top of page

SPONSORS & VOLUNTEERS

Thank you for your generosity and support! 

We rely on our incredible sponsors and volunteers to make our retreats possible.

Calgary Sponsors

Calgary

Pranava Yoga Studio Logo.jpg
HFC_Tagline_Logo_Pri_Orange_RGB.jpg
read-logo_sm-purple-circle_newwords_tran
dementia-network_2.png
calgarysponsor.candace.jpg
scenicgrandretirement logo.jpg
1.jpg
style-craft-printing-logo-hor_2.png
alz-society_2.png
static1-squarespace_2.png
Our Calgary Talented Teachers & Volunteers

Featured Volunteer

calgary%20featured%20volunteer_edited.jp

​Amy has been involved in the the childbirth community in Calgary since 1999 as a birth educator, a pre and postnatal yoga teacher, teacher trainer, doula and friend.  Her experiences with new parents and babies lent her insight when her mom was diagnosed with Alzheimer's in 2012 and she took on another role, that of caregiving to a loved one with dementia. 

Amy and her husband moved in with her parents in Nebraska in 2016 to help her dad and other family members caregive for her mom. Two and a half years of sharing caregiving in home, and the last six months of her mom's life in a wonderful dementia care facility, Amy has gleaned perspective through her loss and grief.  She also has a strong belief that community and relationship are the deepest, most meaningful ways of finding and feeling support.

Amy and her sister Ann wrote about their journey through the last year and a half of their mom's life in nine issues of a "Zine" for conscious caregivers.  The "In It" zine was part of their process and attempt to share and normalize their experiences.  Using caregiving and their beautiful, sad and challenging experiences with their mom as a portal to a deeper understanding of themselves, they have shared with hundreds of other caregivers a sense of connection, solidarity, and love.

Amy and Melissa met on a path of healing through smiles and swimming, and share the gift of teaching others in a widespread yoga community.  They discovered more parallels in their lives as their friendship blossomed, including a deep desire to share these gifts with caregivers.  Amy considers it an honour to be the "team leader" and volunteer coordinator of the Calgary.

​"I’ve never had a volunteering experience where I felt so nourished, so cared for and so refreshed at the end of the day! I was happy to help, but really didn’t expect to receive so much from the experience. Met so many good people, learned a lot, gained a new perspective on aging and was simply reminded of how good it feels to be a part of something where people are simply experiencing support and the company of others as we all take time to care for ourselves. Not to mention that all your organizing was done with such heart and skill and generosity."

-Kristin, Artist & Art Therapist and Calgary Volunteer

Houston

Houston

Houston2021 sponsors
HFC_Tagline_Logo_Pri_Orange_RGB.jpg
_3141852_orig.jpg
_6473787_orig.jpg
logo.png
logo-for-website-05_2.jpg
simply-seasonal-logo-2.png
LP logo stacked.jpg
center houston.jpg
Anakula logo.jpg
unnamed_2.png
506280_2_orig.jpg
Our Houston Talented Teachers & Volunteers

Ada Liaw-Martinez​

Aline Houston

Amy O'Conner

Ashley Maltz

Beth Reese

Bev Fanarof

Blanca Luna-Zillner

Brittany Ann Pires

​Cara Miller

Chris Webb

Cynthia Dehlavi

Felicia Gilbert

​​​G.J. Hodson

Heather Gette

Hope Willis

Jackie Rowan

Janett Gutierrez ​

Jennifer Plessner

Jessica Willburn Trione

Julie Marzetti Taylor

​Justine Fanarof

Kat Steele

Kathi Crawford

Kim George

Kristine Flaherty

Larry Thraen

Leila-Scott M. Price 

Leslie Lowry

​Leslie Marchand

Marlo Payne

Mary Kathryn LeMaster

​Matthew Paradise

Melissa Smith Wilkinson

Mo Hendrix

Nathalia Obara

Nicola Cowburn

Rhia Robinson

Richard Wilkinson

​Sacha Finnis Goolsby

Shelby Cefaratti

Stephanie Niemeyer

Warren Andrade

Wilma Schindeler

Kathryn Watson

"Care, unlike cure, describes a continuum. Care is service. And, there is something beyond powerful about coming together in service to care for others. It is palpable, compassion in action. It is living ethics, social action, yoga, all rolled into one: being truly present for others, with the people you love and respect most in the world. This is the spirit that we bring to our annual Houston Caregiver Wellness Retreat. Our Caregivers Retreat is a FREE, all volunteer wellness event created by Melissa Smith and hosted in Houston (we have retreats in Calgary and Santa Fe too) at Jennifer Plessner's Elm Flats Ranch. If you haven't been to the ranch--it is a healing space, just an hour outside of Houston."

 

-Justine Fanarof, Houston Volunteer

Santa Fe

Santa Fe
Instagram Promos(3).jpg
Capture.JPG
bottom of page