Learn how grief can change one’s identity and earn CEUs with ‘Who am I now?
Written on: September 17, 2018
Many people who have experienced profound loss describe themselves as forever changed, adapting to a “new normal” in their lives. They confront an essential question in the wake of their loss, “Who am I now?” Gain valuable insight into this aspect of the grieving process in a seminar offered by Chesapeake Life Center. The class […]
Workshops will help adults and children cope with grief during the holidays
Written on: September 17, 2018
For many years, Chesapeake Life Center’s popular Hope Full Holidays workshops have helped adults grieving a loss get through the holidays. This year, children can get that help, too, as the Prince George’s County session will welcome families with children ages 6 and older so that together they can learn how to work through their […]
Grief campers take the field at annual Bowie Baysox outing
Written on: August 29, 2018
Every year, as the children prepare to leave Chesapeake Life Center’s bereavement camps, an offer goes home with them to attend a Bowie Baysox game on a special night. On Aug. 16, the bases were loaded with some of those young campers as members from the community cheered them on during the fifth annual Chesapeake […]
62 volunteers help to bring healing to 48 grieving kids at bereavement camp
Written on: August 23, 2018
For the 27th year, Chesapeake Life Center took over the cabins, pavilions, docks and recreation areas of Arlington Echo Outdoor Education Center in Millersville to bring a little peace and a lot of joy to 48 grieving children. It takes a lot of creativity and many trained volunteers to help make this annual bereavement camp […]
Explore grief and learn how to cope with loss with Chesapeake Life Center workshops
Written on: August 20, 2018
As part of its family-centered grief program, Chesapeake Life Center will offer a variety of events this fall through its John & Cathy Belcher Campus at 90 Ritchie Highway, Pasadena, Maryland. From a workshop for people who are mourning the death of their four-legged friend to dinner and a movie the whole family can enjoy, […]
Chesapeake Life Center’s grief support schedule through December in Pasadena
Written on: August 20, 2018
Chesapeake Life Center will offer a variety of adult grief support groups through the end of this year on the John & Cathy Belcher Campus at 90 Ritchie Highway, Pasadena. New to the center’s group offerings is its Parent Loss Group. This four-week group is for those grieving the loss of a parent and will […]
Chesapeake Life Center’s Largo office’s grief support schedule through December
Written on: August 20, 2018
Chesapeake Life Center will offer a variety of grief support groups for adults through the end of this year through its Prince George’s County office at 9500 Medical Center Drive, Suite 250, Largo. New to the schedule is a Sudden Loss Support Group, which is for adults who are grieving someone who has passed from […]
Chesapeake Life Center announces its fall and winter children’s grief support schedule
Written on: August 20, 2018
Chesapeake Life Center announces its schedule of grief support programs for children and youth that will be offered through December 2018. • Stepping Stones is a monthly support group for children ages 6 to 12 grieving the loss of a loved one that will meet from 10 a.m. to noon Saturdays, Sept. 8, Oct. 6, […]
25 artists reflect on ‘Memories’ in MFA show in Gallery 90
Written on: August 13, 2018
A new exhibit by the Maryland Federation of Art has opened at Hospice of the Chesapeake’s Gallery 90, the art gallery located throughout the nonprofit’s administrative building on the John & Cathy Belcher Campus at 90 Ritchie Highway, Pasadena, Maryland. The limited showing, selected to evoke a theme of “Memories,” is on display through Sept. […]
Hospice of the Chesapeake celebrates its fifth annual Veterans Tribute Wall unveiling
Written on: August 07, 2018
One woman retired as a lieutenant colonel after 35 years with the Navy. Eight served in World War II. Another Marine Corps veteran continued his service as a police officer in Washington, D.C. Each of these veterans is now represented on the Veterans Tribute Wall which hangs in the Chesapeake Bay Room in the administrative […]
