Chesapeake Life Center Virtual Book Club
2025-01-14 18:30 - 19:30, 2025-01-21 18:30 - 19:30, 2025-01-28 18:30 - 19:30 (America/New_York)
Pick up a copy of The Pilot’s Wife by Anita Shreve and prepare for four weeks of literary therapy. Led by a licensed grief counselor, this four-week club will discuss different chapters each week. This is a creative way to process grief feelings while connecting with other grievers. The club will meet via Zoom from 6:30 to 7:30 p.m. on Tuesdays, Jan. 7 through 28. The cost to attend is free – participants must obtain their own copy of the book.

Loss of Life Partner/Spouse Monthly Evening Group
2025-01-15 18:30 - 20:00 | Chesapeake Life Center – John & Cathy Belcher Campus, 90 Ritchie Highway, Pasadena, MD, 21122, US
Loss of Life Partner/Spouse Monthly Evening Group is a group for individuals grieving the death of a spouse or life partner. The cost is $10 per session.
It will meet at Chesapeake Life Center, 90 Ritchie Highway, Pasadena from 6:30 to 8 p.m. on the second Wednesday of the month.
To register, call 888-501-7077 or email griefinfo@chesapeakelifecenter.org.
Visit www.hospicechesapeake.org/events for a complete listing of in-person and virtual grief groups and workshops for adults and children.

Winter Labyrinth of Light at Wellsview Cottage
2025-01-16 18:00 - 20:00 | Wellsview Cottage: Center for Holistic & Integrative Healing, 611 & 613 Ridgely Ave., Annapolis, United States
For centuries, labyrinths have been used around the globe as mindfulness tools to help cultivate aspirations and personal growth. You are invited to find your footing to hope and healing with Chesapeake Life Center at Wellsview Cottage’s Winter Labyrinth of Light.
Wellsview has selected Hospice of the Chesapeake as the recipient of all donations from those visiting the labyrinth this winter. The labyrinth is open every night through March 1. They are hosting a special night from 6 to 8 p.m. on Jan. 16 to celebrate the Chesapeake Life Center, a program service of the hospice.
Whether you are grieving a loss, serving as a caregiver, or simply looking for light and warmth in the darkness of winter, this event is open to anyone seeking a time for contemplation, stillness and fellowship. Participants will gather in the studio space for a time of reflection led by Chesapeake Life Center grief counselor Roberta Rook before heading outside to walk the lighted labyrinth.
People should wear sturdy shoes and dress for the weather. Refreshments and warm beverages will be served. The cost is $10. Registration is required and can be completed by calling 888-501-7077 or emailing griefinfo@chesapeakelifecenter.org.
Wellsview Cottage: Center for Holistic & Integrative Health is at 611 & 613 Ridgely Ave., Annapolis, Maryland. For details about the center and the labyrinth, visit https://www.wellsviewcottage.com/about-2-1.

Wellness Paint Workshop
2025-01-18 11:00 - 13:00 | Chesapeake Life Center – John & Cathy Belcher Campus, 90 Ritchie Highway, Pasadena, MD, 21122, US
Join our grief counselors for a paint-along event to express your creative side in a safe space. No experience is necessary. It will take place from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. on Saturday, Jan. 18, on the John & Cathy Belcher Campus, 90 Ritchie Highway, Pasadena. The cost is $20.
Registration is required and can be completed by calling 888-501-7077 or emailing griefinfo@chesapeakelifecenter.org. Visit www.hospicechesapeake.org/events for a complete listing of in-person and virtual groups and workshops for adults and children.

Calvert Pines Senior Center Drop In Grief Support Group
2025-01-21 13:00 - 14:00, 2025-02-18 13:00 - 14:00 | Calvert Pines Senior Center, 450 W Dares Beach Road, Prince Frederick, MD, 20678, United States
The monthly group will meet from 1 to 2 p.m. on the third Tuesday of the month at the Calvert Pines Senior Center, 450 W. Dares Beach Road, Prince Frederick, Maryland. Other groups meet at the North Beach and Southern Pines senior centers on different dates and times.
Chesapeake Life Center’s Drop-In Grief Support Groups are open to anyone grieving. Groups offer participants an opportunity to share their feelings and obtain support from others who are experiencing loss. There is no fee and no registration is required.
For details, call 888-501-7077 or email griefinfo@chesapeakelifecenter.org.
Visit www.hospicechesapeake.org/events for a complete listing of in-person and virtual groups and workshops for adults and children

Burnett Center for Hope & Healing Drop-In Grief Support Group
2025-01-21 16:00 - 17:00, 2025-02-18 16:00 - 17:00 | Burnett Center for Hope & Healing, 4559 Sixes Road, Prince Frederick, MD, 20774, United States
The monthly group will meet at the Burnett Center for Hope & Healing, 4559 Sixes Road, Prince Frederick, Maryland, from 4 to 5 p.m. on the third Tuesday of the month.
Chesapeake Life Center’s Drop-In Grief Support Groups are open to anyone grieving. Groups offer participants an opportunity to share their feelings and obtain support from others who are experiencing loss. There is no fee and no registration is required.
For details, call 888-501-7077 or email griefinfo@chesapeakelifecenter.org.
Visit www.hospicechesapeake.org/events for a complete listing of in-person and virtual groups and workshops for adults and children.

Stepping Stones Grief Support Group for ages 6 to 18 -- Pasadena
2025-01-21 18:00 - 19:30, 2025-01-28 18:00 - 19:30 | Chesapeake Life Center – John & Cathy Belcher Campus, 90 Ritchie Highway, Pasadena, MD, 21122, US
This group is for children and teens who have lost someone dear to them within the last 12 months. The focus will be on normalizing grief reactions, teaching coping skills and providing opportunities to remember their loved ones. Groups will be divided by age and grade level based on enrollment.
Two four-week sessions will be offered. The first will be from 6 to 7:30 p.m. on Tuesdays, Jan. 7 through 28, at the Hospice of the Chesapeake John & Cathy Belcher Campus, 90 Ritchie Highway, Pasadena, Maryland.
The second will be from 6 to 7:30 p.m. on Wednesdays, Feb. 5 through 26, at the Hospice of the Chesapeake Charles County office, 2505 Davis Road, Waldorf, Maryland.
The cost for four weeks is $40.
Registration is required and can be completed by calling 888-501-7077 or emailing griefinfo@chesapeakelifecenter.org. Visit www.hospicechesapeake.org/events for a complete listing of in-person and virtual groups and workshops for adults and children.

Breakfast with your Buddies
2025-01-25 10:00 - 12:00 | Chesapeake Life Center – John & Cathy Belcher Campus, 90 Ritchie Highway, Pasadena, MD, 21122, US
Children and teens ages 6 to 18 will have the chance to share breakfast with friends and engage in guided activities to remember their special person through creativity and play. The breakfast will take place from 10 a.m. to noon Saturday, Jan. 25, on the John and Cathy Belcher Campus, 90 Ritchie Highway, Pasadena. The cost is $10. A workshop for grieving parents will be held simultaneously.
Registration is required and can be completed by calling 888-501-7077 or emailing griefinfo@chesapeakelifecenter.org. Visit www.hospicechesapeake.org/events for a complete listing of in-person and virtual groups and workshops for adults and children.

Parenting While Grieving Workshop
2025-01-25 10:00 - 12:00 | Chesapeake Life Center – John & Cathy Belcher Campus, 90 Ritchie Highway, Pasadena, MD, 21122, US
Gather with your peers for a two-hour event to provide and receive support from others who understand the unique challenge of parenting while grieving. In addition to honoring losses by sharing personal stories, participants will learn about David Kessler’s “Six Needs of the Grieving” and will have the option to participate in group mindfulness activities, nature-informed activities, expressive arts, skill sharing and practice and more. The workshop will take place at the same time as the Breakfast with your Buddies workshop for children and teens: 10 a.m. to noon Saturday, Jan. 25, on the John and Cathy Belcher Campus, 90 Ritchie Highway, Pasadena. The cost is $10. When registering, please indicate if your children will be attending the breakfast.
Registration is required and can be completed by calling 888-501-7077 or emailing griefinfo@chesapeakelifecenter.org. Visit www.hospicechesapeake.org/events for a complete listing of in-person and virtual groups and workshops for adults and children.

SoulCollage Support for Loss Transition via Zoom
2025-02-03 18:00 - 20:00 | Online, 90 Ritchie Highway, pasadena, MD, 21122, United States
SoulCollage Support for Loss Transition has participants create a series of collages to commemorate lost loved ones and to visually journal the grief process. The group will meet from 6 to 8 p.m. Monday Feb. 3 via Zoom. The cost is free.
Registration is required and can be completed by calling 888-501-7077 or emailing griefinfo@chesapeakelifecenter.org.
Visit www.hospicechesapeake.org/events for a complete listing of in-person and virtual groups and workshops for adults and children.

North Beach Senior Center Drop-In Grief Support Group
2025-02-05 13:00 - 14:00 | North Beach Senior Center, North Beach Senior Center, 9010 Chesapeake Ave, North Beach, MD, 20714, United States
The monthly group will meet from 1 to 2 p.m. on the first Wednesday of the month at the North Beach Senior Center, 9010 Chesapeake Ave., North Beach, Maryland. Other groups meet at Southern Pines and Calvert Pines senior centers on different dates and times.
Chesapeake Life Center’s Drop-In Grief Support Groups are open to anyone grieving. Groups offer participants an opportunity to share their feelings and obtain support from others who are experiencing loss. There is no fee and no registration is required.
For details, call 888-501-7077 or email griefinfo@chesapeakelifecenter.org.
Visit www.hospicechesapeake.org/events for a complete listing of in-person and virtual groups and workshops for adults and children

Stepping Stones Grief Support Group for ages 6 to 18 -- Waldorf
2025-02-05 18:00 - 19:30, 2025-02-12 18:00 - 19:30, 2025-02-19 18:00 - 19:30, 2025-02-26 18:00 - 19:30 | Hospice of the Chesapeake — Charles County, 2505 Davis Road, Waldorf, MD, 20603, United States
This group is for children and teens who have lost someone dear to them within the last 12 months. The focus will be on normalizing grief reactions, teaching coping skills and providing opportunities to remember their loved ones. Groups will be divided by age and grade level based on enrollment.
A four-week session will be offered from 6 to 7:30 p.m. on Wednesdays, Feb. 5 through 26, at the Hospice of the Chesapeake Charles County office, 2505 Davis Road, Waldorf, Maryland.
The cost for four weeks is $40.
Registration is required and can be completed by calling 888-501-7077 or emailing griefinfo@chesapeakelifecenter.org. Visit www.hospicechesapeake.org/events for a complete listing of in-person and virtual groups and workshops for adults and children.

Child Loss Support Group
2025-02-10 18:00 - 19:30 | Hospice of the Chesapeake – John & Cathy Belcher Campus, 90 Ritchie Highway, Pasadena, MD, 21122, United States
Child Loss Support Group is for parents who have experienced the death of a child of any age or circumstance. The group will meet on our Pasadena campus from 5:30 to 7 p.m. Mondays, Jan. 13, Feb. 10 and March 17. The cost is $10.
Registration is required for all groups and can be completed by calling 888-501-7077 or emailing griefinfo@chesapeakelifecenter.org. Visit www.hospicechesapeake.org/events for a complete listing of in-person and virtual groups and workshops for adults and children.

Loss of Life Partner/Spouse Morning Group via Zoom
2025-02-11 10:30 - 12:00 | Online, 90 Ritchie Highway, pasadena, MD, 21122, United States
Loss of Life Partner/Spouse Morning Group is a free group for individuals grieving the death of a spouse or life partner. It will meet from 10:30 a.m. to noon on the second Tuesday of the month via Zoom.
Registration is required and can be completed by calling 888-501-7077 or emailing griefinfo@chesapeakelifecenter.org. Visit www.hospicechesapeake.org/events for a complete listing of in-person and virtual groups and workshops for adults and children.

Southern Pines Senior Center Drop-In Grief Support Group
2025-02-11 14:00 - 15:00 | Southern Pines Senior Center, Southern Pines Senior Center, 20 Appeal Lane, Lusby, MD, 20657, United States
The monthly group will meet from 2 to 3 p.m. on the second Tuesday of the month at Southern Pines Senior Center, 20 Appeal Lane, Lusby, Maryland. Other groups meet at the North Beach and Calvert Pines senior centers on different dates and times.For details, call 888-501-7077 or email griefinfo@chesapeakelifecenter.org.
Chesapeake Life Center’s Drop-In Grief Support Groups are open to anyone grieving. Groups offer participants an opportunity to share their feelings and obtain support from others who are experiencing loss. There is no fee and no registration is required.
Visit www.hospicechesapeake.org/events for a complete listing of in-person and virtual groups and workshops for adults and children

Loss of Life Partner/Spouse Monthly Evening Group
2025-02-12 18:30 - 20:00 | Chesapeake Life Center – John & Cathy Belcher Campus, 90 Ritchie Highway, Pasadena, MD, 21122, US
Loss of Life Partner/Spouse Monthly Evening Group is a group for individuals grieving the death of a spouse or life partner. The cost is $10 per session.
It will meet at Chesapeake Life Center, 90 Ritchie Highway, Pasadena from 6:30 to 8 p.m. on the second Tuesday of the month.
To register, call 888-501-7077 or email griefinfo@chesapeakelifecenter.org.
Visit www.hospicechesapeake.org/events for a complete listing of in-person and virtual grief groups and workshops for adults and children.

Nature’s Healing Power: A Grief Support Group Series
2025-02-13 11:00 - 13:00, 2025-02-20 11:00 - 13:00, 2025-02-27 11:00 - 13:00 | Lake Artemesia Natural Area, Berwyn Road & 55th Ave, Berwyn Heights, 20740, United States
Nature’s Healing Power: A Grief Support Group Series is a free, nature-informed program that will include immersive, gentle walks in nature, time spent focusing on the cycle of the seasons and working with natural objects to contain and express the grief experience. It will be held from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. Thursdays, Feb. 13 to March 6, at Lake Artemesia Natural Area, 8299 55th, College Park, Maryland.
Registration is required and can be completed by calling 888-501-7077 or emailing griefinfo@chesapeakelifecenter.org. Visit www.hospicechesapeake.org/events for a complete listing of in-person and virtual groups and workshops for adults and children.

Grief Support Group for Grievers in Asian Culture
2025-02-13 18:00 - 19:30 | Chesapeake Life Center – John & Cathy Belcher Campus, 90 Ritchie Highway, Pasadena, MD, 21122, US
Grief Support Group for Grievers in Asian Culture is a free group for those who are experiencing loss as an Asian or Pacific Islander. Grief looks different for everyone, and within Asian cultures, it can vary greatly based on individual backgrounds and values. Together, the group will honor the diverse ways grief is experienced and support each other through this journey. The group will meet from 6 to 7:30 p.m. on Thursdays, Jan. 9, Feb. 13 and March 13 on the John & Cathy Belcher Campus, 90 Ritchie Highway, Pasadena, Maryland.
There is no cost and no registration is required. For questions, call 888-501-7077 or emailing griefinfo@chesapeakelifecenter.org.
Visit www.hospicechesapeake.org/events for a complete listing of in-person and virtual groups and workshops for adults and children.

Loss of Parent or Parental Figure Support Group
2025-02-13 18:30 - 19:30 | Chesapeake Life Center – John & Cathy Belcher Campus, 90 Ritchie Highway, Pasadena, MD, 21122, US
This workshop provides space for those grieving the loss of a parent or parental figure to come together to feel supported in their grief. Groups offer participants an opportunity to share their feelings, obtain support from their peers and a licensed counselor, and participate in activities designed to aid with the grief process.
The workshop will meet from 6:30 to 7:30 p.m. on the second Thursday of the month on the John & Cathy Belcher Campus, 90 Ritchie Highway, Pasadena, Maryland. The cost is free.
Registration is required for all programs and can be completed by calling 888-501-7077 or emailing griefinfo@chesapeakelifecenter.org.
Visit www.hospicechesapeake.org/events for a complete listing of in-person and virtual groups and workshops for adults and children.

Healing Our Community: Navigating Grief in the Aftermath of the DCA Tragedy
2025-02-22 14:00 - 15:30 | Hospice of the Chesapeake — Charles County, 2505 Davis Road, Waldorf, MD, 20603, United States
The Chesapeake Life Center will offer “Healing Our Community: Navigating Grief in the Aftermath of the DCA Tragedy” to support those affected by the tragedy that occurred Jan. 29 at Reagan National Airport.
Chesapeake Life Center’s trauma-informed grief counselors will lead this healing workshop from 2 to 3:30 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 22 at Hospice of the Chesapeake’s center at 2505 Davis Road, Waldorf, Maryland.
The session offers a supportive space for community members to connect with others who share in their loss. Together, they can learn about grief and healthy coping strategies, participate in activities to express and process emotions and create a remembrance keepsake.
Adults will meet separately from the children and teens to ensure age-appropriate conversations.
This is a free program open to adults and children ages 6 and older. Registration is required and can be completed by calling 888-501-7077 or emailing griefinfo@chesapeakelifecenter.org.
