Free Program Offers Help Dealing With Grief During The Holidays

Buch Funeral Home and Heilig Funeral Home and Cremation Services will host a free community program for Lancaster county residents who are dealing with grief during the holiday season. The program, “Creating Holiday Memories Of A Lifetime,” will be led by Patti Homan, Ph.D. of PATHways Center for Grief & Loss, Hospice Center of Lancaster County.

LANCASTER, PA (PRWEB) November 3, 2005 -- Buch Funeral Home and Heilig Funeral Home and Cremation Services have joined together to host a free community program for Lancaster county residents who are dealing with grief during the holiday season.

Dealing with the loss of a loved one can be especially difficult as memories of past holidays now serve as painful reminders of a significant loss and how things used to be. The program, “Creating Holiday Memories Of A Lifetime,” will be led by Patti Homan, Ph.D. of PATHways Center for Grief & Loss, Hospice Center of Lancaster County.

Event: Creating Holiday Memories of a Lifetime
Date: Sunday, November 13, 2005
Time: 2:00 p.m.
Where: Acorn Farms Reception and Conference
Center, Mount Joy
To Register: Call Aaron at (717) 665-4341

The multi-part program will include helpful ideas on ways to effectively cope with the holidays. Buch and Heilig funeral directors will share ideas that families can use to create their own memorials for loved ones. All participants of the program will receive resource materials on handling grief along with a special thank you gift. Refreshments will be served.

Heilig Funeral Home and Cremation Services and Buch Funeral Home, both Memories Of A Lifetime Funeral Homes, take special pride in the many educational and community initiatives they organize to better inform the Lancaster community. They offer traditional to contemporary funerals, cremation and memorial services. For more information, go online to heiligfuneral.com or buchfuneral.com.

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