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Nearly thirty years ago, Hamilton East Wentworth Rotarian Dr. Bob Kemp realized the need for Hospice Palliative Care in the Greater Hamilton area. Facilities South of the border had left him impressed and excited by the services available to those at end of life and he wanted to be able to offer this support to his own patients and their families.
The early Hospice was held in the basement of the Church of the Redeemer and offered a Day Program once a week. In 1999, Dr. Bob and his wife, Mildred, donated their property on Wardrope Avenue, in Stoney Creek, and the Hospice found its first real home.
By 2002, the Hospice was able to offer services such as Day Program, a Volunteer Visiting Program and bereavement support programs for children and adults.
With all of this in place, the next goal became opening a Residential Hospice. Thanks to many generous donations and the tireless efforts of the members of our capital campaign, this goal came to fruition in July 2007.
The Dr. Bob Kemp Hospice is situated on two acres of land, donated by Iris Berryman.
At the Dr. Bob Kemp Hospice, our goal is to provide individuals and families living with a life-threatening illness excellence in care, whether that be at home, in hospital, a long-term care facility or our very own residential hospice. Hospice is about celebrating life and quality of living. All services, including our residential program, are provided at no cost to our clients or their families.
On Valentine's Day, Darrell D'Sousa a Cathedral High School Teacher introduced us to The Cathedral Annex, an on campus donation centre that is open to students and thier families who need assistance with food, clothing, house hold items and furniture. Students Helping Students! The Teachers and Support Staff of Cathedral High School on Wentowrth Street recognised needs of some students attending the school for food, clothing, houshold items. The school is situated in ground zero of the immigration of families to the area from third world countries. They often start school living in local shelters, come to us with the clothes on thier back and living on social assistance. The children of these families like all children need the basics: to be fed, clothed and housed. The staff with the assistance of the students renovated a out building on campus facing King Street and filled it with clothing and food donations. They have filled this building over and over. The coordinate the donation of used furniture from local citizens and companies to families as they move from shelters to housing. They use the building to give students real life experience in helping others.
CHCH and others organizations have visited the Annex and there is usually a large influx of help that weens off after a little while.
The need is constant and worthwhile.
To help this great cause please contact Darrell directly. dsouzad@hwcdsb.ca.
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attended. There seems to be a growing gap between the current members of these clubs and the potential new members they would like to bring into the group. Much talk about the age and the attitude of what should be a potential new member has been harked on as the cause of the decrease in club involvement. The atmosphere and changing work environment and business structure is also a big hurdle to get over. Outside influences from family and a non business oriented social interaction also comes into play for the new work force. Social media and the internet offering quick answers and solutions without time commitment is often the choice today.
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