What is the Butterfly Bereavement Project?
To commemorate National Grief & Bereavement days, Bethell Hospice and Hospice Dufferin are working together to offer bereavement workshops in the months leading up to November, where participants will be able to decorate beautiful velum butterflies that will then be displayed as part of a large art installation at Headwaters Health Care Centre.
The Art Exhibit
This November a kaleidoscope of personalized paper butterflies will descend upon the community in a beautiful art exhibit to commemorate National Grief & Bereavement dates.
Where:
Headwaters Health Care Centre, 100 Rolling Hills Dr., Orangeville, ON
When: November 2023
Upcoming Butterfly Bereavement Workshops
Hosted by Hospice Dufferin
Hosted by Bethell Hospice
Hosted by Headwaters Health Care Centre
Tuesdays and Thursdays
from September 5th– October 19th at the Welcome Centre by the Information Desk, 100 Rolling Hills Dr., Orangeville, ON
Get Involved
1. Host your own Butterfly Workshop.
2. Set up a Butterfly Station at your agency.
3. Promote the project and spread the word!
Contact
Natalie Talma – Bethell Hospice
ntalma@bethellhospice.org
Maureen Riedler – Hospice Dufferin
mriedler@hospicedufferin.com
Host your own Butterfly Workshop
The Butterfly Workshop is for organizations looking to run an in-person workshop event or add the workshop to an existing event.
Butterfly Workshop Toolkit coming soon!
Set up a Butterfly Station at your organization
The Butterfly Station is for organizations looking to set up a station at their location(s) for clients to participate in as they choose.
Butterfly Station Toolkit coming soon!
Click the button below to see additional grief and bereavement resources in Caledon-Dufferin. This webpage also includes a list of books and websites to help young children, adolescents, teenagers, parents, and adults understand and cope with their grief.
Bethell Hospice has a comprehensive bereavement program. Support from the team of highly skilled professionals is available to individuals of all ages, and is free of charge. Services include: 1:1 supportive counselling, support groups, spiritual care, music and art therapy, therapeutic touch, special interest workshops and webinars, and more.
Hospice Dufferin Bereavement Programs include: one-on-one support from a spiritual care coordinator, monthly mailing to grieving family members, and a lending library of information for adults and children.
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We acknowledge that Hills of Headwaters Collaborative Ontario Health Team and its partners work within the traditional territories and ancestral lands of the Tionontati (Petun), Attawandaron (Neutral), Haudenosaunee (Six Nations) and Anishinaabe peoples.
Hills of Headwaters Collaborative Ontario Health Team is supported by funding from the Government of Ontario.