Talented Sewing Volunteers Needed for Bereavement Support Project

The Volunteer Department of the Mercer County office of Holy Redeemer HomeCare and Hospice is looking for talented sewing volunteers to make unique keepsakes for those who survive a hospice loss.

This project is a simple idea, but it can be a very powerful tool to ease the grief of a loved one or family member.

Hospice families’ will be invited to submit favorite articles of clothing that belonged to the hospice patient. The sewing volunteer would then follow a specific pattern to turn those clothes into a special teddy bear that grievers can hug and talk to, when they start missing their loved-one.

The initial training session is being held Saturday, August 27th at 10:00 a.m. in the Pennington, NJ area, and is expected to last about three hours.

Anyone interested should contact the office’s Volunteer Coordinator, Spiro Ballas, either at SBallas@HolyRedeemer.com, or by calling (609) 815-3573.

If you can’t attend the initial meeting, but still want to get involved, or if you would like to support this project by underwriting the cost of the filling that will be used to stuff these individually crafted teddy bears, please call the Volunteer Coordinator and let him know.

The Mercer County office of Holy Redeemer HomeCare and Hospice is a non-profit agency that has been serving the needs of the county since early in the 1900’s, and was active early within the Hospice Movement. This volunteer initiative is just one way the agency strives to comfort and support the community.

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About Holy Redeemer Health System

With an emphasis on providing a continuum of care, Holy Redeemer Health System remains true to the mission to care, comfort and heal that its sponsors, the Sisters of the Holy Redeemer, began in our region in 1924 – to provide high quality, compassionate care. Today, Holy Redeemer offers a wide range of healthcare and health-related services, including an acute care hospital, home health and hospice services, two skilled nursing facilities, personal care, a retirement community, low-income housing, an active living community, and a transitional housing program for homeless women and children. With corporate offices in Huntingdon Valley, PA, Holy Redeemer Health System is a Catholic healthcare provider, serving southeastern Pennsylvania and 12 counties in New Jersey, from Union County south to Cape May County.