Helping Others Enjoy Life
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| PHS Volunteer of the Month, Genna DiPinto |
Genna DiPinto is a gifted cook (you should try her chocolate chip banana bread!) and extraordinary young woman. Now 17, she's already given four summers to volunteering at Pilgrims Hospice, coming in one day a week with her baking.
Living in the area and curious about what we do here, Genna decided to find out, and after having a tour, decided she wanted to help.
"I was nervous at first, being so young, but I understood what it can be like to have an illness and pain, with people looking at you differently, because my sister has epilepsy and suffers quite a lot."
Genna's empathy for our clients stemmed from her experience with her sister and has grown over time. She enjoys the joke telling at the lunch table and playing trivia with the clients, often researching the trivia questions herself.
Seeing clients make new friends, perhaps late in life, has given Genna a sense of hope that we've not done living until the end, and she
contributes with ease to the hospice focus of living in the moment and enjoying life to the full.
"If you were nearing the end of life, wouldn't you like a good piece of cake?"
Volunteering reminds her that it's the simple things you do in people's lives that helps them. It helps them to feel important, and she feels important, too.
By volunteering at Pilgrims, Genna's confidence in herself has grown, and this year she is the Student President at her school, with aspirations of becoming a medical doctor.
Genna, you are our Volunteer of the Month, and we know you'll go far!
Find out more about Volunteer Opportunities at Pilgrims Hospice here.
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780-413-9801
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about our news, events, and vital work in the community.
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Join us on Friday, September 25
for our Annual
Enjoy
a champagne reception and delicious lunch at
the Fairmont Hotel Macdonald.
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Dr. Helen Hays, pictured at her Vancouver Island home, warmly invites you to join us for the Sunflower Luncheon
named in her honour.
You will hear our latest news, and your support will keep our community based programs running - we can't do it without you!
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Our popular "friend-raiser" is hosted by the passionate Seanna Collins and this year we welcome Keynote speakers Rayne Johnson, RMT, "Doing Deathcare Differently", along with Bereavement Counsellor, Jesse McElheran, on "Love Stories in Grief".
We are delighted that Dr. Helen Hays will be flying in from Vancouver Island to join us!
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The Charity Golf Tournament
- A Perfect Situation
According to Raymond Oness, the 2015 Pilgrim's Hospice Annual Charity Golf Classic was:
"...absolutely fabulous, with entertainment and prizes scattered all throughout the golf course.
The tournament was well organized and the meal was huge & delicious."
Raymond always enjoy running into people he may only see once a year at this golf tournament.
"Its the perfect situation,
when you can have some fun outside, all the while supporting a good cause and a wonderful organization!"
- Raymond Oness
THANK YOU
to all our golfers and partners - you helped us raise over $45,000 towards our compassionate end-of-life care in the community.
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Future Dates of Interest
W
orld hospice & palliative care day
October 10, 2015
If you had only one message you'd like to get across for World hospice & palliative care day, what would it be? For Deb Birkett, PHS Executive Director, it's that:
"Hospice is not about Death, it's about Life... having the chance to live each day to its fullest, surrounded by a caring, compassionate Community."
Learn more about
World hospice & palliative care day
here.
The
Alberta Hospice Palliative Care Association have several dates for their
2016 Roadshow. See their Save the Date flyer
here.
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Our Funding
In 2014 we received 12.2% of our funding from the government, through our Partnership with Alberta Health Services - so Foundation Grants, Donations (both Individual & Corporate) and our fundraising efforts are vital to our existence.
Please support our Programs with your donation, or participation in our Special Events.
You Can Make a Difference for those facing the end of life, their caregivers, and the bereaved.
Click the following links to:
THANK YOU!
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