Check back often for additional information on children’s camps, memorial services, volunteer training and other important events.
Children's Day Camp
The Jacob Perlow "day camp" caters to children and adolescents ages three to 18 and helps them cope with life after loss. As part of the Art and Soul Program™, participants are divided into age specific groups led by bereavement counselors and trained arts and music therapists who help youth deal with grief, loss and trauma. Accompanied by parents and guardians, attendees indulge in creative-based activities, including comedy and improvisation, scrapbooking, journaling and music making. For additional information, please contact Maxine Meusa-Watts at (718) 759-4613.
Date: August 22, 2010
Time: TBD
Location: TBD
Family Memorial Services
As part of Jacob Perlow's bereavement services, family and friends are invited to attend a semiannual special service of remembrance. Held in the spring and the fall, the heartwarming gathering is an opportunity to reflect on the life of a loved one and give thanks for the lasting memories created together. The hospice bereavement team along with attendees participates in special readings, performances and words of inspiration dedicated to loved ones. For additional information, please contact Maxine Meusa-Watts at
(718) 759-4613.
(718) 759-4613.
Date: November 7, 2010
Time: TBD
Location: Nassau
Date: November 10, 2010
Time: TBD
Location: Manhattan and Bronx
Date: November 14, 2010
Time: TBD
Location: Brooklyn
Hospice and Palliative Care Conference
This year's conference "Pain Management in the Interdisciplinary Practice of Palliative Care" will be held November 30th, 2010 in partnership with the Department of Pain Medicine and Palliative Care, Beth Israel Medical Center.
For more information and for a conference brochure, click here.
To register click here.
Date: November 30, 2010
Time: 8:00 a.m.—5:00 p.m.
Location: NY Marriott Marquis, 1535 Broadway, New York, NY
