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306.694.5500 • www.parkviewfuneralchapel.ca LEE RICHARDSON
Established in 1911
From Our Family To Yours
DONNA RICHARDSON
KELLY & BLAIR SCOTT
CHRISTA JAMIESON
Parkview Funeral Chapel, 474 Hochelaga St. W, Moose Jaw, SK, S6H 2G9
Jones Funeral Home and Parkview Funeral Chapel unite to offer more to the community Sasha-Gay Lobban
W.J. Jones and Son and Parkview Funeral Homes have joined forces to provide a wider range of services and support to the Moose Jaw community. The funeral homes held a BBQ at Parkview Funeral Chapel on Friday, July 13 where they celebrated their official union and introduced their new relationship to the community. Their union means that the two funeral homes are now operating under one umbrella, following an official purchase of Parkview Funeral Home by W.J. Jones and Son. The two are, however, reassuring the community that this will not affect whatever plans they had with either funeral homes prior to the amalgamation. Instead, the two homes now have a wider range of services after pooling their resources together that they can now offer the community as one. General Manager at W.J. Jones, Dayna Chamberlain, says this union ensures that the community’s needs are met on a wider scale. “WJ Jones has purchased Parkview but their name is not going to change nor the facilities. Basically, Parkview is now part of our umbrella and we’re all going to work together. For families that have concerns in relation to pre-planning for example, with Jones or Parkview, this means that their plans are still completely the same as they were before. However, persons have more options as to what they
(l-r) Kelly and Blair Scott along with Dayna Chamberlain. Photo by Wanda Hallborg can do,” Chamberlain explained. “With our joining together, both of the funeral homes under one umbrella, we have so much more we can offer. We have more staff, different facilities and services we can offer now. For the public, it is a ‘winwin’ situation. They are still going to see the same faces at Parkview, whether at their location or ours. For the community, they’ll see that a lot quicker than they might have thought.” She further explained that Jones has always had a working relationship with Parkview and this union makes it offi-
cial. “With this joining, we’re getting to work together with our friends. That’s the exciting part about this move. We’ve always put the community first in what we can offer; we listen to what the community needs are for funeral services and I think that now we can provide for those needs together and provide so much more to them,” Chamberlain added. “With us joining together, the gaps we’re able to fill are wider because these are two different facilities that offer a range of services. For example, Parkview has a facility with a chapel attached as well as a reception area
and large parking. Jones on the other hand, also has a chapel and parking but we have a reception center off site that’s smaller. Therefore, with these resources that we have pooled together, this gives us the opportunity to have services in a chapel setting in either location and an opportunity to have celebrations of life that people want in a more intimate facility or a larger facility.” Kelly and Blair Scott, Directors/Owners of Parkview, echoed the same sentiments, describing this union as a “marriage” that has long been in the works. “This is like two groups of friends coming together, almost like a marriage. We’ve been working together for 10 years back and forth; sharing cars, staff, people and we’ve done everything except join our business. We are now looking forward to a different type of relationship but we’re still doing the same things,” said Blair. “As we continue to offer our services and more, people will get comfortable seeing us together. Our idea is to mesh our staff together so that there is a flow from one facility to the other so that individuals get the care that they expect, whether at Parkview or at WJ Jones. We want persons to know that it is the same people they know; we’re all coming together and working well to provide that quality care and compassionate service that we always have,” added Kelly.
Hope Summit returns for second staging: Inspiring Hope Sasha-Gay Lobban
Two years ago, Moose Jaw’s Hope Summit was held for the very first time and this year, it is back again to inspire hope through a full line-up, which includes four powerful speakers set to share their stories of triumph through struggles. The 2018 Hope Summit will be held Saturday, November 3 at 1:00pm at the Moose Jaw Public Library and Museum Theatre. The Hope Walk, which is also part of this event will take place on Saturday, September 2 at Crescent Park, starting at 10:30am. Spokesperson for Journey to Hope, Della Ferguson says this year’s Summit has some new features that will inspire attendees. “In 2016, we hosted our first Hope Summit, and from that experience, we have listened to our attendees and made some changes that we hope will serve the event, and all who attend,” she said. “We have added music, through the talent of Nicholas Hennink, who is in collaboration with Jared Robinson of Nebulus Entertainment, creating a song project we call “Hope Sings.” This project is a collaboration of Journey to Hope Moose Jaw/ CMHA Moose Jaw/CMHA Sask Div. to honour the 100th Anniversary of Canadian Mental Health Association. I
have had a sneak preview and was amazed at the production so far. This song will be released to the public on World Suicide Prevention Day, September 10, 2018 along with a short teaser video of the song; and Nicholas will be sharing the song “live” at the Hope Summit 2018.” This year, persons will get an opportunity to hear from four speakers who will provide inspirational personal stories. “We are very excited to work with the four speakers,
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offering them support as they prepare for their presentations. Once again, these stories will be recorded, and will be compiled into our Hope Summit 2018 Legacy Project. We did this in 2016 and the feedback has been tremendous as people are able to peruse the videos of the speakers in their own home at their own time. People have told us they have watched all of the videos several times. We also created curricula/and self-reflections for viewers to utilize for deeper reflective opportunities,” added Ferguson. Fittingly, this year’s topic will be “Inspiring Hope.” Ferguson says the topic is “far-reaching, as are the many and varied stigmas that people are being faced with that have kept the theme constant, visiting it with a new set of speakers who will offer their individual inspirations, and adding the musical dimension.” This year, Hope Summit also has a new logo created by Lana Lalonde of Emerald Vibe Creations and Hope Summit committee member. Ferguson says the logo is a perfect reflection of Journey to Hope’s mission. For more information, visit www.hopesummit.ca.
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