"Our goal is to help children and teens who are grieving by encouraging them to remember and honor their loved ones spirit and share experiences with their peers."

— Deanna Upchurch, Bereavement Coordinator
Southcoast Home Care, Hospice & Palliative Care & Infusion Services

For Immediate Release	Contact: Joyce Faria Brennan
March 8, 2006	508-961-5270
	brennanj@southcoast.org
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MATTAPOISETT, Mass. — Southcoast Home Care, Hospice & Palliative Care & Infusion Services, in collaboration with the YMCA, will be hosting the fourth annual "Camp Angel Wings," an exciting, fun-filled two-day camp experience for children and teens, ages three through 17, who are grieving the loss of a loved one will be held the weekend of July 29 and 30 from 9:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. The camp is open to Massachusetts and Rhode Island residents.

"Camp Angel Wings was designed for children and teens who are sharing like experiences in grief to have an educational, therapeutic experience that is also an enjoyable one," said Deanna Upchurch, Bereavement Coordinator at Southcoast Home Care, Hospice & Palliative Care & Infusion Services.

"The camp counters a sense of isolation that children can feel after losing a loved one. Participating in activities together such as canoeing, swimming, arts, crafts, archery, ropes challenge courses, and drum circle activities can help children and teens who have lost someone close to them explore their many thoughts and feelings about grief and encourages them to try new or familiar activities that help them feel good about themselves."

The two-day camp is free. Camp Angel Wings is sponsored by Southcoast Home Care, Hospice & Palliative Care & Infusion Services of Fairhaven in collaboration with the Mattapoisett YMCA. Registrations are now being accepted. For more information or to register call Deanna Upchurch at 508-984-0202.

Southcoast Home Care, Hospice & Palliative Care & Infusion Services, a department of Southcoast Hospitals Group, is a private non-profit agency that provides comprehensive, preventive and rehabilitative home health care to residents of the Greater New Bedford and Wareham areas.

About Southcoast

Southcoast Health System, a not-for-profit charitable organization, is a community based health delivery system with multiple access points, offering an integrated continuum of advanced health services throughout Southeastern Massachusetts and East Bay, Rhode Island. It includes Southcoast Hospitals Group, formed in 1996 from the merger of Charlton Memorial Hospital in Fall River, St. Luke's Hospital in New Bedford and Tobey Hospital in Wareham.

Southcoast has more than 40 ancillary facilities, including the Southcoast Health Van, home health care, hospice and infusion services, numerous outpatient medical services, an assisted living facility and a wellness center. For more information visit www.southcoast.org.

Southcoast is one of three community hospitals approved by the Massachusetts Department of Public Health to perform open heart surgery and primary angioplasty beginning in Spring 2002.

Media Contact

Joyce Faria Brennan
Phone: 508-961-5270
Pager: 508-387-9605
Fax: 508-961-5876
brennanj@southcoast.org