Humm Online Exclusives - March 2015

Out of the Box Fibre Artists

On April 10 and 11, 2015 the Out of the Box artists will present their fourth annual Fibre Fling at Kitchissippi United Church, 630 Island Park Drive in Ottawa. Find out more about this diverse group of fibre artists, including many from the Ottawa Valley, and view a small gallery of their work. Details >

Enriching Me and My Reiki Community Conference

Organizers of the 1st annual Enriching Me and My Reiki Community Conference are striving to build the local Reiki community by offering practitioners opportunities for personal learning and growth. All styles of Reiki are welcome. Whether you’ve been practicing Reiki for years or are new to it, they welcome you to attend on Sunday, May 3, at Strathmere (www.strathmere.com) in North Gower.

For more information, visit them on Facebook at www.facebook.com/pages/Enriching-Me-and-My-Reiki-Community, or contact Denise at denise@reikiassociates.com or Brenda at brenda@p2facilitators.ca.

Register for the conference at:
https://www.snapuptickets.com/events/detail/enriching-me-and-my-reiki-community

March in Perth for Music Therapy

To register for the march and/or the workshop, visit https://www.events.runningroom.com/site/?raceId=11742.

For more information go to musictherapytrust.ca or email: perthmarch@gmail.com

CP Murals: A Sneak Peek

For more information and to download the registration form, visit artscarletonplaceweb.wordpress.com.

Laissez les Bons Temps Rouler

If reading the article in this month's issue inspired you to visit New Orleans, I highly recommend staying at Georgia’s Maison Marais. Tell her Rob & Kris from theHumm sent you! http://www.airbnb.ca/rooms/74498.

KEWT links

Kathryn Briggs and Terry Tufts sure are K.E.W.T.! For your relaxed and inspired listening pleasure, I recommend that you grab a copy of their new CD Motherlode from CDBaby. Keep up with all the K.E.W.T. news at http://www.facebook.com/KEWT2.

Cheese of the Month Supports Hub Hospice

Lise Ladouceur and Sandra Salmins— owners of the delectable Pêches et Poivre fine food and fun kitchen shop in Almonte — have developed a delicious way to support a very worthwhile local initiative. They are launching a “Cheese of the Month” program as a fundraiser for Hub Hospice Palliative Care. Each month they will select and order in one special cheese, and donate ten percent of the proceeds from its sales directly to the project. Pick up a piece of Le Clos St-Ambroise, March’s Cheese of the Month, and know that you are helping to contribute to a valuable community initiative. What a gouda idea!

When Lise and Sandra found out about the Hub Hospice initiative, it spoke to both of their hearts and to two different experiences. Both women feel that facing the end of life, or being close to a person who is facing the end of life, is one of the biggest and most difficult times of our lives.

Compassionate palliative care helped Lise and her family through the loss of Lise’s mother many years ago. She remembers the kindness, honesty, and respect the palliative care nurse showed, both to her mother and her family, and how this support and her compassion made such a difference to them through this difficult time.

When Sandra’s grandmother was dying, on the other hand, she and her family had a frustrating experience during this already emotionally painful time, with the sense of a lack of compassionate end of life care. She and her family struggled with authorities to help their family member be as comfortable as possible as she was dying.

Hub Hospice Palliative Care is a local organization that assists people with life-threatening illnesses who are being cared for at home — wherever the client considers home — in the Mississippi Mills and North Lanark area. The palliative care team offers compassionate, confidential, respectful support to clients and their families. Under the supervision of a registered nurse, a specially trained volunteer will come to a client to listen, read, talk, or simply provide companionship. Through the program, caregivers can also be given a few hours to rest, take care of errands, or take time for themselves so they can maintain their ability to give care.

Featured Artist - John Robert Bradley

Read the profile and view the photo gallery for Burnstown artist John Robert Bradley. Read more >

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