Kamloops Hospice asks for Donations During National Palliative Care Week

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Kamloops Hospice asks for donations during National Hospice Palliative Care Week

By Jill Sperling

Photo by Kent Simmonds

May 4, 2020

KAMLOOPS — This week is National Hospice Palliative Care Week, and the Kamloops Hospice Association is working out a way to hold an annual fundraiser virtually.

The Hospice Association was planning to host its annual Evening to Remember fundraiser at the Coast Hotel this Saturday (May 9).

It’s the single largest fundraiser for the Marjorie Willoughby Snowden Memorial Hospice Home and was set to raise $170,000.  While people are no longer able to buy tickets for large gatherings, the Hospice Association is hoping people will donate instead.

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CBC Daybreak Kamloops with Shelley Joyce – April 2, 2020

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CBC Daybreak Kamloops interviews Wendy Marlow, Executive Director at Kamloops Hospice Association about new Virtual Visiting at Kamloops Hospice Association, donation requests and other changes at Hospice due to Covid-19 including Volunteer Program & Community Program Suspension, Thrift Store Closing Temporarily, Gala Cancellation and challenges with raising required funds.

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Hospice Changes

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Kamloops hospice using webcams to allow family to see loved ones under visitor restrictions

By Chad Klassen

Mar 26, 2020 5:00 AM

KAMLOOPS — Watching a loved one enter hospice is hard enough. But imagine not being able to see them at all.

With the doors now locked at the Marjorie Willoughby Snowden Memorial Hospice Home, that is the reality facing families who have loved ones in hospice during the COVID-19 pandemic.

“Yesterday was a really sad day when we locked our doors at 7 o’clock last night,” said Executive Director of the Kamloops Hospice Society Wendy Marlow. “It’s a loss. We can’t serve families the way we always have.”

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CFJC Midday – Kamloops Hospice offering volunteer information session, and special program to help children

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CFJC Midday – Kamloops Hospice offering volunteer information session, and special program to help children

By Tanya Cronin

Jan 13, 2020

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Wendy Marlow and Pamela Young discuss an upcoming information session and a new Children’s Grief Drop in Group.

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Celebrate a Life Campaign

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Celebrate a Life campaign aims to raise enough money for groceries for a year

By Jill Sperling

Dec 05, 2019

KAMLOOPS — The annual Celebrate A Life campaign is underway at the Northills Shopping Centre.

The craft sale and Memory Tree are part of a fundraiser for the Marjorie Willoughby Snowden Memorial Hospice Home.

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