St. Joseph's Hospice

01/23/2026

01/23/2026

🦋A heartfelt thank you to Camlachie United Church, for donating a day of compassionate care at St. Joseph’s Hospice.🦋

Funding a Day of Compassionate Care is more than just a donation, it is a heartfelt contribution that ensures we can continue to offer our community comfort, peace, and exceptional care when they need it the most. Your support enriches our residents and families’ time spent at Hospice during their end-of-life journey, giving them a space to focus on what truly matters.

Daily ‘Care for a Day’ at St. Joseph’s Hospice exceeds $785. With Government funding only covering 56% of the cost per bed per day, we experience a funding shortfall of $345 per bed.

Our $200 Care for a Day Donation helps fund a day of care and bridges the gap to ensure our care continues in the Sarnia Lambton Community.

You can choose to have your donation recognized on our Social Media or remain anonymous. In addition, we will add a butterfly to our Care for a Day board in the Hospice Residence, in recognition of your gift. All donations are eligible for a full tax receipt. You can choose to dedicate a day in memory of a loved one, in honour of someone special, or support a future resident who will need our care.

💙 Thanks to you, we can provide care that truly matters—your support creates a lasting impact.

To Donate:
📞 Call: 519-337-0537
🏢 Visit: St. Joseph's Hospice Resource Centre, 475 Christina St. N., Sarnia, ON
💻 Online: https://www.stjosephshospice.ca/donate-online

01/22/2026

🦋A heartfelt thank you to Andrea, Tarun and Family, for donating 2 days of compassionate care at St. Joseph’s Hospice. In memory of Frank Bariciak🦋

Funding a Day of Compassionate Care is more than just a donation, it is a heartfelt contribution that ensures we can continue to offer our community comfort, peace, and exceptional care when they need it the most. Your support enriches our residents and families’ time spent at Hospice during their end-of-life journey, giving them a space to focus on what truly matters.

Daily ‘Care for a Day’ at St. Joseph’s Hospice exceeds $785. With Government funding only covering 56% of the cost per bed per day, we experience a funding shortfall of $345 per bed.

Our $200 Care for a Day Donation helps fund a day of care and bridges the gap to ensure our care continues in the Sarnia Lambton Community.

You can choose to have your donation recognized on our Social Media or remain anonymous. In addition, we will add a butterfly to our Care for a Day board in the Hospice Residence, in recognition of your gift. All donations are eligible for a full tax receipt. You can choose to dedicate a day in memory of a loved one, in honour of someone special, or support a future resident who will need our care.

💙 Thanks to you, we can provide care that truly matters—your support creates a lasting impact.

To Donate:
📞 Call: 519-337-0537
🏢 Visit: St. Joseph's Hospice Resource Centre, 475 Christina St. N., Sarnia, ON
💻 Online: https://www.stjosephshospice.ca/donate-online

01/21/2026

Glimmers serve as reminders that even in the most difficult times, there are small moments of happiness waiting to be experienced. By learning to acknowledge glimmers that occur in our daily life, they can help to alleviate, even if for a short period of time, the heaviness of a loss. While glimmers can’t take the pain away completely, they can provide tiny moments of calmness in your grief journey.

For more support, please reach out to supportiveservices@sjhospice.ca or 519-337-0537

01/21/2026

🦋A heartfelt thank you to Joni & Lawrence Swift, for donating a day of compassionate care at St. Joseph’s Hospice. In memory of Ken, Cheri, Wendy, & Betty🦋

Funding a Day of Compassionate Care is more than just a donation, it is a heartfelt contribution that ensures we can continue to offer our community comfort, peace, and exceptional care when they need it the most. Your support enriches our residents and families’ time spent at Hospice during their end-of-life journey, giving them a space to focus on what truly matters.

Daily ‘Care for a Day’ at St. Joseph’s Hospice exceeds $785. With Government funding only covering 56% of the cost per bed per day, we experience a funding shortfall of $345 per bed.

Our $200 Care for a Day Donation helps fund a day of care and bridges the gap to ensure our care continues in the Sarnia Lambton Community.

You can choose to have your donation recognized on our Social Media or remain anonymous. In addition, we will add a butterfly to our Care for a Day board in the Hospice Residence, in recognition of your gift. All donations are eligible for a full tax receipt. You can choose to dedicate a day in memory of a loved one, in honour of someone special, or support a future resident who will need our care.

💙 Thanks to you, we can provide care that truly matters—your support creates a lasting impact.

To Donate:
📞 Call: 519-337-0537
🏢 Visit: St. Joseph's Hospice Resource Centre, 475 Christina St. N., Sarnia, ON
💻 Online: https://www.stjosephshospice.ca/donate-online

01/20/2026

Honouring Our Ontario Volunteer Service Award Recipients

Each year, organizations are able to submit up to seven names for the Ontario Volunteer Service Awards, which recognize volunteers for their committed and dedicated service to an organization. Through these provincial awards, adults are honoured for 5 to 25 years of continuous service with one organization, and youth age 24 and under are recognized for two or more years of continuous service. While only six volunteers and one youth can be formally nominated, every one of our hospice volunteers is truly valued and essential, and these nominees represent the heart, dedication and compassion that all of our volunteers bring to St. Joseph's Hospice of Sarnia Lambton.

We are proud to share that the following St. Joseph's Hospice volunteers were nominated for the Ontario Volunteer Service Awards for five or more years of service:

• Felicity Burnard
• Paul Lane
• Cathy Smith-Schertzberg
• Maureen Morkin
• Andrew Brennek
• John DeGroot
• Claudia Drewitt, Youth Award

Each nominee was recognized by the Province of Ontario at the Ontario Volunteer Service Award ceremony with a lapel pin and certificate for their dedication.

Please join us in congratulating Felicity, Paul, Cathy, Maureen, Andrew, John and Claudia, and in thanking all of our volunteers for all they do for St. Joseph's Hospice of Sarnia Lambton.

In the first photo, from left to right: Paul Lane, LeeAnne Feddes, Volunteer Program Coordinator, Bob Bailey, Andrew Brennek, Cathy Smith Schertzberg and Maureen Morkin.

In the second photo, from left to right: Maria Muscedere, Director of Fund Development & Community Relations and John DeGroot.

In the third photo, from left to right: LeeAnne Feddes, Volunteer Program Coordinator and Felicity Burnard.

Not in the photos is Youth Award recipient Claudia Drewitt.

01/20/2026

ST. JOSEPH CHURCH CATHOLIC WOMEN’S LEAGUE AND PARISH FAMILY SUPPORT HOSPICE OVER THE HOLIDAYS

Continuing their generosity from previous years, members of the St. Joseph Church Catholic Women’s League (CWL) and Parish family presented St. Joseph’s Hospice with a cheque in the amount of $1,000. This money was raised through the St. Joseph CWL Annual Memorial Angel Ornament Tree. Thank you for your continued support of St. Joseph’s Hospice and all those we serve in their time of need.

In photo, St. Joseph CWL and Parish Family