If you’re grieving the loss of someone close to you, the holiday season can be fraught with difficult moments. Decorating the tree, making cookies alone, the music on the radio — everything reminds you that they’re not here this year.
The Sunshine Coast Hospice Society recognizes that this is a time of the year when many want to remember family and friends who have died, and for the 22nd year, volunteers will encourage Coasters to write a note to hang on the Christmas trees set up at the Sunnycrest and Trail Bay malls until Dec. 20.
Hospice volunteers will be available at both locations to listen to your stories, answer your questions and accept your love notes. Throughout the year, trained hospice volunteers provide compassionate, respectful end-of-life and bereavement care for residents on the Sunshine Coast.
If you are living with a terminal illness, if someone you care about is dying or if you are grieving the death of someone, hospice volunteers can provide companionship, bereavement groups, respite to caregivers, two hospice rooms and a comprehensive library on death and bereavement.
Stop by their table at the Sunnycrest Mall in Gibsons until Dec. 6 and at the Trail Bay Mall in Sechelt from Dec. 8 to Dec. 20 from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. daily.
On Jan. 1 at 2 p.m. join Hospice to Light the Memories at Sechelt’s Snickett Park, where all the love notes will be burned in a ceremonial fire on the beach and your wishes sent skyward.
Money donated to the Sunshine Coast Hospice Society stays on the Coast to provide hospice and bereavement care for all those who live here.
