Townsend Smith Foundation gets backing of Council for Hospice in Halton
On Monday, Milton Town Council approved a motion to work with the Townsend Smith Foundation to get a hospice in North Halton.
The community’s chance to make end-of-life the most positive and caring time possible
As a former resident of Milton/North Halton I want to offer my support for building a hospice to serve the community that was our home for twenty-five years.
Ten years ago, we left Halton, and my husband Richard died at Matthews House Hospice in Alliston in January of 2016. There are not enough words to describe the wonderful care and support that he and our family received.
I have just attended the opening of the new 10-room Matthews House Hospice where they will offer integrated caregiving, bereavement, and activities for both patients and caregivers. We supported the fundraising because every community needs a refuge for palliative care.
I would encourage each and every person in Milton and Halton Hills to pledge money and time towards the building of the hospice. This is the community’s chance to make end-of-life the most positive and caring time possible.
— Joyce P.
Hospice Wellington Offered Her The Opportunity To Die With Dignity And Peace
My Mother spent a very short period of time at Hospice Wellington in Guelph at the end of her battle with lung cancer and vascular dementia. My wife and I had followed her from hospital to hospital, and into a long-term care facility for a time as well. There are a lot of people who are working in the healthcare system who are trying to do a lot of good on very limited resources. When the time came to place my Mother into palliative care, I learned firsthand just what a hospice facility does that the other facilities do not: They accept death as an inevitable part of life and they make the transition from the life we knew to its absence as painless as possible both for the person departing and those they leave behind. I cannot imagine a more supportive, caring, and peaceful place for my Mother to have spent her last days. She was given care around the clock in the privacy of her own room. My wife and I were able to spend her last night with her, and to be by her side as she slipped from us. The staff joined us to say goodbye, even after only two days. Hospice understands that those last days become all the more precious when there are no more to come. Hospitals and long-term care facilities are simply not designed to accept death this way, but hospice is. I cannot imagine how much more difficult it would have been to watch my mother leave from a noisy and public place. Hospice Wellington offered her the opportunity to die with dignity and peace, free from pain, in the company of her family, and I cannot say enough how truly valuable that is to one’s peace of mind in the years that follow, nor of how grateful my wife and I are for such a wonderful facility.
Rob G., Guelph Ontario
A huge thank you to Boston Church Choir for their generous donation!
The Boston Church Choir hosted an evening of music in support of the Townsend-Smith Foundation. We are thrilled and thankful to accept their donation of $1800 from the event!
The evening of music included performances from Zach Peddie, an award-winning Elvis impersonator from St. Thomas, as well as Sarah Bradley, The JP Duo, and Josh Sinclair with The Boston Church Choir.
Thank you to all of you for your support in raising these funds towards a much needed hospice in the Milton, Halton Hills area.
Super Evening With Terrific Talent For A Great Cause
Super evening this past Friday, with terrific talent from the congregation and choir with about 150 people in attendance for The Boston Church Choir presents an Evening of Music, a fundraiser for Townsend Smith Foundation.
Zach Peddie is a very talented Elvis impersonator who started at the age of 5 and is now in his early 20’s and has placed 2nd at the Elvis festival in Collingwood twice.
Thank you for your support to build a hospice in North Halton.