Saturday October 5, 2024 | 5:30–7:30pm
All Souls Interfaith Gathering in Shelburne, Vermont
Saturday, October 12, 2024 | 6:00–7:30pm
Rutland PCC 2Gen Campus, Rutland, Vermont
Sunday, October 27, 2024 | 4:30–6:30pm
Scott Farm, Dummerston, Vermont
During October, Pregnancy & Infant Loss Awareness month, we hold this space to remember the babies we miss and honor a journey where grief and joy coexist. Whether you had moments or months with your baby, we honor your journey and grieve as a community.
This year, we are excited to host this event at three different locations across Vermont – Shelburne, Rutland, and Brattleboro. During the evening we will decorate luminaries, enjoy snacks and drinks, hear from community members, and engage in meaningful ways to remember together.
Family, friends and children are encouraged to attend. If you are a part of the medical community and would like to participate on behalf of your patients, please do. There will be a kid-appropriate activity for children to interact with as well.
Sunday, October 27 in Brattleboro
4300pm–6:30pm
Scott Farm
707 Kipling Road, Dummerston, VT 05301
Come and decorate luminaries, enjoy snacks/drinks, and paint a rock to take home. Kids are invited to participate in an age-appropriate craft. RSVP below.
Saturday, October 12 in Rutland
6:00pm–7:30pm
Parent Child Center 2Gen Campus
14 Chaplin Ave, Rutland, VT 05701
Come and decorate luminaries, enjoy snacks/drinks, and paint a rock to take home. Kids are invited to participate in an age-appropriate craft. RSVP below.
Saturday, October 5 in Shelburne
5:30pm–7:30pm
All Souls Interfaith Gathering
291 Bostwick Farm Road, Shelburne, VT 05483
Come and decorate luminaries, enjoy snacks/drinks, hear from community members and end the evening with a luminary walk. Kids will be invited to participate in an age-appropriate craft. RSVP below.
Personalized Candle
We are partnering with Mountain Stone Candle (Hyde Park, VT) to provide families with a personalized candle in memory of your baby(ies). On the RSVP form, please include what should be written In Memory Of “Timothy,” “Smith pregnancies,” “baby Smith,” etc.
This candle can be used during Pregnancy & Infant Loss Awareness month, holidays and anniversaries. On October 15, the Wave of Light is a global ceremony that recognizes and honors those who experienced pregnancy or infant loss. The event is held annually on October 15, which is also International Pregnancy and Infant Loss Remembrance Day. Wave of Light begins with the lighting of candles at 7:00pm which burn for one hour. As flames go out in one time zone, they are illuminated in the next time zone, creating a worldwide ripple of light.
* We thank Ben & Jerry’s Community Action Grant for funding these candles for families.
Kids Craft
All kids are welcome to participate in our kid activity. We’ll be reading from the book, “Grief is an Elephant” by Vermont author, Tamara Ellis Smith. Afterward, kids can create a firefly craft to take home.
“Where there is deep grief,
there is great love.”
