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Crochet Grief Group is April 30

April 26, 2016 by TRU Community Care

We are partnering with Children’s Hospital and two of our Healing Circle’s bereaved PEDS parents to offer this unique one-day grief group. Together we will explore the healing powers of knitting and crocheting. This group is a knitting and crocheting workshop for all interested families to come learn how to use these skills to cope with the stresses and heavy feelings of grief.

Meeting: Saturday, April 30 from 9:30 a.m. – 12:30 p.m.

Location: Children’s Hospital, 13123 East 16^th Ave, Aurora, 80045

Contact: Michon Davies at TRU Community Care 303.604-5330 or Cassie at Children’s Hospital cassandramatz@childrenscolorado.org.

Download the flyer here: Crochet Day Flyer 2016

Healing with Horses returns for 2016

April 20, 2016 by TRU Community Care

Welcome to Healing with Horses…

We are currently taking applications for the summer sessions of Healing with Horses. This powerful experience combines equine-assisted activities with grief support for kids and teens ages 5 to 18, and provides a nurturing environment for expressing feelings, learning about grief coping strategies and exploring the healing process with peers who are also grieving a death loss.

Through Healing with Horses, grieving kids and teens:

Develop or improve equine skills
Work together in a safe and supportive setting, gaining trust in themselves and each other
Learn to control a horse, affording them opportunities to feel a genuine sense of accomplishment, greater confidence and inner strength
Share stories and memories, have fun and release physical and emotional energy
Become aware of the many aspects of the grieving process, and discover what will help and support them

When: Runs through the fall on Tuesdays, from 5-6:30 p.m.

Location: Medicine Horse, 8778 Arapahoe Road, Boulder CO, 80303

Register: Call Michon Davies 303-604-5330,

Pre-registration is required to participate.

For more details, see our grief services page.

Movie highlight: “Way to Go: Death and the Irish”

April 18, 2016 by TRU Community Care

As those involved in hospice know very well, death is something few in our society want to talk about or acknowledge, yet it is a certainty. Why bother talking about it at all? In this the documentary, filmmaker Norah Casey explores Ireland’s relationship with death, speaking to healthcare professionals as well as people with terminal illnesses who share their thoughts on the last months of their lives. The film also includes contributions from well-known figures such as Gabriel Byrne, broadcasters Marian Finucane and George Hook, plus comments from members of the Irish public.
Check out this thought-provoking piece meant to promote open discussion on the topics of death and dying, as it has as much to say to Boulder County as it does to Ireland. It may seem too early – until it’s too late.

Get ready for Peace, Love & PIZZAZ!

March 28, 2016 by TRU Community Care

To quote Elvis Costello: “Each time I feel like this inside, there’s one thing I wanna know … Are you ready for Peace, Love & PIZZAZ!?”

OK, so maybe the lyrics didn’t go quite like that, but you should definitely mark your calendars for this year’s annual fundraising gala, PIZZAZ! Our theme for the Sept. 17 shindig is Peace, Love & PIZZAZ!, so get your best ’70s duds out for the occasion. More info will be on its way here, but here are the details so far:

What: PIZZAZ!, TRU’s annual fundraising gala
When: Saturday, September 17 at 6 p.m.
Where: Marriott Westminster, 7000 Church Ranch Blvd, Westminster, CO 80021
How much: $150 per person
Volunteers needed! Do you want to help plan our gala? Please contact Jessica Sharley at jessicasharley@trucare.org or 303.604.5389 to learn how you can help.

Shop Amazon and Help TRU Hospice

March 8, 2016 by TRU Community Care

Did you know that you can shop on Amazon.com and donate to TRU Community Care at the same time – at no cost to you?

Here’s how it works. If you shop through the site smile.amazon.com, you’ll have access to all the products on amazon.com, but the AmazonSmile Foundation will donate 0.5% of the price of eligible purchases to a nonprofit of your choice.

Yes, you use the same account on Amazon.com and AmazonSmile. Your shopping cart, Wish List, wedding or baby registry, and other account settings are also the same. On your first visit to AmazonSmile (smile.amazon.com), you need to select a charitable organization to receive donations from eligible purchases before you begin shopping. The website will remember your selection, and then every eligible purchase you make at smile.amazon.com will result in a donation.

So do your shopping and support Boulder area hospice care at the same time – it’s a win-win. Think of TRU next time you shop!

Hiking Off the Grief with TRU

February 26, 2016 by TRU Community Care

Updated post! Dates are set for our kids-teens-and-parent hiking groups.

Once again this season, we will offer a way to combine exercise and support for people who are grieving or caregiving. The idea for organizing hikes came from a realization that “nature heals”, and that participating in a traditional grief support group, especially immediately after a loss, can be too difficult for some people.The hikes have a mostly free structure. Route, pace and duration are flexible, depending on the participants, the weather and the season.Making connections with fellow hikers, especially those who have shared similar losses, can be the greatest comfort. Caregivers too stand to benefit, both from the emotional support and respite these outings provide.
TRU Hiking Groups are open to Boulder hospice families, as well as the community.

For Kids, Teens and Parents
This offering is for families – parents will go on one trail, teens will go on another and kids will go on their own. Each group will have a group facilitator. We do a series of six hikes and you can remember your special person who has died, be around others that are going through the same thing and get support.
You are responsible for transportation to the meeting place at the trailhead each week and to bring water and snacks. Pre-registration required, with hikes starting on Tuesday, May 3 at 5 p.m. at the Chautauqua ranger station. See our grief services page for details and to RSVP.

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