Waveny and Visiting Nurse & Hospice Host Celebration of Life |
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Waveny Lifecare Network and Visiting Nurse & Hospice hosted a Celebration of Life Memorial Service at The New Canaan Historical Society on Tuesday, June 7th in memory of lives lost throughout our network and our community. Harp music was provided by volunteer Helen Culpepper. Our Spiritual Services team, staff and volunteers provided readings and reflections. If you would like to watch the celebration via a recorded live stream, please click here.
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Waveny Volunteer Service Scholarship Awarded to Mara Koschnitzke
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Congratulations to Waveny volunteer Mara, who received the Waveny Volunteer Service Scholarship at New Canaan High School. Waveny awards the scholarship annually to a graduating senior who has shown compassion, kindness and outstanding volunteer service to the Waveny community of residents, patients and staff during their high school career. Mara has demonstrated all of these qualities and we have been lucky to have her. Congratulations and best of luck Mara! |
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Residents, families and staff at The Inn, Waveny's independent living community, celebrated the start of summer with an Aloha party on our outdoor patio. Flowered shirts, live music, dancing, tasty treats and great friends highlighted the wonderful evening! |
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High School Interns Support Waveny-VNH |
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Waveny is thrilled to have had high school interns from New Canaan and Darien High Schools supporting our organization. They spent four weeks working in our gardens, helping with photography and social media, covering our front desks and working at the Thrift Shop. among other duties. Thank you Claire, Jack, Alex, Rachel, Gabriella and Cloe, we were lucky to have you!
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New Canaan Thrift Shop Receives Preservation Alliance 2022 President's Award for Preservation
The New Canaan Thrift Shop, a member of the Waveny LifeCare Network, proudly accepted the New Canaan Preservation Alliance 2022 President's Award for Preservation. The building on 2 Locust Avenue was constructed in 1840, and has had many different uses including: as a temperance society meeting place, a location for Jewish festivals, a coffin making business and even as a morgue! The Thrift Shop is proud to call this lovely building home. Please stop by and soak up some history (and shop for a cause!).
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Waveny-VNH provides school nurses for each of the Wilton Public Schools including Miller Driscoll, Cider Mill, Middlebrook and Wilton High School. As the 2021-2022 school year comes to a close, we would like to give a special shout-out to these nursing professionals who care for over 3,500 students, day in and day out. They assess and treat illness, manage chronic illnesses and medications, communicate with physicians and parents and, more often than not, send our children back to class ready to learn. Thank you school nurses, for all that you do! |
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Please click on the links below for more information and to register for our upcoming presentations and support groups. For Zoom events, you will receive a link via email upon registration.
All events are free of charge and open to the public and we hope you will join us!
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Wednesdays, June 22 - July 27, 6:30pm-8:00pm in person with Sheila Russo LCSW, Certified Grief Counselor
Tuesdays, June 14—July 19, 7-8:30 pm via zoom with Sheila Russo, LCSW, Certified Grief Counselor
Mondays, July 11—August 15 (ages 35-65), 7-8:30 pm via zoom with Maribeth Payne, M Div
Fridays, July 1—August 19 (no meeting 7/15 or 8/12), 1-2:30pm via zoom with Stephanie Shaughnessy, MSW
Tuesdays, June 28—August 2, 7:30–9pm via zoom with Meghan Cioffi, MSW
Wednesdays, July 6—August 10, 7:15-8:45 pm in person with Betsy Perry, RN
Thursdays, July 14 – August 18, 7:30–9pm via zoom with Maribeth Payne, M div.
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Would you like to become part of our volunteer team?
You can enrich the lives of our seniors throughout the Waveny-VNH continuum of healthcare services and residences!
As a Waveny-VNH volunteer, you will become part of a vibrant and caring team, welcomed and deeply appreciated by residents, patients, staff and fellow volunteers. We have opportunities for all ages and abilities with a flexible schedule. Choose from a range of volunteer activities which will allow you to make the maximum impact with the time you would like to share.
If you are fully vaccinated and interested in getting involved, please contact Stella Clarke, Executive Director of Community Engagement and Volunteering at sclarke@waveny.org or 203-594-5334.
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