Hospice Renfrew Community

21/10/2026

Grief Can Look Like…
When we picture grief, we often picture tears and sadness. But grief doesn’t always look the way we expect it to.
Grief can look like: exhaustion after a full night’s sleep.
It can look like forgetfulness and difficulty concentrating.
It can look like anger, irritability or restlessness.
It can look like wanting to be alone or desperately not wanting to be alone.
It can look like laughter in the middle of sadness.
It can look like relief, especially after a long illness or difficult caregiving journey.
It can look like returning to work, making dinner, laughing with friends and carrying on with everyday life.
And sometimes, grief can look like nothing at all from the outside.
There is no single way to grieve and no appearance that tells us how deeply someone is hurting.
Join the conversation next week where we normalize and share how grief showed up for us in unexpected ways.

20/10/2026

Who is ready for a girls' night out? Tickets are on sale now for Handbags for Hospice in Renfrew. Visit hospicerenfrew.ca to secure your spot today!

18/10/2026

👜✨ Meet Your Emcee & Auctioneer: Ryan Watson! 🎤🔨

We’re excited to introduce Ryan Watson, who will be keeping the energy high and the bids coming at our Handbags for Hospice event!

Get ready for an evening filled with fabulous handbags, friendly competition, exciting auctions, and plenty of fun-raising for a wonderful cause! ❤️

Ryan will help make the evening unforgettable, so get those bidding fingers ready! 👜💃

Thank you, Ryan, for helping us make a difference in support of Hospice Renfrew!

16/10/2026

🕯️✨ SHINE A LIGHT ON GRIEF & BEREAVEMENT ✨🕯️

Join Hospice Renfrew for a FREE community event in honour of National Grief & Bereavement Day!

💛 Be inspired by Yvonne Heath, bestselling author and speaker, as she shares her message, Just Show Up. Discover how we can support those who are grieving — because we don’t need perfect words, just a caring presence.

🍰 Enjoy refreshments and a delicious artisanal dessert charcuterie box thoughtfully prepared by Hospice Renfrew.

🕯️ Remember. Reflect. Honour. End the evening by lighting a memorial candle for a loved one and walking through our beautiful ice lantern garden path — a temporary art installation offering a peaceful space to pause, remember, and honour those we miss.

📅 Wednesday, November 18, 2026
🕖 7:00 PM
📍 Hospice Renfrew — Lower-Level Event Space

🎟️ FREE EVENT — LIMITED SPACES AVAILABLE!

Reserve your spot today:
👉 Register here at: www.hospicerenfrew.ca

Come together as a community to remember our loved ones, learn how to support those who are grieving, and shine a light on the importance of grief and bereavement support. 💛

15/10/2026

🌿 Walking Together with Hospice Renfrew 🌿

Hospice Renfrew warmly welcomes you to our new monthly podcast: Walking Together with Hospice Renfrew: Voices, Stories & Conversations That Matter. 🎙️

Join us each month as we share meaningful stories, heartfelt conversations, and voices from our community. Together, we’ll explore the experiences, connections, and moments that matter most.

Whether you are familiar with hospice care, supporting a loved one, or simply interested in hearing stories that inspire connection and compassion, we invite you to walk with us.

💚 Because no one should have to walk alone.

Podcast is available on Spotify and Apple (or wherever you get your podcasts).

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15/10/2026

Pregnancy and Infant Loss Remembrance Day

The length of a life does not determine the depth of its meaning or the love that continues. Pregnancy and infant loss can carry a unique, disenfranchised and often unseen grief. Alongside the loss of a baby may also be the loss of anticipated firsts, imagined futures and the life a parent had already begun to picture. For many families, this grief does not simply disappear with time, it becomes woven into their story and carried quietly.
According to the Pregnancy and Infant Loss Network:
25% of pregnancies end in loss
41% of parents feel guilt and shame
2 out of 3 women feel they can’t even tell their best friend how they feel
Today, we want to unsilence the conversation and change those statistics. When we feel stigma and shame in our grief, we feel more isolated, silenced and alone in an experience that already feels incredibly lonely. At Hospice Renfrew, we believe this grief deserves space, compassion, understanding, and most importantly, conversation to destigmatize this grief that often, others cannot see.


On October 15 we invite you to participate in the International Wave of Light. “The International Wave of Light invites participants from around the world to light a candle at 7 p.m. in their respective time zones and to leave the candle burning for at least an hour. The result is a continuous chain of light spanning the globe for a 24-hour period in honour and remembrance of the children who passed away in pregnancy or as infants” (Pregnancy and Infant Loss Network, 2026).

Resources on Pregnancy and Infant Loss:
PAIL (Pregnancy and Infant Loss Network of Ontario)
Canadian Virtual Hospice- Pregnancy and Infant Loss Series
Bridget’s Bunnies Pregnancy and Infant Loss Foundation
Roger Nielson Children’s Hospice- Grief Circles for Pregnancy and Infant Loss
Hospice Renfrew Grief Counselling
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14/10/2026

👜✨ TIME IS RUNNING OUT! ✨👜

Have you got your tickets for Handbags for Hospice?

🎟️ The deadline is fast approaching — Saturday, October 31!

Get ready for a fabulous evening of designer handbags, exciting live and silent auctions, and plenty of fun-raising for a wonderful cause! 💖

Don’t miss out on your chance to join the fun and maybe take home the handbag of your dreams! 👛💎

🎟️ Get your tickets before it’s too late!

Every ticket helps support Hospice Renfrew. 💜

Countdown to Oct 31, 2026 11:59 pm. Showing days, hours, minutes and seconds ticking down to 0

13/10/2026

Purchase a Mystery Bag

13/10/2026

13/10/2026

Auction Item-Private Fashion Consultation Plus $300 Gift Certificate