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Merri-Lee Agar
Aug 13, 20185 min read
It All Began With a Conversation...
On a beautiful summer day in August 2015. I had already committed to creating a volunteer training program for HHA, but the question...
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Merri-Lee Agar
Jul 25, 20183 min read
Introducing Home Hospice Association's Niagara Chapter
In June of 2010, my life changed in a way that I had not been able to fathom until then; my mother died, and suddenly I was left with...
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Tracey Robertson
Jul 17, 20185 min read
Life Imitates Art
Home Hospice Association is literally a matter of life and death for each of us. And this year l learned that on a much more personal...
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Gee Shatz
Jun 25, 20183 min read
The Gifts of Volunteering
By now, it is surely common knowledge that our lives are busier and more stressful than ever before! The result of us filling our plates...
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Paul Hilsden
Jun 22, 20188 min read
The Journey
Imagine this… You and your husband Gary have been married for over 50 years; just last month you celebrated your anniversary. These 50...
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Mahoganie Hines
May 28, 20183 min read
I Think I Will Begin at the End...
So here we go. I am a Nurse, a Registered Nurse to be clearer. I came into nursing with very clear goals in mind of where and who I was...
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Krysta Farlow
May 10, 20182 min read
Heart and Hope
Hello everyone, for those of you who don’t know me, my name is Krysta. My husband Neil and I lost our son on September 12th, 2017. He...
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Andrea Dobson, Glen Burkholder
Apr 24, 20184 min read
It Takes a Village
It Takes a Village: The HHA Team Number of Full Time Staff 0 Number of Volunteers 96 Number of Projects Engaged 31 Number of Volunteer...
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Samantha Campbell
Apr 18, 20184 min read
When There is No Heartbeat
Death changes a relationship but it does not end it. Facing a miscarriage, stillbirth or infant loss, or the decision to terminate a...
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Tracey Robertson
Apr 13, 20184 min read
Remembering That They Lived, Not How They Died
History ~ Mission ~ Vision Moonlit Memory Walk Pulling great ideas out of a dusty fundraising cupboard can be a challenge. There are...
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Lisa Robbins
Apr 9, 20184 min read
What is a Death Cafe?
What is a Death Café? Sounds morbid! If I never talk about the "D-word" it will never happen to me. Cafe sounds good - coffee, tea and...
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Merri-Lee Agar
Feb 27, 20182 min read
Resilience
re·sil·ience 1. the capacity to recover quickly from difficulties; toughness. I’ve always had a fascination with rocks; I’ve been...
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Merri-Lee Agar
Feb 13, 20184 min read
Death Doesn’t End a Relationship; It Changes It
I first heard these words a few weeks after my Mum died, and in those words I found the first comfort I’d felt since I watched her take...
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Kim Hutten, RVT
Jan 14, 20186 min read
Happy New Year and THANK YOU!
The best part of a new year is looking back and seeing your tracks from the year before. It’s like standing on a steep mountain path,...
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Tracey Robertson
Dec 8, 20172 min read
My Dad, Wrapping Paper and a Pair of Ladies Slippers
My First Lesson in the Importance of “Giving” started my Journey to Home Hospice Association Thanks to a young Canadian envelope salesman...
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Andrea Dobson
Nov 6, 20172 min read
Day Hospice
The Hub Mid-Scarborough Centre for Healthy Communities (SCHC) Wednesday, November 01, 2017 Day Hospice On November 1st the Social Service...
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Lee-Ann Mosselman-Clarke
Sep 29, 20174 min read
“What exactly is an Infant and Pregnancy Loss Doula?
Lee-Ann is an Infant and Pregnancy Loss Doula Candidate and in her own words we understand why this professional designation is so very...
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Tracey Robertson
Aug 3, 20171 min read
Will You Choose Someone To Love Today
My dad always defined love as holding someone else's safety and wellbeing as your highest priority. Today I see that advice as the...
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Kim Hutten
Jul 11, 20175 min read
What can a Registered Veterinary Technician contribute to the Bello Project?
As interviewed by Natalie at the Ontario Association of Veterinary Technicians for the Career Spotlight in June 2016. 1. What is your...
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Tracey Robertson
Jun 1, 20172 min read
How the Bello Project came to be
Home Hospice Association – a newly launched charitable organization that provides hospice care for anyone, of any age, at any time and...
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