Peace Arch Hospice Society

We just received a legacy gift of $100,000 from John Page presented by John Blackburn. We are so honoured and beyond grateful that Mr. Page made the decision to leave Peace Arch Hospice Society in his will. Through this gift, his legacy will live on and his compassion and generosity will be extended to our community now and into the future.

"We remember all the babies born sleeping, those we carried but never held, those we held but could not take home, those who came home but could not stay." Each year thousands of families across Canada mourn the death of their babies. Parents get isolated in their grief and the stigma around the death of children prevents society from speaking about the devastating effects on parents and their families. Help break the silence by saying their name and acknowledging their existence to keep their memory alive. We're sending love and thinking of all the families who have lost a baby. We are here for you if you need support.

October 10th is World Hospice and Palliative Care Day - a day to raise awareness about the needs of people living with a life limiting illness and their families. In Canada, we tend to use both ‘hospice’ and ‘palliative’ to refer to the same thing. HPC is an approach to care that is designed to provide comfort and relief of suffering at the end of life. It was adopted by the Canadian HPC Association to indicate the integration of care by many health care providers throughout a variety of settings from people’s homes to the palliative care unit in hospitals. The word hospice may also refer to a place of care. #mycaremycomfort #whpcday20

Holidays can be hard when you're grieving a loved one. Here are some tips from our Manager of Clinical Services and Counsellor, Trevor Josephson, to help get you through this Thanksgiving weekend. We're sending our love to anyone who is missing someone or is having a hard time this Thanksgiving. Our office will be closed on Monday, October 12th. If you need to speak to someone urgently over the weekend, please call the Crisis Line at 604-951-8855.

For the month of September, Splashes donated $1 from every Deluxe Car Wash to our organization and raised a total of $1,464! We are beyond grateful for their generosity and kind-hearts Every month they choose a new organization to be their Community Wash Partner that they donate to. How amazing is that!? Thank you Splashes for your kindness to our community!

We’re so excited about the big announcement from the Holiday Home Tour For Hope! See below for details about this year’s event: Repost from the Holiday Home Tour For Hope: Introducing the Holiday Home Tour Magazine!!!!! ... If this crazy year has taught us anything it’s when the going gets tough you stand together and get creative. Our Holiday Home Tour has always been about the community helping the community. We start with nothing and by the power of countless volunteers, sponsors, designers, friends, family and local businesses we manage to raise money for charity. Now more than ever our businesses, charities and morale needs to be supported. As we stand a little further apart we will bring the joy of the Holiday Home Tour to the comfort of your living room. We can’t wait to show you what’s in store for the Holidays AND where your money has made a difference for our local charities over the years and in the future. Follow us here for sneak peeks and announcements as this exciting new look unveils. Magazines will be available for purchase mid November with 100% of proceeds split between Peace Arch Hospice Society and Surrey Hospital Foundation for the Breast Health Clinic at Jim Pattison in the fight against Breast Cancer and the Children’s Health Center. As we close the door and turn the page on a new chapter of the Holiday Home Tour we ask you once again to stand with us. Who is in?

Every December at our Celebrate a Life event, hundreds of people in our community come to our booth to write the name of their loved one(s) on a paper dove and hang it on our tree to honour their memory. This afternoon we participated in a fire ceremony for the paper doves from 2018 and 2019 A big thank you to Teresa Hotell, our Founder, for allowing us to do this in her beautiful garden.

Our Men's Grief Support Group Drop-In is now being offered in-person and online via Zoom twice monthly. If you're interested in joining, please call our office at 604-531-7484.

Stay tuned for updates on this year’s Holiday Home Tour For Hope We are so grateful to be chosen again to receive part proceeds from their amazing fundraising efforts While this year will look different due to COVID-19, we know our community is going to love it!

Thank you to everyone who attended our first Virtual AGM last night. We would also like to thank two of our Board Members, Dave Chesney and Aroon Shah, for serving three-two year terms. Their time and talents have been so appreciated these past six years, and they will be greatly missed. We also took the time to honour our amazing Executive Director, Beth Kish, who is retiring next month.

One year ago today, we hosted our Fall Dance - Hospice Hoedown. This event is one of our favourites because of the great food, great people, and loads of fun. This year's dance was originally scheduled for September 12th, but was cancelled due to COVID-19. We truly missed having our supporters join us for such a fun evening and are looking forward to the day we can come together (in-person) once again.... Take a look back with us at last year's Fall Dance! What a night! YEEEHAW https://youtu.be/rzOsoRCMhgY

To anyone who has lost a dog, cat, bird, fish, hamster, or any other beloved pet... you are in our hearts today #nationalpetmemorialday

Did you know we offer support for all ages, free of charge? Our Young Adult Grief Support Group provides the opportunity for people between the ages of 19-30 to share their stories of loss in a relaxed and confidential environment. New participants are welcome to register at anytime. To register or find out more about this group, please call 604-531-7484.