Fast Facts About Peace Arch Hospice Society

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We Provide:

• professional counselling for individuals, their families and friends – free of charge
• a variety of individual and group bereavement programs
• specially trained Hospice Society volunteers who: support palliative & grief clients, provide vigil support as a person nears life’s end, facilitate various groups, cover our reception desk and help at the Society’s annual events and Third-Party Events
• a lending library of books and resource materials

In the most recent fiscal year ending March 31st, 2021:

• our Registered Clinical Counsellors saw 498 Adult Clients and 52 Child Clients for a total of 929 sessions
• 6 children attended our one, 2-day Children’s Grief Support Camp
• we had 689 attendees at our various bereavement support groups (walking, grief, mindfulness etc.)
• our organization reached 208 individuals in our community through educational support
• 138 of our Client and Auxiliary Volunteers contributed 2,760 hours to our Programs and Services
• our Volunteers touched the lives of 165 Clients in our community through 1-1 grief support sessions
• our Reception Team contributed 1,072 hours at our Supportive Care Centre greeting our clients, answering the telephone, setting up rooms for programs, and more
• our Volunteers contributed 478 hours to our Celebrate-a- Life Event (Hike for Hospice & Hospice Hoedown were cancelled due to Covid)
• 115 Thrift Store Volunteers contributed 15,383 hours in support of our Programs and Services

(all revenue generated from our Thrift Store goes towards programs, services, and the operation our Supportive Care Centre)