Giving Tuesday 2020
2020-12-01
“We have two days that are good for the economy. Now we have a day that is good for the community too.”

Catch The Ace 2021
2021-01-01 - 2021-03-31, 2021-08-13
The Townsend Smith Hospice Foundation is excited to share that we are hosting our very own Catch the Ace progressive raffle lottery! Participants are welcomed to purchase raffle tickets and have a chance to win big!
How to Play: To play Catch the Ace participants must purchase tickets which correspond with a numbered envelope. Each envelope holds a card from a standard deck of playing cards. Each week a name will be pulled from the draw, the name drawn is the weekly winner, who wins 20% of the ticket sales that week! They will also be invited to reveal what playing card is inside their envelope. If it is the Ace of Spades, they will also win an additional 30% of the ticket sales! If that card is not the Ace of Spades, that card will be removed from play and that 30% of the ticket sales gets rolled over into the next week. This process repeats until the Ace of Spades is found! The remaining 50% of the overall ticket sales goes to the The Townsend Smith Hospice Foundation.
Prices: 5 for $10, 20 for $25, 80 for $50, or 200 for $100
Draws: Ticket sales will conclude each Friday at noon, at which time all qualified tickets are confirmed and the weekly winner is drawn. Ticket sales will commence on January 1st and the first draw will happen on January 8th! Raffle ends whenever the Ace of Spades is found!
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Workshop: Resiliency Building Tips
2021-01-28 12:00 - 13:00 (America/Toronto)

Townsend Smith Foundation Workshop: Supporting Grieving Children & Youth
2021-02-24 12:00 - 13:00

Enjoy a Late Afternoon of Music with Melanie Peterson
2021-03-21 16:00 - 17:00

Volunteer Appreciation Tea 2021
2021-04-22 12:00 - 13:00

Advance Care Planning 2021
2021-04-29 19:00 - 21:00

Virtual Hike for Hospice 2021 Presented by Cannaco
2021-05-01
Join us Saturday, May 1st for our 2nd virtual Hike for Hospice presented by Cannaco!
We want to rally community strength and raise funds to build the 1st hospice in North Halton. We encourage participants to complete a 5km hike, walk, bike or run and practice social distancing wherever you decide to take the challenge!
Whether you find yourself on a trail, around the neighbourhood or on a treadmill, we would love for you to join us. Please follow all provincial guidelines for social distancing and gathering rules. Updates will follow as we get closer to the date. All fitness levels welcome.
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Our Sponsors

Title Sponsor

Sprint Level Sponsor

Running Level Sponsors
CPI (communications & power industries)
A Pathway to Wellness
Gunding & Hans LLP
Amica Georgetown

Jogging Level Sponsors
BMO
Martindale Gardens
Heather Solie at Desjardins
iBirdge Capital
Caldwell Securities Ltd.
Thomas McPhail at Royal lePage
McKersie-Kocher Funeral Home
WindowFix
Taco Comfort Solutions

Workshop: How To Support Children And Teens After A Death
2021-05-27 12:00 - 13:00

Webinar - The Importance of a Will for Securing your Legacy
2021-06-23 12:00 - 13:00

Spirituality & Religion Workshop
2021-07-27 12:00 - 13:00
People practice in different ways while connecting to their beliefs. Join us to learn more about religion and spirituality: from practices, to differences and similarities. Is there a real connection between religion and spirituality? Some people argue that the two are very different (types of beliefs). Others notice some very important similarities which bear closer consideration. Those beliefs guide people’s lifestyle and the culture of their emotions, feelings and brain. Discover the background and geographic areas of people practising religion or spirituality, their cultures and traditions.
Featured Speaker: Hanadi Al Masri is the Director of Social Innovation & Enterprises at HMC Connections. She has worked with HMC Connections for the last 19 years. (Arrived to Canada as a skilled immigrant.) She has presented many conferences, such as Safe Guarding Halton Forum, a Shared Responsibility of Prevention of Child Sexual Abuse, Halton Showcase, Trauma of Exile, and Challenges to Settlement with the Canadian Centre of Victims of Torture in Toronto, Equity and Social Justice. She provides (different) consultation on immigration reform, settlement services and Cultural Barriers Analysis to improve access and reduce barriers within integration of newcomers to Canada, and works effectively with the Ministry of Transportation and Halton Regional Police on Road Safety Education and awareness within cultural groups. Hanadi provides training sessions on Diversity & Cultural Competence, Cultural Awareness, Best Practices for Newcomer’s Integration and Settlement and has developed a user-defined Service Model of Case Management.
Hanadi has established a strong understanding on addressing cultural practices for ethnically
diverse families within mental health services, (delivery module) and the need for cultural navigators to decrease the stigma associated with mental health access and awareness for ethnic communities. Her passion is DIVERSITY & INCLUSION.

Chipping In For Charity
2021-08-20
We are hosting a golf tournament on August 20, 2021, at Granite Ridge Golf Course

Registration @11am and a shotgun start @12:30pm
Registration is $165 per golfer or $660 for a foursome
There will be a variety of games and prizes
For more information please email admin@townsend-smith.ca

Thank you to our Sponsors

We’re looking for sponsors to help the Townsend Smith Foundation
We have a lofty goal of raising $30,000. We need your help to reach our goal to help serve our community.
This is a great way to get some brand exposure for your company and do some social good!
Please contact events@townsend-smith.ca for more information on Sponsorship packages.

As Bright As Heaven - on Death and Dying
2021-09-22 12:00 - 13:00
Presenters Tish Butson, Shona Louis, and Janine McNaul discuss Susan Meissner’s novel As Bright As Heaven. Set in 1918 Philadelphia, as troops continue to leave the U.S. to fight in Europe and the Spanish flu takes hold of their city, a family that has already suffered the loss of a child meets the challenges and turmoil of a life they could never have imagined.
Tish, Shona, and Janine all have experience in palliative care, and bring their knowledge to a book club-like discussion about the many ways death affects individuals, families, neighbourhoods, and the larger society around them. Guests will be able to participate in a general conversation moderated by TSF Board Secretary Holly Lillico.
Please note that Townsend Smith Foundation does not offer counselling and that this session is aimed at people who are interested in discussing our common concern – how we meet adversity and live meaningful lives that must inevitably end.
Janine McNaul is a death doula who has been a hospice volunteer and worked with RCMP Victim Services. Her personal experience of stillbirth has opened her to hearing the stories of others who are grieving.
Shona Louis trained with Janine as a death doula, and is a hospice nurse in South Halton. She wants to de-stigmatize the topic of death, and bring the resources of “the village” to help at the end of life.
Tish Butson is a retired nurse with experience in palliative and geriatric care and many years volunteer service with Milton Seniors’ Activity Centre, Halton Elder Services Advisory Committee, and Halton CARP. A former TSF Board Director, Tish is eager to see a hospice residence built for the growing population of North Halton.

CFHN Webathon 2021
2021-10-02 08:00 - 18:00
We’re excited to join Community Foundation of Halton North in celebrating their 10th year anniversary with the Halton Hills and Milton community! Along with nine other local charities, we will support each other to continue doing good works. As a member of our community, we want YOU to celebrate with us!
Stay tuned on our social media channels for more information on how you can participate in our collaborative online event.
#CFHNWebathon2021

Candle Lighting Ceremony 2021
2021-10-07 19:00 - 20:00 | Italian Cultural Centre of Milton, 104 Tremaine Rd, Milton, Ontario, L9T 2W9, Canada
Please join us on Thursday October 7th at 7:00 PM at the Italian Cultural Centre of Milton for a candle lighting ceremony to honour those who have sought hospice care in their community and to express support for access to residential hospice palliative care in North Halton.
The ceremony will include readings about hospice care, live music and lighting of votive candles with personal intentions supporting access to hospice care for the residents of North Halton.
All welcome and registration is free.

World Hospice and Palliative Care Day (WHPCD)
2021-10-09
Townsend Smith Foundation promises to “Leave No One Behind” as they celebrate World Hospice and Palliative Care Day 2021.
To mark World Hospice and Palliative Care Day 2021 on October 9th, thousands of people around the world will be coming together to celebrate, support and speak up about the importance of equity in access to hospice and palliative care. This year’s World Hospice and Palliative Care Day theme is “Leave no one behind – equity in access to palliative care”.
For more information visit: http://www.thewhpca.org/world-hospice-and-palliative-care-day

Hope in Hospice
2021-10-20 12:00 - 13:00
Hospice does not mean giving up. Patients, families and a hospice work together to develop plans that consider health, spiritual wellbeing and family. Hospice care extends beyond the resident to their family, friends and community. The intention of a hospice program is to offer comfort and care, focus on quality of life, and offer support.
Join Nina Page of Acclaim Health in an interactive discussion on finding hope in hospice.
Featured Speaker: Nina has been a pastoral, palliative volunteer at Allendale LTC for over 20 years and in 2012 accepted the position of Chaplain. Nina was ordained a Vocational Deacon in the Anglican Church in 2012. Nina studied at the Toronto School of Pastoral Care and was accepted into the College of Psychotherapy in 2016, started as a volunteer with Acclaim Health as a co facilitator for Spousal Loss Bereavement Support Group and was offered a permanent part time position as a Bereavement Counsellor in 2017. Since then Nina has been part of the team of Hospice and Bereavement Counsellors at Acclaim Health and in 2019 was invited to be a Bereavement and Spiritual Care Counsellor. In 2021, Nina took her training as a Death Doula and completed training as a DBT counsellor.
Nina lives in Milton with husband John and one “Fur baby” They have two sons, 4 grandchildren and 3 step grandchildren.
Nina is an active member of the Milton community.

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Palliative Care: It’s More Than You Think
2021-11-04 12:00 - 13:00
An in-depth discussion on the wide spectrum of benefits palliative care offers at any stage of an illness journey, including chronic diseases.
Featured Speaker: Dr. Tarek Kazem is a Palliative Care Physician and Clinical Lead for the Palliative Care Program at Halton Healthcare. He is also the Co-Lead for the Palliative Care stream of the Connected Care Halton Ontario Health Team. Dr. Kazem obtained his undergraduate medical degree from McMaster University in 2011. He then successfully completed a residency in Family Medicine at the University of Western Ontario, followed by a Palliative Care Fellowship at the University of Toronto. He is a passionate educator and holds the appointment of Assistant Clinical Professor at McMaster University. His clinical interests include complex cancer pain management, and integrating technology into healthcare to improve patient and family experiences.

Downtown Milton HolidayFest 2021
2021-11-27
Enjoy the diverse sights, tastes and sounds of the holiday season in historic Downtown Milton! On Saturday, November 27, 2021, Downtown Milton HolidayFest is taking place along Main Street. Hosted by the Downtown Milton Business Improvement Area with participation from local businesses. The event features vendors and artisans, live musical performances, patios, road hockey and a raffle in support of Townsend Smith Foundation. Social distancing and public health protocols will be in place for this event.
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Advance Care Planning and Healthcare Consent Webinar
2022-04-22 12:00 - 13:00 | Virtual – Zoom
Advance Care Planning can help prepare for a time when you may not be able to make health or personal care decisions for yourself and when someone else, your Substitute Decision Maker, would have to make decisions for you.
In this webinar, learn about Advance Care Planning and Health Care Consent by following scenarios of a fictitious family through health care situations.
Featured Speakers: Villy Simonetta, Palliative Care Consultant, Acclaim Health & Lauren Stark, Director, Palliative Care Consultation, Acclaim Health. Villy and Lauren are Palliative Care Nurse Consultants who work in Halton, Peel and Dufferin, focusing on building capacity of healthcare providers in providing a palliative approach to care. They are also part of a provincial community of practice on health care consent and advance care planning providing education and Ontario-based tools and resources.
PLEASE NOTE: The webinar will not be recorded for future viewing and will only run live on the date/time specified for registered attendees.
You will be emailed a zoom link once registered.

Resilience for Caregiver Presentation
2022-05-12 12:00 - 13:00 | Virtual – Zoom
As the pandemic shifts to endemic, each of us continues to adapt to change: in our workplaces, in our homes, with our family, friends, and co-workers. Join Ana Nunes of Acclaim Health as she delivers tips, tools, and tactics to help us thrive amid adversity. Together we’ll reframe our collective experiences to help foster adaption and resiliency, acknowledging this is “not business or life as usual” and learning ways to incorporate wellness practices into our daily lives.
Featured Speaker: Ana Nunes currently works as the Wellness Care Manager and Educator at Acclaim Health. In this position Ana provides consultations, education and robust community programming with the help of volunteers, with the goal of strengthening individual wellness. Her background includes a Bachelor of Arts in Psychology/ Sociology with post graduate studies in education, geriatrics, health and alternative complimentary therapies. Ana has worked with both children and seniors as a teacher, health care professional, Dementia Educator and Caregiver Counsellor, with a particular interest in palliative care, dementia, bereavement, life limiting illnesses, caregiver support and mental health.
PLEASE NOTE: The presentation will not be recorded for future viewing and will only run live on the date/time specified for registered attendees.
You will be emailed a zoom link once registered.

Italia Fest Milton
2022-08-14 11:00 - 18:00
Join us to celebrate Italian culture through live music, live dance, lots of food, drinks, children’s activities and more! Proceeds are donated to Townsend Smith Foundation to open a much needed hospice care centre in North Halton.

Compassion Classic Golf Tournament 2022
2022-08-25
The Compassion Classic 2022
A fabulous time was had by all who attended the Compassion Classic this year! With everyone’s support we were able to raise just over $48,000 for Townsend Smith Foundation!
The Compassion Classic charitable golf tournament is an important annual fundraising event organized by volunteers to support the Townsend Smith Foundation (TSF) and our goal to build and operate a hospice residence for the people in North Halton. The need for palliative care will touch every family in our community at some point; having the right facilities and infrastructure in place is necessary to ensure families can spend time with their loved one instead of driving out of town, worrying about care and pain management, and feeling isolated from their support network. The hospice will provide a calm, peaceful, home-like environment where individuals with life-limiting illness, as well as their families and loved ones, are supported through the resident’s final stages of life.

Thank you to all our Sponsors:

Mindfulness for Health
Therapy Helps
Vij Richards Psychotherapy
Elpizo Counselling Services
Halton Therapy & Neurofeeedback
Co & Associates
Satinder Brar
Mi Box Mobile Storage
Grace Anglican Church
J&D Tire Sales and Service
HD Watson Inc
Melanie Beaumont Professional Corporation
McKersie-Kocher Funeral Home
J Scott Early Funeral Home
Cannonball Pools Inc
Bayshore Home Health
Milton Machine Shop
J. Currie Plumbing
Voice Boy
Elizabeth Marques
The Townsend Family
Jake, Reghan, & Tanner
Gary Reed Realty Plus Oakville
Peak Investment Service Inc.
Oakridge Garden Centre & Landscape Supply
LaRey Homes
Ollies Roofing Ltd
MacMillan’s
Melissa Coulson, CPA
Johnson McMaster Professional Corporation
Vin Bon Milton
The Range & Golf Centre
CARP Halton
Terra Cotta Foods

We would also like to thank all the individuals and corporations who donated to our silent auction.

Lastly, a huge thank you to this year’s Compassion Classic Golf Tournament Committee: Doug Watson, Ryan Haydar, Alyson Haydar and Lee Gould as well as The Townsend Smith Awareness Committee, Board of Directors and all the volunteers for generously sharing your time and energy with us! You gave us a helping hand when we needed it, and the work you did will help us build a hospice for North Halton!

Georgetown Craft Beer Festival
2022-09-17 11:00 - 18:00 | Trafalgar Sports Park, 11494 Trafalgar Road, Georgetown
The festival is 100% run by volunteers and donates 100% of proceeds to charity. There’s never been a better reason to drink beer (and feel good while doing so). This year the Georgetown Craft Beer Festival is pleased to support some new charities and this includes Townsend Smith Foundation.
Want to support the cause? How could you not?! Buy your tickets to help us RAISE A GLASS and DO SOME GOOD. Proceeds go straight to the local charities.
BUY NOW: https://www.headforthehills.ca/ticket-info/

CFHN Webathon 2022
2022-10-01 09:00 - 13:00
The 2022 Webathon event aims to raise awareness of our local charities and support their good works in the community.
CFHN Webathon 2022 will run online; Milton and Georgetown Farmers’ Markets; & at the CFHN Office at 18 Martin Street Milton.
REGISTRATION IS QUICK! ? https://pheedloop.com/Webathon2022/site/home/
If you are looking for ways to make an impact in your community, Halton North – THIS IS YOUR CHANCE! We’d love for you to join us in this event!

Flag Raising Ceremony - Halton Hills
2022-10-06 11:00 - 11:30 | Halton Hills Town Hall
Join us for a Townsend Smith Foundation Flag Raising on Thursday Oct 6th at 11:00 AM at the Halton Hills Town Hall, or Friday Oct 7th at 11:00AM at the Milton Town Hall. We will raise a flag to honour World Hospice Palliative Care Day. Please attend to support the building of a local hospice.

Flag Raising Ceremony - Milton
2022-10-07 11:00 - 11:30 | Milton Town Hall

World Hospice and Palliative Care Day (WHPCD)
2022-10-08
World Hospice and Palliative Care Day is an annual unified day of action to celebrate and support hospice and palliative care around the world.
With one voice, we celebrate the importance of palliative care to quality of life, and advocate for equitable access for all.

Andrews Farm and Winery Pumpkin Fest
2022-10-15 - 2022-10-22 | Andrews Farm and Winery, 9365 10 Side Road, Milton, ON
Join us for Pumpkin Fest October 15-22 at Andrews Farm and Winery 9365 10 Side Road, Milton, ON.

Enjoy the pumpkin patches, corn mazes, fresh baked goods, and much more! A portion of the pumpkin sale proceeds will go to Townsend Smith Foundation.

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Visit https://www.andrewsscenicacres.com for more details.⁠
