August Newsletter

Our summer has flown by, and we have been busy planning our 7th annual Handbags for Hospice event. The outpour of support through sponsorships and volunteers has been truly amazing. We are grateful for the support of our community!

The second Kincardine Community Catch the Ace is back up and running!

The community Catch the Ace supports three community organizations: Huron Shores Hospice, The Royal Canadian Legion, Kincardine Branch, and the Tiverton & District Lions. The first Kincardine Community Catch the Ace was a huge success, running 26 weeks with the grand prize winner taking home $53,000!

The first draw will be on September 6th, at 4 p.m. at the Kincardine Legion. Tickets are on sale now at participating retailers and online at KincardineAce.com.

In-person tickets are available at:

Kincardine Legion Bar

Kwik Way, Tiverton

Little Blue House Coffee Co. Inc

Edward Fuels Ltd

Sleepers Bed Gallery

Jean’s Family Restaurant

Instyle Hair Studio

Thank you for your support and good luck!

We will be hosting Death Cafés in Port Elgin and Ripley in September. Death cafes provide an opportunity to drink tea or coffee, eat dessert, and discuss death. It is a group-directed discussion with no agenda, objectives, or themes, not a grief support or counseling session. We aim to normalize the conversation around dying and death.

Please join us:

Port Elgin:

September 12th from 3:00-4:30 pm at the Port Elgin Library

Ripley:

September 12th from 2:00-4:00 pm at the Ripley Legion

RSVP to barbara@huronshoreshospice.ca or call 519-385-5683

If you are dealing with grief related to the loss of a family member or friend, Huron Shores Hospice offers an 8-session educational program that provides a safe environment to explore your beliefs about dealing with loss. The program offers actions that will lead you to complete unresolved emotions that may still be causing you pain.

Grief delayed is not grief denied. Whether you have recently experienced a loss or have suffered a loss in the past, the Grief Recovery Program can provide support. Our trained and certified grief recovery specialists® will facilitate your journey with compassion, confidentiality, and dignity.

The Grief Recovery Program will be offered in Ripley starting September 20th for 8 weeks from 6:00-8:00 p.m.

Register or for more information, click here.

Huron Shores Hospice will offer Are Your Ducks in a Row: A Personal Planning Workshop to Help You Plan Now to Live Life More Fully in Lucknow and Kincardine this fall.

Lucknow: Monday, September 25th, from 1:00 to 3:00 pm at the Lucknow Legion

Kincardine: Wednesday, October 18th, from 7:00 to 9:00 pm at the Davidson Centre

RSVP to barbara@huronshoreshospice.ca or call 519-385-5683

We are excited to host this year’s guests on September 21st at the Kincardine Pavilion. This event is once again sold out! Thank you to everyone who purchased tickets. If you were hoping to attend but did not get a chance to purchase a ticket before it sold out, join our waitlist. Please note that our waitlist is the best way to ensure that tickets for this event are legitimate. Beware of possible scams. If someone is trying to sell you a ticket, contact us, and we can verify if the ticket is legitimate. If you have a ticket and can no longer attend, please contact us, as we may help you facilitate a ticket transfer.

Corporate Sponsorships 2023 Handbags for Hospice Thank you to our wonderful Corporate Sponsors of this year's Handbags for Hospice: Host Sponsor: Duncan & Lesley Hawthorne VIP Auction Sponsors: Bruce Power

Handbags Sponsor: Mike & Carol Rencheck

Silver Sponsors: Raj and Jessica Verma, Germania Mutual Insurance, Tetra Tech, Green Shield Canada Bronze Sponsors: Norman Campbell Construction Ltd, SP Armow Wind Energy Ontario LP, Kenneth & Catherine Ellis, Hatch, Jason and Meagan Fair, Ontario Power Generation, Sargent and Lundy Signature Sponsors: Revenew, Kincardine Family Eye Care, Howick Mutual Insurance Company, Matchett Financial Services-Investia, Enbridge Renewal Energy, AECON, Robert and Frances Nixon, Kincardine Branch of the Royal Canadian Legion, Kincardine Quick Lube, Bruce Telecom, IG Wealth Management-Christy Kelly, Karen and Mark Smith, 2m Power, Maples Dental, OCNI, UBC Local 2222, Hair Connection, NWMO

Community Partner

NPX, ES Fox, Kinectrics, SNC-Lavalin Group, BWXT, AECON, OMERS, Framatome

Community Advocate

Tetra Tech, Carpenters Regional Council, Ideal Supply, LiUNA, ShawFlex, Westinghouse, ATS, Canadian Bearing Limited, EMC-A Day & Zimmermann Company

Community Supporter

Lakeside Process Controls, Strategic Way, CUSW, Stantec, Alithya, EnergySolutions Canada, GE Steam Power Canada Inc., BC Instruments, Bird, Promotion, Abraflex, Amidyne Solutions, Nutech Precision Metals Inc., UCC Industries International Inc., Sargent Lundy, Cameco Corporation, ESPCA, Rankin.