Join Chef Char for hands on learning and adapting meals for one. Following the cooking class, come…

Nov. 21, 2024 from 3:00-4:30pm Dec. 11, 2024 from 6:00-7:30pm During this one-time group we will learn…

This group is open to anyone who has experienced a death and is looking for support. We…

A group to provide a safe, supportive environment for fellow moms to share their loss, offer support…

Circles of Care, Spring/Summer 2024 Newsletter The Harbor Difference by Susan Houseman, President and CEO READ MORE…

New episodes air every third Friday of the month. Our team hears it daily… You know, I…

November 15, we celebrate Development and Philanthropy professionals across the globe! It is a time to honor…

Harbor Hospice and Harbor Palliative Care Celebrates National Care at Home Month- PRESS RELEASE 11.1.2024 National Recognition…

November 5, we celebrate Volunteer Managers and Coordinator professionals across the globe! (IVMD) It is a time…

By Lisa Watson, LPC If you don’t know where to start It’s impossible to know exactly how…

October 23-29, we celebrate Spiritual Care professionals across the globe! It is a time to honor these…

October 3 – 7, we celebrate Marketing professionals across the globe! It is a time to honor…

Today, we celebrate IT Professionals across the globe! It is a time to honor these organized, efficient,…

By Becky, Tjapkes, MDiv “I’m not religious.” This is something I hear often as a Spiritual Care…

April is National Volunteer Month. We appreciate our volunteers and our volunteer coordinator, Amber. Amber Wallace has…

By Kelly St. Martin, LMSW, ACHP-SW National Healthcare Decisions Day (NHDD) exists to inspire, educate, and empower…

Former Harbor Hospice nurse and volunteer recognized as a National Volunteers are the Foundation of Hospice Awardee…

2022 Issue of Touching Lives. Holding Hands, Holding Hearts. A Publication of Harbor Hospice, Harbor Palliative Care,…

Welcome to Charlotte, the newest member of our Volunteer Team here at Harbor Hospice. Charlotte is a year and…

Annually, Harbor Hospice and Harbor Palliative Care, and the Harbor Hospice Foundation celebrate our amazing volunteers during…

By Christina Lauer, RN Dear Friend, I know it seems strange that I am already calling you…

Saturday, October 9th is World Hospice and Palliative Care Day. An annual unified day of action to…

By Nancy Abiade, LMSW If you ever struggle with having too much stuff, you are not alone….

By Curtis Freed, MA, BCC Hospice is all about end of life care.  When a patient is…

May 9-15  is National Skilled Nursing Week. Celebrating Being ‘Together Through the Seasons’ This National Skilled Nursing…

May is National Nurses Week, May 6-12 is National Nurses Week, AND it is the #yearofthenurse. We…

April 17-24 is National Health Information Professionals week. We appreciate them, and They ARE Essential. Our incredible…

April is National Volunteer Month. We appreciate our volunteers and our Volunteer Coordinator. They ARE Essential. Paula…

April is National Volunteer Month. We appreciate them and They ARE Essential. Our specially trained volunteers are…

March is National Social Work Month. Social Workers ARE Essential. Social workers provide services that include helpful…

By Nancy Abiade, LMSW While serving as a Hospice Social Worker, I often asked patients if they…

Applications being accepted for positions in nursing, social work, nursing assistance and more. Harbor Hospice is community…

By Curtis Freed, MA, BCC C.S. Lewis, the famed Christian writer of the mid-twentieth century wrote a…

Dear Friend of Harbor Hospice and Palliative Care, Together with our community health care partners, we have…

In Memoriam By Paula Poel, Volunteer Coordinator Communicating has been a little challenging lately, what with so…

Harbor Hospice and Harbor Palliative Care are launching Harbor Tele-Health to help minimize patients’ exposure to COVID-19…

By Phyllis Ventocilla, LMSW Can a gentle purr or friendly tail wag really help seniors live happier,…

It’s National Volunteer Appreciation Week 2020. To start we have a wonderful message from Paula Poel, Volunteer…

(UPDATED 11.14.2022) We’re here for you and your loved one! Harbor Hospice and Palliative Care is taking…

By Curtis Freed, MA, BCC As we all are aware, we are experiencing some difficult times in…

By Beth Bolthouse, MA, MS, LPC It feels like someone in Hollywood found a long-lost episode of…

Statement on Grief Support: The Harbor Hospice team and grief support counselors have made the following decision…

By Beth Bolthouse, MA, MS, LPC Growing older means we experience more changes, and each change involves…

This week we have a BEAUTIFUL new sign installed at our Leila & Cyrus Poppen Hospice Residence! …

Harbor Palliative Care focuses on – Quality of Life Relieves: brings relief of symptoms or suffering from a…

By Curtis Freed, MA, BCC Maggie Callanan & Patricia Kelly’s book Final Gifts: Understanding the Special Awareness,…

Happy Holidays from everyone at Harbor Palliative Care, Harbor Hospice, The Leila and Cyrus Poppen Residence, The…

By Susan Newhof Bill Malda grew up on a busy farm in Rothbury where his parents settled…

By Curtis Freed, MA, BCC (Long Goodbye:  The Deaths of Nancy Cruzan) Hospice personnel such as social…

Help us welcome Carrie, the newest member of our Volunteer Team here at Harbor Hospice. Miss Carrie…

By Beth Bolthouse, MA, LPC The word “cope” is a generic term that can sound as though…

We are saddened to learn of the passing of our long-time friend Sherman Poppen. Sherm left an amazing…

“All of us at Harbor Hospice were saddened to learn of Ed’s death. Before moving south, Ed…

Thank you to Group 18 of the Greater Muskegon Service League for their support of Camp Courage, a…

Thank you to Skylar Arroyo and Adolfo Lopez, students from West Ottawa Public Schools for their support of…

Thank you to our friends at The Norden/Adamczak Investment Group of Raymond James for choosing Camp Courage, a…

Our organization was recently gifted a wonderful Portable PA System with speakers stands to use for our…

Camp Courage, a program of The Bob & Merle Scolnik Healing Center and Harbor Hospice, is a…

Today we say farewell, thank you and CONGRATULATIONS to our colleague, Doug Einfeld.  As a Spiritual Care…

Our friend, Ray Mazurkiewicz from Trophy House & Jones Sports organized the 9th Annual Clover Open on…

Thank you to our friends at Shoreline Insurance Agency for choosing Camp Courage, a program of The…

By Curtis Freed, MA, BCC Death and dying is never easy especially when the person is young…

Thank you to our friends at Grand Armory Brewing in Grand Haven for choosing Harbor Hospice for their monthly…

Help us welcome the newest member of our Volunteer Team here at Harbor Hospice, Toby. He is…

“We Were There” By Amy Geldersma, LMSW I was there in the driveway when 98 year old…

By Curtis Freed, MA, BCC In my work as a hospice chaplain, I am sometimes asked the…

To all our patients, families, event sponsors, hosts, Corporate Partners, auction donors, volunteers, and our community for…

By Melanie Dekkers, LLMSW, Laura Ecker, LPC, and Beth Bolthouse, MA, LPC We love our grand kids!  The…

Help us welcome the newest member of our Volunteer Team here at Harbor Hospice, Ivy, our Hospice…

By Beth Bolthouse, MA, LPC, Bereavement Counselor for the Scolnik Healing Center of Harbor Hospice Last year…

By Curtis Freed, MA, BCC, Harbor Hospice Spiritual Care Counselor. All of us are aware of the…

The Harbor Hospice vision for more than thirty-five years has been to bring empathy, expertise and excellence…

The Community Involvement Team of Hilite International unanimously chose Harbor Hospice to be a recipient of funds…

Veteran’s Day is Saturday, November 11, 2017 The day we say THANK YOU to the women and men…

Harbor Hospice Foundation receives $5,000 and $2,500 to fund three new patient beds THANK YOU to the Osteopathic…

“Death is grace, the greatest gift of grace that God can give to His people who believe…

Harbor Hospice Receives $10,000 donation from Family Financial Credit Union “Giving back and having concern for the…

The Bob & Merle Scolnik Healing Center of Harbor Hospice is hosting their 11th annual Community Remembrance at…

A unique and fun experience awaits our West Michigan community on Saturday, September 16, 2023, when the…

Our 16th Annual Harbor Hospice Regatta race raising funds and awareness for the Harbor Hospice Foundation will…

The Bob and Merle Scolnik Healing Center of Harbor Hospice is pleased to partner with the Norton…

On Saturday, October 22, 2022 the Harbor Hospice Foundation is celebrating with the lakeshore, Beanies, Brunch & Brews. It’s going…

Conversation with valuable information for veterans, their widowed spouse, and families Joined by panelists: Wes and Lil…

A horse trail riding event and more to benefit our grief healing center Our 1st Annual Horses…

A community event to support and hear our veterans Join your fellow military veterans on August 17,…

Join us for snacks and engaging conversations on Monday, June 27. The Conversation Project is a meaningful…

Join us and Dreamscapes for an FUNdraiser to benefit our Bob & Merle Scolnik Healing Center of…

Come join us for a fun night of painting for a cause! This fun evening is organized…

Come join us for a fun night of painting for a cause! This fun evening is organized…

Come join us for a fun night of painting for a cause! This fun evening is organized…

Today, we celebrate Administrative Professionals across the globe! It is a day to honor these organized and…

April 18-23 is National Health Information Professionals Week. Health information represents many things to different people, but…

April is National Volunteer Month and April 17-23 is National Volunteer Week. Our specially trained volunteers are…

Come join us for an additional fun night of painting for a cause! This fun evening is…

What is NHDD? National Healthcare Decisions Day (NHDD), April 16, is a nationwide initiative that encourages adults…

April  is National Counseling Awareness Month. Counselors need to #BurnBrightNotOut Our Bereavement Counselors provide services that include…

Run, jog, walk or ride with us – in person or virtually! Annual event raising funds and…

Our medical director and physicians, along with the care team, allow patients and families the opportunity to live…

Life after a spouse or partner dies has its own unique challenges.  Spouses Overcoming Loss through Ongoing…

You don’t have to grieve the loss of your loved one alone. Join others and find belonging…

Come join us for an additional fun night of painting for a cause! This fun evening is…

Come join us for a fun night of painting for a cause! This fun evening is organized…

The nation’s food and nutrition experts. They provide the most valuable and credible source of timely, scientifically…

March is National Social Work Month. The need for social workers is great. Social workers provide services…

Join other moms and grandmothers whose child or children have passed away. Find encouragement, support, and friendship….

Join other moms and grandmothers whose child or children have passed away. Find encouragement, support, and friendship….

WHAT is Camp Courage? Mourning the death of someone is a very difficult process, especially for a…

A community event to honor you Calling all Vietnam Veterans, supporters and veterans of all eras: Please…

It’s back after two years! Round up your friends and head to the White Lake Eagles on…

All veterans and their families are invited to the 9th Annual Veteran Chili Dinner and We Honor…

October 24-30 celebrating Spiritual Care Week across the nation   “The theme for Spiritual Care Week is…

Join us online for our annual “Grief & the Holidays” group. We will be viewing the DVD…

Please join us for a free community gathering to honor our heroes. Hosted by The Bob &…

Our 15th Annual Harbor Hospice Regatta race raising funds and awareness for the Harbor Hospice Foundation will…

It’s National Nursing Assistants Week, June 17-24. We appreciate them, and they ARE Essential. Our incredible and…

A community remembrance to honor those lives lost during the pandemic. Hosted by The Bob & Merle…

Coming Monday, May 24th—A Mobile Food Pantry AND “Pop-Up” COVID Vaccination Station will be in the Coldwell…

Post Traumatic Growth Group is an intensive and focused grief group designed to guide you toward positive…

Healing Center offers long-running camp for grieving children and teens VIRTUALLY. Registrations being accepted for the 28th…

Professional teleconference offered LIVE March 2 from 12:00 pm to 2:00 pm on Living with Grief Since…

October 25-31 celebrating Spiritual Care Week across the nation   The theme for 2020 is Collaborative Health…

Professional teleconference offered LIVE September 24th from 1:00 pm to 3:00 pm on Intimacy and Sexuality During…

In early summer, we were honored to be included in the Community Foundation for Muskegon County’s first…

It is with a heavy heart that we will be cancelling the 6th annual Purse Party fundraiser…

You have questions? We can help with answers. What is Advance Care Planning? What is Palliative Care?…

When Teresa’s husband lost his battle with cancer two weeks after his diagnosis, she juggled raising her…

270,000 NPs: Health Care You Can Trust #NPWeek November 10-16 is National Nurse Practitioner Week.  A BIG…

A meaningful evening to help you better manage holiday grief put on by The Bob & Merle…

A meaningful evening to help you better manage holiday grief put on by The Bob & Merle…

West Michigan Cancer Awareness Musical with Special Guest Kierra Sheard A special evening of prayer, music, and…

This workshop is being offered to care-giving professionals in our community. There are a lot of factors…

Join us for a special event designed to give you helpful health information and updates from community…

A furry and festive event raising funds and awareness for the Harbor Hospice Foundation is on the…

A meaningful event to help you better manage holiday grief.  We will be viewing the DVD, “A…

A festive event for children over the holidays!  They will enjoy snacks, create ornaments in memory of…

This event has been cancelled and will be rescheduled spring 2019 – please stay tuned for further…

This event has been cancelled and will be rescheduled spring 2019 – please stay tuned for further…

Interested in volunteering with Harbor Hospice… an essential part of our team? Volunteer Orientation Training – November…

  THE 2017-2018 Muskegon Community College Lecture Series PRESENTS: LOCAL PRE-LECTURE PANEL DISCUSSION – 6:00 PM Muskegon’s…

The next GRIEF RECOVERY GROUP starts Saturday, March 10th. If you are wanting to learn how to…

Interested in volunteering with Harbor Hospice….an essential part of our team? Patient Care Training      …

When Bud Kemperman’s health was failing, he moved to the Leila & Cyrus Poppen Residence where he…

Your memory often changes as you grow older. But memory loss that disrupts daily life is not…

Please join staff from Harbor Hospice and Harbor Palliative Care, along with Mercy Health-Johnson Cancer Center and…