Letter from the Editor “Love and compassion are necessities, not luxuries. Without them, humanity cannot survive.” The Dalai Lama It never ceases to amaze me how generous our community is. Truly — every time someone brings forward a bold idea to benefit St.
Our community has wrapped its collective arms around the idea and made it real. Hospice of Elgin, thanks to a dream team of staff and volunteers, is becoming a reality. The building is nearly complete. They’ve hired their first Medical Director. You can practically smell the fresh paint and feel the warmth that will soon fill ‘The Cottage’, which is what the hospice will be known as. I recently spoke with Laura Sherwood, Director of Hospice Partnerships, and Larissa Caruana, Community Engagement Lead, and I can tell you — this is far more than a building. This is a place where every inch has been thoughtfully designed to provide comfort, dignity, and compassion. It’s not just about Take a look at the names behind this project — the Board of Directors, the Building Committee, the Campaign Cabinet — you’ll find doctors, business leaders, and everyday citizens, all working toward one common goal. And then there are the donors: corporations big and small, service clubs, fundraising events, and generous families who gave what they could. This hospice is the definition of a community effort. Because when something matters to all of us, all of us need to make it happen. WALNUT medicine; it’s about community. And what a community we have.
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Thomas and Elgin County, no matter how big the price tag or how complex the dream, the community rallies to make it happen. It’s like we were all born with a built-in ‘get-it-done’ gene and thankfully, it seems to be dominant. Take Hospice of Elgin, for example. For years, the absence of a local hospice has been a glaring hole in our healthcare landscape. If you’ve ever had a loved one in need of palliative care, you know that even getting through the day is hard enough. Asking people to drive hours to be with someone in their final days? Unfathomable. Bringing a hospice to Elgin County wasn’t a small feat. It was a massive, potentially intimidating undertaking, the kind of thing that might cause some folks to quietly back out of a Zoom meeting. And yet, here we are.
Refined Rentals. Refined Rentals.
One of the oldest neighbourhoods in St. Thomas, the Courthouse Neighbourhood is beautiful all times of year, but especially in Spring when the magnolia trees that dot the neighbourhood are in bloom. Walnut park will offer its residents the ability to rent in an established area with tall trees, a new on-site park, walkways and steps to amenities on Talbot street. The building will only be 3 floors to blend into the area offering 1 and 2 bedroom layouts with balconies overlooking nature. MOVE-INS FOR SPRING 2025
One of the oldest neighbourhoods in St. Thomas, the Courthouse Neighbourhood is beautiful all times of year, but especially in Spring when the magnolia trees that dot the neighbourhood are in bloom. Walnut park will offer its residents the ability to rent in an established area with tall trees, a new on-site park, walkways and steps to amenities on Talbot street. The building will only be 3 floors to blend into the area offering 1 and 2 bedroom layouts with balconies overlooking nature. MOVE-INS FOR SPRING 2025 HISTORY
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One of the oldest neighbourhoods in St. Thomas, the Courthouse Neigh- bourhood is beautiful all times of year, but especially in Spring when the magnolia trees that dot the
trees, a new on-site park, walkways and steps to amenities on Talbot street. The building will only be 3 floors to blend into the area offering 1 and 2 bedroom layouts with balconies overlooking nature. MOVE-INS FOR SPRING 2025
Refined Rentals. neighbourhood are in bloom. Walnut park will offer its residents the ability to rent in an established area with tall
One of the oldest neighbourhoods in St. Thomas, the Courthouse Neighbourhood is beautiful all
HISTORY
NATURE
AMENITIES
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