On Monday, April 18th, 6:00-8:00 pm Brattleboro Area Hospice will host Funerals: Traditional and Alternative. What Is Possible? The event will take place at Brew Barry Conference Rm., Brattleboro Memorial Hospital, Brattleboro, Vermont. This event is free and the public is encouraged to attend.
We spend a great deal of time planning for life’s big events such as births and weddings. We consider our options and make choices for ceremonies based on what best suits our beliefs and values. Why shouldn’t we also give time to the planning of funerals?
“Most of what we think of as “traditional” in funerals is actually a fairly recent invention. There are so many more options today, and some of them are time-honored rituals your own families in the 19th century practiced in their homes when a member died. With the growing rate of cremation and the interest in natural burial grounds, the old and the new are blending and reshaping how we do death. Come with your questions (yep, including the ‘morbid’ ones) and stories and enjoy some lively talk about the end of the line!” (Says Josh Slocum, Executive Director, Funeral Consumers Alliance, Co-author of Final Rights: Reclaiming the American Way of Death.)
Brattleboro Area Hospice (BAH) is an independent, non-profit organization that provides non-medical support to dying and grieving community members and volunteer-staffed assistance with Advance Care Planning. BAH is 100% locally funded, provides services free of charge, and is located at 191 Canal Street in Brattleboro. 802-257-0775 or local to Bellows Falls 802-460- 1162. Visit www.brattleborohospice.org
For more information or to RSVP please contact Patty Dunn, Hospice Program Coordinator at (802) 257-0775 ext. 102 or patty.dunn@brattleborohospice.org.
Sponsored by Brattleboro Area Hospice as part of Wellness in Windham.
