Death Cafe profile for Collingwood Death Cafe
Location: Canada
About Collingwood Death Cafe:
My name's jake McArthur. i've been a volunteer with hospice since 2000, a year in which i experienced the most significant loss of my life. i've been hosting Death Cafes since 2012.
What brings you to Death Cafe?
The belief that death and dying are integral pieces of the life journey and that grieivng is the natural process of experiencing the multidimensional losses arising from the death of a loved one.
i have chosen to create opportunities for people to engage freely and safely in convesations about this subject because our society is geared to sublimating the realities of death and grieving.
i believe that life is enriched through open and candid conversations about death. This has proven to be true for me as a result of the nearly 20 Death Cafes i've participated in.
What would you like your legacy to be?
His example and his efforts encouraged and inspired others to seek creative meaning in their lives.
Thoughts for sharing:
Ring the bells that still can ring.
Forget your perfect offering.
There is a crack in everything;
that's how the light gets in.
-Leonard Cohen in "Anthem"
Contact Collingwood Death Cafe
Collingwood Death Cafe's posts on the Death Cafe website
With jake McArthur and gloria Kropf Nafziger
Nov. 8, 2016, 7.00 p.m. - 9.00 p.m. (EST)
Free. Donations of $7 suggested.
We've been holding Death Cafes because of our stong feelings that death is a subject that needs more open discussion and consideration. As founder Jon Underwood would say, Death ...
With jake McArthur and gloria Nafziger
April 20, 2016, 7.00 p.m. - 9.00 p.m. (EDT)
Free. Suggested donation of $7 to Ashanti in exchange for a coffee, tea and sweet.
We've been holding Death Cafes because of our stong feelings that death is a subject that needs more open discussion and consideration.
Many people long to be able to ...
With jake McArthur and Lanee Brown
Oct. 27, 2015, 7.00 p.m. - 9.00 p.m. (EST)
Donations of $7 are suggested in order to compensate Ashanti for providing the space and the nourishment.
With gloria Nafziger + jake McArthur
June 22, 2015, 7.00 p.m. - 9.00 p.m. (EDT)
We suggest a donation of $7 to Ashanti who graciously provide their space at no cost.
Each of us feels passionately that, as a society, we need to place the subject of death on the table of conversation about life.
Our aim is to accomplish that ...
With jake McArthur + Kelley Potter
Oct. 21, 2014, 7.00 p.m. - 9.00 p.m. (EDT)
There is no cost to participants.
Caledon Hills Coffee Company has generously provided their location at no cost. Participants are encouraged to make a purchase of tea, cofee and/or a delicious sweet of some kind!
With jake McArthur + Rami Shami
Sept. 16, 2014, 7.00 p.m. - 9.00 p.m. (EST)
There is no cost to participants. Coffee and tea and cookies will be available at no cost.
i've been pleasantly surprised at the strong interest in Death Cafes. To my mind it speaks to the passionate need, residing in so many, to have an opportunity to ...
With jake McArthur
May 14, 2014, 7.00 p.m. - 9.00 p.m. (EST)
Farmhouse Pottery will have coffee, tea and freshly-baked pie available for a donation of $10 to offset their costs.
i've been pleasantly surprised at the strong interest in Death Cafes. To my mind it speaks to the passionate need, residing in so many, to have an opportunity to ...
With jake McArthur and Gloria Kropf Nafziger
May 20, 2014, 7.00 p.m. - 9.00 p.m. (EST)
Ashanti requests a donation $8 to cover coffee etc
i've been pleasantly surprised at the strong interest in Death Cafes. To my mind it speaks to the passionate need, residing in so many, to have an opportunity to ...
With jake McArthur and Gloria Kropf Nafziger
Feb. 25, 2014, 7.00 p.m. - 9.00 p.m. (EST)
Free ... donations will be accepted
i've been pleasantly surprised at the strong interest in Death Cafes. To my mind it speaks to the passionate need, residing in so many, to have an opportunity to ...
With jake McArthur
Jan. 15, 2014, 7.00 p.m. - 9.00 p.m. (EST)
free
i've been pleasantly surprised at the strong interest in Death Cafes. To my mind it speaks to the passionate need, residing in so many, to have an opportunity to ...
With jake McArthur
Nov. 21, 2013, 7.00 p.m. - 9.00 p.m. (EDT)
no cost
"What a joy it is to experience, in a safe space, these open and passionate conversations that contribute to the richness of life through the conscious exploration of death!"