there might still be time to drop by the Danby Federated Church for the Festival of Wreaths.

The church has kindly offered to donate to Hospicare proceeds from the wreath sale!

The last two days are Friday, November 30, from 10 AM to 8 PM, and Saturday, December 1, from noon to 5 PM. Free refreshments provided.

Stop by the church at 1859 Danby Road in Ithaca to view or buy any of these beautiful hand-made wreaths. For more information, call 607-272-1687 or 607-592-8276, or visit www.danbyfederatedchurch.org.

Looking for a special gift and want to support hospice at the same time? Consider our CD -- Beauty Crowds Me: An Homage to Beauty -- a mix of covers and original material, featuring local artists including Jayne Demakos, coordinator of our music program.

This CD is given for free to hospice patients, and is otherwise available for $18. It makes a lovely holiday gift, and all proceeds benefit Hospicare.

See our Music Program page for details, including audio samples and a list of local establishments that have carried Beauty Crowds Me. We suggest you call before visiting to verify the CD is in stock. We also have copies for sale at the Nina K. Miller Hospicare Center.

Elaine Mansfield is no stranger to Hospicare. She's written extensively for us, and facilitated bereavement groups such as Continuing Bonds, which ran from late 2011 to mid 2012.

Elaine started here as an office volunteer. Like many, she found her way to Hospicare partly through the transformative experience of her own loss. Elaine's husband Vic died in 2008.

In a blog post titled Healing My Heart at Hospicare, Elaine tells how she came to volunteer, from tentative first steps in the wake of her husband's death through all she's contributed since.


Read the rest of Elaine's story on her blog.

December dates include:

• Registration deadline for Grief 101: Supporting Another in Loss Coping with the Holidays - 12/3 (meets twice 12/10 for different groups; 1-2:30 PM & 5:30-7:00 PM) 
• Light the Landscape: An Evening of Remembrance - 12/4; 5:30 PM 
• Evening Bereavement Support Group - 12/5 & 12/19; 5:30-7 PM
• Mindfulness Practice - Wednesdays; 7:30-9 PM
• Tuesday Lunch Group - 12/11; 12 PM
• Women Singin' - December 18 (meeting 3rd Tuesday due to Light the Landscape); 5:30-7 PM 
• Wednesday Breakfast Group - 12/19 (meeting 3rd Wednesday due to holidays); 8:30 AM