Threshold Care Circle - Integrating after-death care into family and community life.

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

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

When some one we know experiences loss, it can be difficult to know how to console them. We may be at a loss for words, uncomfortable with their expression of deep emotions or confused as to what is a normal grief response.

On Saturday  March 13 2009, 1-5pm, Sharon Lukert will facilitate a workshop “When Someone Grieves” at Maplewood Terrace, 620 Garfield Avenue, Viroqua.

In this workshop we will review … Read the rest

VIROQUA — Charlene Elderkin wants people to know they have options when planning a funeral, some that hark back to the days when family members were laid out at home to say goodbye.

Elderkin and three other volunteers with Threshold Care Circle Services led about 14 people in a discussion about at-home funerals Tuesday night at Western Technical College in Viroqua.

The Viroqua-based nonprofit organization helps those who might prefer … Read the rest