Other Events & Gatherings
In addition to hosting our own events and gatherings, CFD attends various events and gatherings hosted by other local organizations like the O+ festival and Woodstock Volunteers Day. You may meet us there!
In the past, we have hosted events such as a day-long seminar at HealthAlliance Hospital in Kingston, New York, with Stephen Jenkinson, author of Die Wise and Come of Age among other titles. Jenkinson, also a teacher, a farmer, and an activist in what he calls “the death trade,” spoke of his experiences in Toronto hospitals where his job was to counsel terminal patients and ease their way to accepting death. We’ve hosted Sharon DiCarlo of Hudson Valley Hospice Foundation; CFD co-founder Laurie Schwartz who talked about homes for the dying and our project, Circle Home; Dr. Maggie Carpenter of Nightingale Medical in Gardiner; and Jo Scari, former CFD board member and licensed mortician to talk on securing one’s LGBTQ identity in death among many other fascinating presentations.
And we occasionally throw parties, like the Day of the Dead dance and fundraiser held at BSP in Kingston and Circlestock, a benefit concert and dance held at The Colony in Woodstock, New York.
Let us know how we can contact you when things are happening! Please visit often or be notified of future events by sending an email to news@circlehome.org.
Join us for an upcoming event:
Celebrating Aging Series: “It’s a Wrap” film showing
December 8 @ 1:30 pm - 3:30 pm