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Board Recruitment!

Hospice Peterborough has recently opened a brand new facility and is expanding programming to include a Hospice Residence offering 24/7 end of life care. Completing this project has been the focus for the past 6 years but now the organization is anticipating the development of a new strategic plan with new leadership.

Are you interested in supporting hospice palliative care in our community and helping Hospice Peterborough prosper through this transitional period? Please consider applying for a position on the Hospice Peterborough Board of Directors, or a position on one of the Standing Committees of the Board. For more details please click the link below.

2019 Board Recruitment Hospice Peterborough

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We have power! Inside finishing works continues…

Thanks to Craig Mortlock (Mortlock Construction) and Matt Philip (Lett Architects) for the following photos. Power was officially brought to the building by Peterborough Utilities last Sunday. The interior photos were taken last Thursday and Sunday.

  • PUC worker brings the power
  • Closet in main reception area
  • Doorway into typical residence bedroom
  • Tile for Therapeutic Spa Room
  • Family Great Room fireplace and dining area
  • Lower level south hallway looking towards Integrated Arts Room
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Flooring & Fireplace

Thanks to Craig Mortlock for the following photos. In this case, a picture says a 1,000 words including…wow! [showhide type=”post”]

  • Fireplace in Family Great Room
  • Main reception area looking south from Oasis Room entrance. Half/kneewall (roughed in @ center of photo) overlooks the stairwell.
  • Community Hospice Foyer – looking east toward main reception area.

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Happy New Year

Hi everyone, Todd here. It was a chilly walk around the site today but I was able to get some good photos of construction progress. Linda was also inside the building this morning and took those photos. We are getting closer!!! [showhide type=”post”]

Main reception/donor wall corridor
  • Shelley Barrie (Board Chair) and Richard Johnston (Chair, Building Committee) tour the site this morning
  • Facing East on opposite side of Reid Street
  • Facing Northeast on opposite side of Reid Street – (sun porch middle of photo)
  • Close up of sun porch

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Paint, path and porch – images from Dec 20 site visit

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Beautiful design courtesy of Lett Architects.
El Low (Design and Furnishings Committee) and John Dockendorff (Mortlock Construction) get ready to head inside via Private Garden entrance.
Path from parking lot down to south garden and service entrance
Excited about freshly painted walls in the new bedrooms. Pictured left to right: El Low (Chair, Design and Furnishings Committee), Linda Sunderland (Executive Director), Theresa Morris (Member, Design and Furnishings Committee).
Beautiful light shines into the Family Great Room
All will be welcome. Looking towards the front door through main reception area. Oasis Room on right.
Lower Level: Soon to be Integrated Arts Room (far right) and two Multi-Purpose Rooms (one with French doors onto garden patio).
Main Level: French doors from program room onto south-facing sun porch (currently tarped)
It takes a team…
Linda welcomes everyone at the front entrance.

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Work continues on your Hospice Peterborough (More images coming next week!)

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Community Hospice Foyer and Coffee Bar (kitchen pass through window on left wall; doorway to large, bright program room in middle of photo).

 

Sneak peak at furniture fabrics! (Pictured: Shelley Hughes, member of Design and Furnishings Committee)
Storm water drainage system off the southeast corner of the building (now under parking lot).

 

Progress on the southwest.

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Grief and the Holidays

At this time of year, enjoying the holidays can feel difficult if you are grieving. You may even feel guilty for being joyful (even if it is fleeting) because joy and grief are often treated as opposite emotions that should not meet. After someone has died, it is important to be able to acknowledge pain and sadness during special occasions – to be able to integrate honouring the person into a time you may have typically enjoyed and looked forward to.

Each year Hospice supports clients and community members to honour the death of someone they are connected, to  by lighting a tree and inviting people to remember by writing a message or the name of the person who died on a paper dove and attaching it to the tree. The template for the dove is available here and you are welcome to print a dove and drop it by Hospice or to print doves for use in your own home over the holidays.

Here are some resources recommended by Hospice staff that you may find helpful at this time: