Compass Regional Hospice’s Calendar of Events, December 2018 through January 2019

Listing of Compass Regional Hospice’s Calendar of Events
December 2018 through January 2019

December …

Hope and Healing for the Holidays Workshop — Saturday, Dec. 1. From 9:30 a.m. to noon at Compass Regional Hospice’s Hope and Healing Center, 255 Comet Drive, Centreville. Come for conversation and creative activities designed to help heal from the loss of a loved one. Open to anyone 18 and older. Includes a light breakfast, beverages and an art project. Supervised child care will be available. Space is limited. Cost: $10, but no one will be turned away based on an inability to pay. For more information or to register for the workshop, contact Linda Turner or Ann OConnor at 443-262-4100, or lturner@compassregionalhospice.org or aoconnor@compassregionalhospice.org.

Kent County Remembrance Ceremony — Sunday, Dec. 2. The event will begin at 4 p.m. at Emmanuel Episcopal Church, 100 N. Cross St., Chestertown. At this special event, we will reflect on the precious lives of those who have passed away. We invite you, your family and friends to help us honor and remember your loved ones. A time of fellowship and light refreshments will follow the services. RSVP to Rhonda Knotts at 443-262-4109 or rknotts@compassregionalhospice.org.

January …

Estate Treasures Warehouse Sale — Saturday, Jan. 19 (there will not be a December sale). 8 a.m. to 2 p.m. at 106 Log Canoe Circle, Chesapeake Business Park, Stevensville. Come find deeply discounted furniture, tools, sporting goods, small kitchen appliances, home décor, housewares, area rugs, wood-slat Hunter Douglas blinds, furniture for small businesses, children’s clothing, toys and more. Proceeds will benefit Compass Regional Hospice. For more information, call Estate Treasures, an operating unit of Compass Regional Hospice, at 410-643-7360.

Ongoing …

Bereaved Parent Grief Support Group — First Monday of each month; Dec. 3 and Jan. 7. From 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. at Compass Regional Hospice, 255 Comet Drive, Centreville. A drop-in group for individuals, 18 and older, dealing with the loss of a child. For more information, contact Rhonda Knotts at 443-262-4109 or rknotts@compassregionalhospice.org.

HALOS-Healing After a Loved One’s Suicide Grief Support Group — Second Wednesday of each month; Dec. 12 and Jan. 9. From 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. at Compass Regional Hospice, 255 Comet Drive, Centreville. A drop-in group for individuals, 18 and older, dealing with the loss of a loved one from suicide. For more information, contact Rhonda Knotts at 443-262-4109 or rknotts@compassregionalhospice.org, or Wayne Larrimore at 443-262-4108 or wlarrimore@compassregionalhospice.org.

Drug Overdose Grief Support Group — Third Thursday of each month; Dec. 20 and Jan. 17. From 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. at Compass Regional Hospice, 255 Comet Drive, Centreville. A drop-in group for individuals, 18 and older, dealing with the loss of a loved one from drug overdose. Please join us for dinner and conversation/discussion. There also may be special guests or presenters to the group from time to time. There will be a special guest during the January meeting. For more information, contact Rhonda Knotts at 443-262-4109 or rknotts@compssregionalhospice.org, or Linda Turner at 443-262-4120 or lturner@compassregionalhospice.org.

All Losses Grief Support Group — Fourth Tuesday of each month. Due to the Christmas holiday, there will be no group meeting in December. The group will begin its regular meetings again on Jan. 22. From noon to 1:15 p.m. at the Caroline County Public Library, Federalsburg branch, 123 Morris Ave., Federalsburg. A drop-in group for individuals, 18 and older, who have experienced any type of loss. Please bring a lunch. For more information, contact Wayne Larrimore at 443-262-4108 or wlarrimore@compassregionalhospice.org.

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~ Compass Regional Hospice – Care on your terms

Compass Regional Hospice is a fully licensed, independent, community-based nonprofit organization certified by Medicare and the state of Maryland and accredited by the Joint Commission. Since 1985, Compass Regional Hospice has been dedicated to supporting people of all ages through the challenge of living with a life-limiting illness and learning to live following the death of a loved one. Today, the organization is a regional provider of hospice care and grief support in Queen Anne’s, Kent and Caroline counties. “Care on your terms” is the promise that guides staff and volunteers as they care for patients in private residences, nursing homes, assisted living facilities and the residential hospice centers in Centreville and Chestertown. Grief support services are offered to children, adults and families of patients who died under hospice care, as well as members of the community who are grieving the loss of a loved one, through The Hope and Healing Center. For more information about Compass Regional Hospice, visit compassregionalhospice.org.