Counselling Services

Bereavement Programs Upcoming:

Grief in our society is often suppressed and can lead to break downs in physical and emotional health.  One way this can be avoided by working with a therapist or a grief support group to help heal the losses from the past.

Grieving people need: empathy, to be with somebody who understands their pain, and community support and education that grief is a healthy response to loss.

Bereavement Support Groups May Help You:
· Understand responses to grief
· Become aware of the phases of grief
· Learn steps to help move through the steps
· Learn how to move out of the crisis mode

At Bay Gardens Funeral Home, we are committed to providing excellent bereavement resources to our community.   We have various bereavement programs available as listed below:

• Holistic Bereavement
   
• Weekly Bereavement Support Group
  Call to find out more about our bereavement groups which run from 6:30 – 8:30 p.m.  This group is open to all those who have suffered a significant loss and is free to the community. For immediate assistance please refer to our resources or attend any one of the monthly events listed above.
   
• Friends In Grief:   Local not-for-profit, volunteer driven support groups.  Call Friends In Grief (905) 318-0059 for more information or visit www.friendsingrief.ca

• Visit us here for information on Pet Bereavement

Upcoming Memorial Services & Other Annual Events:

• Amore: A night of Remembrance with SONS OF ITALY CHOIR
  May 6, 2011
  Join us for moving evening of music from 7-9 p.m. at Bay Gardens, 947 Rymal Rd. East. 
   

• Mother’s Day:
  May 8, 2011 from 11:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m.
  Bayview Cemetery offers flowers to families who are visiting the cemetery and mausoleum on Mother’s Day.  Bereavement information and staff are also on hand.
   

• WELLNESS DAY:
  June *date to be posted for 2011* 10:00 a.m. – 3:00 p.m.
  Bay Gardens, 1010 Botanical Drive, Burlington
  Free Community Event
  This is a very popular event featuring health-care practitioners from every field.  This is a day to take time for yourself to reconnect with your body, mind and soul.  Call Gisela Zehmer for more information at 905-574-0405
   

• Bayview Summer Memorial
  June *date to be posted for 2011* at 1:00 p.m. on the back lawns of Bayview Cemetery
  Join us on Father’s Day, June 20th at 1:00 p.m. for a short service and concert in memory of those whom we have lost. We meet on the lawn under the canopy tent behind  Bayview Mausoleum for a short memorial  service followed by music and refreshments.
   

• Bayview Remembrance Service 
  November *date to be posted for 2011* from 11:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m.
  Join us in this moving service of prayer, music and symbolic candle lighting. Names of those who we wish to remember will be read during the service. However, we need to know these names ahead of time, so please please give us these names when you RSVP.
   

If your organization would like information or educational seminars on grief and bereavement, we are here to help you.  If you are a healthcare organization that requires information on what to expect from a funeral home at the time of death we offer free educational programs to the community for Personal Service Workers, Palliative Care Workers, and other healthcare professionals.

Contact Norma Spino to learn more about these programs at 905-574-0405

• Lunch & Learns: Bay Gardens hosts several lunch and learns throughout the year in conjunction with Bayview Cemetery. Click here to book a Lunch & Learn, or call 905-574-0405 for further information.
   

• One to One Counselling: Call Norma Spino at 905-574-0405 for more information as we have several different counsellors to recommend.