December Quilt Raffle

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Draw: Dec 15, 2021 4:00 p.m. at the Trees of Hope Display at Brooks Health Centre. We are happy to announce the winners of the Fall Quilt raffle to be Beth Florie and Desirae Davidson! Congratulations and thanks for supporting Prairie Rose! 

Quilts created and donated by Marian Shantz.

Special thanks to Marian Shantz for creating and donating the 4 quilts we have raffled this year! Thank you so much!

Thank you to Kalm’s Quilting and Fabric for hosting one of our quilts and ATB the other, as well as, selling raffle tickets for us. It is appreciated! The quilt at ATB has been moved to The Steaming Cup. Both quilts are now on display at Kalm’s Quilting and Fabric until the draw date.

We thank all that supported this draw! Tickets went fast! We appreciate your support.

For tickets: All Sold! Thank you to Brooks and the area for great support!

Fall Virtual Community Memorial Service

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September 19, 2021 at 2 P.M.

Prairie Rose Hospice Palliative Care Society will be presenting an online non-denominational Memorial Service in memory of the loss of your loved one(s) who passed away between January 1st, 2021 and June 30th, 2021. The names of the honorees were copied from the Obituaries published in the Brooks Bulletin.

Please join us in lighting a candle, at your home, in honor of the loss of loved ones in our community and facilities. Watch the full service here:

Live Link:

https://m.facebook.com/newellchristiancommunity/.

We will be streaming live on Facebook@Newell Christian Community.

Please pass this date and link onto your family and friends for the online service. It will be saved to view afterwards at any time.

Thank you to Newell Christian Community for the leadership – Pastor Terry Jackson, music – Anita and technology to provide us with an online service.

Next – Spring Community Memorial Service – March 20, 2022 2:00 p.m. Online.

Comfort Bags

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PRHPCS Comfort bags are now available for all palliative care clients. The team leads on each unit at the hospital in Brooks and Bassano, as well as, the Palliative Care Resource Nurse, have the form to fill out for these pre-made comfort bags. 

May PRHPCS Quilt Draw

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May PRHPCS Quilt Draw with longtime palliative care volunteer Fay Altwasser and members Elizabeth Harms, Marg Laux and Colleen Davidson.

May Quilt winners: Maria Along, Marian Shantz quilt creator and donor & Jeanette Burton

Our Fall quilt raffle for the 2 remaining quilts by Marian Shantz will start Oct. 15/21.

Celebrating 5 Years!

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We celebrated 5 years of serving the community through Prairie Rose Hospice Palliative Care Society. Thanks for journeying alonsgide us!

(Photo: Betty Hansen, Marg Laux, Colleen Davidson, Pastor John Theiss and Cindy Young, Rose Anderson, Linda Currie. Missing: Angela MacDonald, Jenn Thom, Alana Alvis.)

2022 AGM

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Prairie Rose Hospice Palliative Care Society

 AGM 

  June 7, 2022  7:00 p.m.

Evergreen Activities Centre

Old Public Library

prhpcs@gmail.com

Free Spring Webinar Series on Palliative Care

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In light of these difficult times, we would like to invite you to attend a free, nation-wide webinar series as both thanks for all your hard work, and a way to help you move forward in the coming months.

Beginning May 4th, 2021, Life and Death Matters (LDM), Hospice Palliative Care Ontario (HPCO) and the Canadian Hospice Palliative Care Association (CHPCA) are excited to offer a series of FREE WEBINARS specifically for YOU! These webinars are presented monthly, are one hour long and ideal for PSWs/HCAs/CCAs.

Webinar topics:

1.    Experiences of Providing Care During COVID

2.    Addressing Our Grief Associated With COVID

3.    Fatigue, Burnout and Resilience

4.    What to Say When You Don’t Know What to Say

5.    But They’re Not Palliative Yet!

6.    Help for the holidays!


This will be an opportunity for you to meet leading professionals in the field, address current issues, and connect with PSWs experiencing similar challenges.

Register here: https://lifeanddeathmatters.lt.acemlnc.com/

National Volunteer Week April 18-24, 2021

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“The gift of time is priceless – thank you for sharing yours.”

Prairie Rose would like to thank our volunteer Directors for their continued volunteering during covid-19 restrictions to keep our Society goals going for our clients and their families in Brooks, Bassano Hospital and the area.

To be a PRHPCS Volunteer:

  • Generosity, a willingness to give your time to others
  • Understanding, because their lives might be very different from your own
  • Empathy, an ability to put yourself in someone else’s shoes and feel what they must feel
  • Compassion, to truly care about making someone else’s life better
  • Patience, because the process doesn’t always go as smoothly as it might
  • Dedication, to stick with the project and see it through

Prairie Rose would like to thank and acknowledge our Directors: Linda Currie, Cindy Young, Betty Hansen, Linda Simpson, Angela DeBlasio, Pastor John Theiss, Jenn Thom, Marg Laux, Rose Anderson, Angela MacDonald, Alana Alvis.

We would also like to thank the volunteer members that worked right alongside us this year: Julie Tateson, Wendy Metcalf, Amy Dyck, Bev Signarowski, Rev. Janice Whitelock, Colleen Davidson, Cheryl Hansen, Jen Trenerry, Vern Alvis, Elizabeth Harms.

PRHPCS May Quilt Raffle – SOLD OUT!

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Congratulations to Maria Along, Marian Shantz creator & donor of the 2 quilts & Jeanette Burton Winners of our 2 quilts in the May Raffle!

Tickets go on sale Oct. 15/21 for Marian’s other 2 quilts donated to PRHPCS! Thank you Marian.

Quilt Raffle Poster

Two chances to win a Handmade Quilt (80×150″)!

400 Tickets printed at $5.00 each. Draw May 19, 2021.

At the Trees of Hope Display in the Brooks Health Centre. License#: 750551

Quilts made and donated by Marian Shantz.

  • Will be for raffle in Fall 2021!
  • Will be for raffle in Fall 2021!
The beautiful quilts up for raffle!

Quilt(s) will be on display for the next while at: Kalm’s Quilting & Fabric

SOLD OUT – THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR SUPPORTING OUR RAFFLE.

Thank you to the businesses for hosting our quilt and selling tickets for us. Wild Prairie Hair Design, Chinook Credit Union and Kalm’s Quilting & Fabric.


PRHPCS will be switching out to other businesses and let you know where and when on our web page and FB pages. Thank you to these host businesses who also will be selling the $5.00 raffle tickets on a chance to win one of 2 original handmade quilts.

Tickets available from members or on our website through e-transfer to prhpcs@gmail.com. Please specify the number of tickets and your name and phone number. Draw May 19, 2021.