Nelson & District Hospice Society

03/06/2026

03/05/2026

We're so excited to share that we've scheduled our next 30 hour hospice volunteer training for May and June of 2026. If you're interested in joining our incredible team of volunteers, please go to our website and apply and we will reach out with more information about our training.

02/10/2026

Traumatic loss affects us differently than loss after someone dies of natural causes. That is why we take a special approach to these particular grief groups. Narrative therapy is a very healing and meaningful way of walking the path of traumatic grief.

There are a few spots left in this group starting next week. Please feel free to share with anyone you know who's experienced this kind of loss. Call 250-352-2337 or email info@nelsonhospice.org to register.

01/21/2026

Our next grief group offering will focus on the particular grief that occurs after a traumatic death. Because this can be a difficult loss to navigate, it is important that there be dedicated space for survivors of traumatic death to share their stories in a safe and supported way.

This group will be facilitated by a very dedicated Nelson Hospice volunteer and narrative therapist Sarah Hughes and Jenna Seymour, one of her Masters students. We hope it will bring some healing to the many people who suffer loss after a death by su***de, homicide, accident or toxic drugs.

Please call 250-352-2337 or email jane@nelsonhospice.org to register.

12/05/2025

We will be hosting our annual holiday grief group this year ... and we have 6 spots left to fill. Here are the details. Please call or email to register. Note that we do require an intake call of about 20 minutes to register new clients for grief groups.

11/22/2025

We are sharing this effort to support the family of one of our very dedicated volunteers. Thanks for so considering!

Last night, our dedicated Nelson Hospice volunteer and WKB Caregiver Support coo… Jane DiGiacomo needs your support for Support For the Family of Harry Maloff

10/31/2025

Coming up this Sunday ... Nelson Hospice is once again co-sponsoring the Remember the Dead Event from 4-6 pm at the Nelson Memorial Park (cemetery). With the 5 Gates of Grief, each curated with an art installation, the ever-popular mailbox to the beyond and various other installations and performances from Corazon ... and even Can Can dancers!

We're looking forward to receiving you all at our Hospice tent for information about our services, impromptu grief support and hot cider. Bring your own luminary to place on the path and remember your dead.

10/27/2025

A special shout out today to thank our title sponsor for Workathon for the last 10 years ... Nelson & District Credit Union. They have led the way to many other businesses sponsoring this event over the years, and especially in the teamwork required to make an event like this successful, consisting fielding the biggest teams on our Workathon day. They are pros when it comes to connections to the community at large and it shows in their employees' response to coming out on Workathon day.

Thanks NDCU!

10/26/2025

Another successful Workathon day! Thanks to all the amazing teams that came out to help our Workathon clients, including Nelson & District Credit Union, Retreat Guru, the Gauze Squad (Nelson Nurses and friends), and the LV Rogers Rotary Interact Club! Volunteers make the world go 'round!

And a big thanks to our business sponsors, including our title sponsor Nelson & District Credit Union, as well as Spearhead and Whitewater Mountain Resort!

10/25/2025

Soooo many leaves fell overnight just in time for our Workathon clean up event tomorrow!

IT'S NOT TOO LATE to register as a workathon client and have your yard clean up completed by one of our wonderful workathon volunteer teams.

This event helps serve seniors or any one who cannot do their own yard work on this one day of the year. So, if you need help, call us at 250-352-2337 or email us at info@nelsonhospice.org.

Leave us your name, your address, your phone number and what you want done (leaf raking, mulching, weeding, etc.). Note that we can DEFINITELY take away your leaves but we cannot take away any yard waste that doesn't fit into our leaf bags.

09/30/2025

On this day of Truth and Reconciliation, we reflect on the profound grief experienced by all indigenous peoples who came before us … who have called this land their home for thousands of years.

We will gladly walk alongside anyone experiencing the fallout from the truths of what happened on this land. Here is one way to learn about this path of grief.

Anishinaabek Grief and Loss Healing Tool Aug 25, 2021 | Culture and Traditions By William Morin Indigenous communities and their Peoples are not equipped to deal with even the most basic health issues. For Indigenous Peoples, the post-colonial Western wounds present themselves in various intergenera...

08/31/2025

Beautiful hospice volunteers selling beautiful flowers at