Coping with Grief Over the Holidays

Joliet Area Community Hospice offers two-part class entitled Help with the Holidays

For most of us, the holidays are a time of joy, time filled with family and friends, good food and often, presents. It is a time of year we look forward to. For someone who has lost a loved one, though, it can be a time they dread. It's okay to say no to parties or even to events that you always attended because you are just not feeling up to it. "(Those grieving) need to say what do you need what is it you would like from us," Mary Ann Burns, Joliet Area Community Hospice Bereavement Counselor said. The person who is grieving needs to be the one to decide what he or she wants to do. For the other family members who know someone is grieving, though, it is appropriate to ask. Families have to decide what the new normal is now that a loved …

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Lights Of Love Returns to Rialto Square Theatre

The Joliet tradition is a evening designed to remember loved ones who have passed on.

Each year around this time, the rotunda of the Rialto Square Theatre is transformed into a winter wonderland. The Festival of Trees opened its doors for 2012 Monday night. On Wednesday comes another tradition. Those who bought a $15 Lights of Love ornament get special admission to the Lights of Love event at the theater - an event designed to remember loved ones. The rotunda of the theater opens at 5 p.m., Nov. 21 and doors to the theater open at 5:30 p.m. with open seating. The Lights of Love ceremony begins at 6 p.m. This year, Joliet Area Community Hospice has created a video from those who submitted their loved ones' photos by the Nov. 1 deadline. As of Friday, JACH announced on its Facebook Page that more than 1,400 people were …

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Hospice Fashion Show to Celebrate 25 Years

Annual Fundrasier will be held at Rialto Square Theatre on Nov. 4.

For 25 years, members of the Joliet Area Community Hospice guild have organized and put on a “Puttin’ on the Glitz,” hospice fashion show. This year, the event is bring held at the Rialto Square Theatre. “We cannot think of a better venue for our 25th Anniversary Fashion Show,” Fashion Show co-chair Jeanette Darcy said in a written release. “The show is bigger, longer and with twice the number of models and fashions.” The event will start with a luncheon, served in the Hall of Mirrors and Rotunda at the Rialto, followed by the show in the theatre. Each attendee will have reserved seating in the theater with tickets distributed during lunch. For the past twenty-five years the fashions have been from Hansen’s Villa and this year is no …

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Joliet Area Community Hospice Thrives on Support

The organization is honoring four local individuals Sunday.

In order to thrive, businesses have to change with the times. This is even true of non-profit organizations. And this is definitely true of Joliet Area Community Hospice. Founded in 1982, Joliet Area Community Hospice now serves clients in six counties, including Will and Grundy Counties. On Sunday, they will honor one of their own - Joan Sereno, who is the executive director of the Grundy Community Volunteer Hospice. Sereno began her life in hospice as a volunteer in JACH. When a need was identified for more services in Grundy County, Sereno heeded the call. Sereno will be receiving the Mary Jo Smith Spirit of Hospice award. “She was a visionary in the world of hospice,” Jodi Wulff, Joliet Area Community Hospice business development …

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Hospice Puts on the Glitz for 25 years

Joliet Area Community Hospice Fundraiser well attended even after a quarter century.

 Helen Palmer lost her husband less than a year ago. Near the end, she was able to take advantage of the services of Joliet Area Community Hospice. On Nov. 7, she attended the annual fundraiser, Puttin' on the Glitz. Like many of the other 270 people in attendance, Palmer was appreciative for the assistance when she needed it. "They have a special place in their hearts for hospice," Jean D'Arcy, co-chair of the event said. This is the 25th year for the fundraiser, which not only raises funds for hospice, but also gives women a glimpse at the latest fashions. Puttin' on the Glitz features a fashion show with the clothes supplied by Hansen's Villa. "They all love it because it's called "Puttin' on the Glitz," D'Arcy said. "We come out with …

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Losing a Loved One: Coping with Loss Over the Holidays

Joliet Area Community Hospice offers two-part class entitled Help with the Holidays

For most of us, the holidays are a time of joy, time filled with family and friends, good food and often, presents. It is a time of year we look forward to. For someone who has lost a loved one, though, it can be a time they dread. "I recommend if they always had Christmas Eve, then don't do Christmas Eve," Joan Sereno, Grundy County Hospice Executive Director said. "Everybody does not have to continue that first year with the same things they've always done." The person who is grieving needs to be the one to decide what he or she wants to do. For the other family members who know someone is grieving, though, it is appropriate to ask. "They need to say what do you need what is it you would like from us," Mary Ann Burns, Joliet Area …

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Carl

10:49 am on Wednesday, December 22, 2010

The passing of a loved one is never easy. Caring and loving someone brings a strong level of attachment to that person and in their passing, it makes it difficult to accept and let go. The key is to follow those steps, 1. accept 2. let go. Letting go is always the difficult part. Mom, part of letting go is allowing the tears to come and then allow yourself to know she will live in memory forever …   more ›