News and Events

UPCOMING

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Online Grief Support Group for Spousal Loss, Mondays, Dec. 7, 2026 - Jan 4 , 2027, 5:30pm - 7:30pm

What Matters at the End of Life, Barbara Karnes, RN, Wednesday, Nov 18, Noon - 1.30pm

Death Cafes "Tea to Die For"

Empower Yourself Workshops, Sept 23 - Oct 14, 1:00 - 3:00pm, Sequim

RESCHEDULED Speaker Series: End of Life Traditional Teachings with Carmen Watson-Charles, Wed. Oct. 14, noon- 1 :30 PM PT

Grief Support Group, Mondays, Oct. 26 � Nov. 23, 2026, 1:00 � 3:00 PM, Sequim

Pet Loss Support Group, Olympic Peninsula Humane Society, Sequim, Monthly, Second Mondays, 3-4:30 PM

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2026 Esprit Talent Show, May 15, 2026, 8pm

21+ event at Naval Elks Ballroom 131 East 1st Street, Port Angeles, WA $5 suggested Donation

Polar Bear Dip 2026

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Remembrance Ceremony 2026

Remembrance Ceremony

Our 7th annual Remembrance Ceremony was well attended and lovely.

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Polar Bear Dip!

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Come find out all the green burial options available to you!

Benefit Concert for VHOCC on Sat. August 10, 2024 at Olympic Cellars!

Annual Remembrance Ceremony, Saturday, February 10, 2024

Cookies & Caroling, a fundraiser for VHOCC, Friday Dec. 15, 2023

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Radiant Light through December at Port Angeles office

January 1, 2024 Polar Bear Dip

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VHOCC's 45th Birthday

Annual Remembrance Ceremony, Sat. Feb. 25, 2023

January 1, 2023 Polar Bear Dip

September 17 & 18, 2022
Sequim Bay Yacht Club "Reach and Row for Hospice"

February 26, 2022 Remembrance Ceremony

January 1, 2022 Polar Bear Dip

Maybe the coldest day since the Polar Bear Dip originated 34 years ago

September 18 & 19, 2021 Sequim Bay Yacht Club Reach, Sail and Row

August 7, 2021 Olympic Cellars Winery Summer Concert

February 27, 2021 Remembrance Ceremony

VHOCC's first online Remembrance Ceremony with a display of hospice patients names, an invitation to call names of loved ones, and a candle lighting ceremony.

February 8, 2020 Remembrance Ceremony

Volunteer Hospice Remembrance Ceremony A special ceremony open to the entire community with hospice nurses reading names of hospice patients and an invitation to call the names of others who have died.

January 1, 2020

Polar Bear Dip For 32 years in a row, and supporting Volunteer Hospice for the 8th year, Hollywood Beach in Port Angeles was full of people for the Polar Bear Dip. This year, Debbie Crumb, daughter of Volunteer Hospice founder Rose Crumb, dipped in honor of her mother, and her father Red (and raised over half of the donations thanks to the entire Crumb Family!) New VHOCC Executive Director JooRi Jun also �jumped� right into her position by taking a plunge as well. Dan Welden, dipping for the 32nd year, says, �it�s about getting the craziest thing you�ll do all year out of the way the very first day.� ? - SEQUIM GAZETTE

August 7, 2019

VHOCC was voted First Place, in the BEST NON-PROFIT category in Clallam County. Thank you to the entire community.

December 19, 2018

Our beloved founder, Rose Crumb, died at home surrounded by her family.

November 3, 2018

A Day of Remembrance and 40th Anniversary Celebration

June 7, 2018

Rose on the Radio How one woman brought free end-of-life care to Port Angeles

January 1, 2018

The VHOCC started 2018 off with a bang, by participating in the Port Angeles Polar Bear Dip at Hollywood Beach.