The Threshold Care Circle is hosting “What You Need to Know About Green Burials” on March 17, 2012 from 1-3 in our new space at the Landmark Center in Viroqua. Stay tuned…we’ll be posting a complete schedule and registration information soon. We hope to see you there.
Posted by celderkin on October 9, 2011
The Threshold Care Circle of Viroqua will be presenting a one day workshop on do-it-yourself Home Funerals in Viroqua on Saturday Nov. 12 from 9am-4 pm at the Landmark Center in Viroqua, (500 East Jefferson Street) Suite 202. This workshop will give you the information and hands-on practice to prepare you to care for your family member after death at home, and to carry out a home or family-directed funeral … Read the rest
Posted by celderkin on January 29, 2011
Diane Banner, Kathy Neidert, Kathy Doerfer, Susan Nesbit, and Charlene Elderkin continued to meet regularly. We collaborated with Sharon Lukert, a former hospice chaplain and bereavement counselor to bring more information on grief and loss to our community. Our educational activities and press coverage included:
- At Home Funerals Presentation at McIntosh Memorial Library on Feb 17
- Article Saying Goodbye Kickapoo Style by Anne O’Connor appears in the March issue of
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Posted by celderkin on October 26, 2010
“Walking the Path of Grief and Loss”, an interactive and educational workshop led by a bereavement counselor, will be held Saturday and Sunday, November 13 and 14 in Viroqua. The workshop will be presented by Sharon Lukert in collaboration with the Threshold Care Circle on both days from 9 a.m. to noon and 1:30 to 5 p.m. at The Turning Place, 304 S. Main St.
Lukert has provided professional compassionate … Read the rest
Posted by celderkin on August 13, 2010
For those of you who want to know what’s involved in caring for your loved ones after they die, but haven’t been able to make it to a day long or weekend long workshop, Threshold Care Circle is offering a series of four classes in September on Thursday nights from 7-9pm. They will start Sept. 9th and meet every week until Sept 30th. Please see the attached flyer for more … Read the rest
Posted by celderkin on February 20, 2009
This article appears in the March 2010 issue of the Kickapoo Free Press and includes interviews with local residents who made the choice of a home funeral for their loved one. It also includes an interview with Charlene Elderkin about the Threshold Care Circle of Viroqua.… Read the rest
