Dear friends:
Welcome to the May edition of our monthly newsletter.
Our Children
The month of May has been a joyful but challenging time for our children. The school year was coming to an end. Some children re-took their tests in order to improve their marks while others had examinations and worried about how well they would do. Some of the children received good marks and anticipated going to the country for rest and getting reacquainted with friends.
Unfortunately, we had losses this month. Two of our dear children passed away: Alexey E. and Tanya L. This is now a time of grief and pain for their families and friends. Our employees have been trying to be with them and provide support.
We always visit relatives of deceased children and help them to cope with their loss. Our caregivers bring them food and medicine. Sometimes parents afterwards become volunteers at Children's Hospice to help other parents.
The condition of two more patients of Children’s Hospice – Victoria V. and Alisa L. – has been worsening. Our employees visit them regularly to alleviate their pain and support their parents.
Our Festivities
At the beginning of May, our patients visited the All-Russian Equestrian Games. The children received much pleasure from a horse exhibition and a trick riding show. But most of all they enjoyed a show called “World subdued by horses.”
On May 17, we took an excursion to Pavlovsk, one of the most beautiful suburbs of St.
Petersburg. The children saw a former tsar’s palace and had a stroll in the palace park. They had been so impressed by beauty of this place that one of children expressed a wish to stay in the park to live. We looked at trees breaking into leaf, fed squirrels with nuts and admired the beauty of the palace architecture. Some children had not seen their friends for a long time and were happy for the opportunity to talk and take a walk together.
As they do every month, our patients attended various events. They visited the aquarium, ethnographical museum “Kunstkammer”, and the zoological museum. The children had an opportunity to go bowling, to go riding, and to participate in creative activities. Children who were unable to leave their homes were visited by our “zoo at home.”
Our Friends
The help that volunteers provide to Children’s Hospice is priceless. We do our best to ensure that they feel a part of the whole Hospice team.
Many people would like to help us but they don’t always have the skills necessary for working
with incurably sick children. That’s why we hold training for our volunteers every Monday in order to train and unite them. At these trainings we discuss arising problems, give them advice, and they share their experiences with us. It’s astonishing how many different people contact Children's Hospice with the noble purpose of making the lives of our small patients easier and more joyful.
This month, Children's Hospice received a visit from our friends and benefactors from the First Presbyterian Church of Bellevue. First Presbyterian has done a lot of successful work for Children's Hospice in St. Petersburg. Among the visitors were some nurses that had a wide experience of hospice work. They visited some of the families of our patients, attended our hyppotherapy activities and met with employees and patients of Children’s Hospice.
Happy 5th Birthday Children’s Hospice!
On the first of June we will celebrate the 5th birthday of Children's Hospice. In honor of this day, some students of St. Petersburg’s schools, our volunteers and patients made 5,000 paper cranes.
A Japanese girl Sadako was diagnosed with Leukemia, "the atom bomb" disease.
Sadako's best friend told her of an old Japanese legend which said that anyone who folds a thousand paper cranes would be granted a wish. Sadako hoped that the gods would grant her a wish to get well. She started to work on the paper cranes and completed over 1000 before dying on October 25, 1955 at the age of twelve.
The story of Sadako, who made a thousand paper cranes to make her dream come true, was an idea that inspired us once to create the Children's Hospice, and it continues to inspire us. Even if one is seriously sick, one is not alone. He has friends next to him who will make one thousand cranes for his recovering and will give wings to his hope.
Our People
In this issue of our bulletin we’d like to tell you about the head of our social service - Galina
Vishnevskaya. It’s impossible to imagine Children's Hospice without Galina. She was one of our first employees. Galina launched many of our main projects, and edited our first newsletters. The first person our new volunteers met was Galina. With her soft voice, calmness and a good sense of humor, she wins at once everyone’s favor and provides everyone with confidence in their own strength and ability. We always feel her support, trust and readiness to help.
People working at Children’s Hospice have gone different ways and are being led to us by different purposes.
Our driver Anton Etin was looking for an opportunity for self-perfection and
to serve God. Working as a driver is one of the most demanding occupations. It means daily distant trips, long hours, and often working on holidays. Anton is always ready to help and to sacrifice his free time to assist those most in need. He talks to the children with pleasure and makes long trips less tiresome and boring.
We have shared our small successes and achievements with you and told about things which our employees face every day. We hope what you have read touches your heart and soul. Please share this feeling with your friends and send this newsletter to some of them. If any questions arise, don’t hesitate to contact us.
Yours faithfully,
Fr. Alexander Tkachenko, Children’s Hospice, May 2008
Detski Hospis/Children’s Hospice
Welcome to the May edition of our monthly newsletter.
Our Children
The month of May has been a joyful but challenging time for our children. The school year was coming to an end. Some children re-took their tests in order to improve their marks while others had examinations and worried about how well they would do. Some of the children received good marks and anticipated going to the country for rest and getting reacquainted with friends.
Unfortunately, we had losses this month. Two of our dear children passed away: Alexey E. and Tanya L. This is now a time of grief and pain for their families and friends. Our employees have been trying to be with them and provide support.
We always visit relatives of deceased children and help them to cope with their loss. Our caregivers bring them food and medicine. Sometimes parents afterwards become volunteers at Children's Hospice to help other parents.
The condition of two more patients of Children’s Hospice – Victoria V. and Alisa L. – has been worsening. Our employees visit them regularly to alleviate their pain and support their parents.
Our Festivities
At the beginning of May, our patients visited the All-Russian Equestrian Games. The children received much pleasure from a horse exhibition and a trick riding show. But most of all they enjoyed a show called “World subdued by horses.”
On May 17, we took an excursion to Pavlovsk, one of the most beautiful suburbs of St.
Petersburg. The children saw a former tsar’s palace and had a stroll in the palace park. They had been so impressed by beauty of this place that one of children expressed a wish to stay in the park to live. We looked at trees breaking into leaf, fed squirrels with nuts and admired the beauty of the palace architecture. Some children had not seen their friends for a long time and were happy for the opportunity to talk and take a walk together.As they do every month, our patients attended various events. They visited the aquarium, ethnographical museum “Kunstkammer”, and the zoological museum. The children had an opportunity to go bowling, to go riding, and to participate in creative activities. Children who were unable to leave their homes were visited by our “zoo at home.”
Our Friends
The help that volunteers provide to Children’s Hospice is priceless. We do our best to ensure that they feel a part of the whole Hospice team.
Many people would like to help us but they don’t always have the skills necessary for working
with incurably sick children. That’s why we hold training for our volunteers every Monday in order to train and unite them. At these trainings we discuss arising problems, give them advice, and they share their experiences with us. It’s astonishing how many different people contact Children's Hospice with the noble purpose of making the lives of our small patients easier and more joyful.This month, Children's Hospice received a visit from our friends and benefactors from the First Presbyterian Church of Bellevue. First Presbyterian has done a lot of successful work for Children's Hospice in St. Petersburg. Among the visitors were some nurses that had a wide experience of hospice work. They visited some of the families of our patients, attended our hyppotherapy activities and met with employees and patients of Children’s Hospice.
Happy 5th Birthday Children’s Hospice!
On the first of June we will celebrate the 5th birthday of Children's Hospice. In honor of this day, some students of St. Petersburg’s schools, our volunteers and patients made 5,000 paper cranes.
A Japanese girl Sadako was diagnosed with Leukemia, "the atom bomb" disease.Sadako's best friend told her of an old Japanese legend which said that anyone who folds a thousand paper cranes would be granted a wish. Sadako hoped that the gods would grant her a wish to get well. She started to work on the paper cranes and completed over 1000 before dying on October 25, 1955 at the age of twelve.
The story of Sadako, who made a thousand paper cranes to make her dream come true, was an idea that inspired us once to create the Children's Hospice, and it continues to inspire us. Even if one is seriously sick, one is not alone. He has friends next to him who will make one thousand cranes for his recovering and will give wings to his hope.
Our People
In this issue of our bulletin we’d like to tell you about the head of our social service - Galina
Vishnevskaya. It’s impossible to imagine Children's Hospice without Galina. She was one of our first employees. Galina launched many of our main projects, and edited our first newsletters. The first person our new volunteers met was Galina. With her soft voice, calmness and a good sense of humor, she wins at once everyone’s favor and provides everyone with confidence in their own strength and ability. We always feel her support, trust and readiness to help.People working at Children’s Hospice have gone different ways and are being led to us by different purposes.
Our driver Anton Etin was looking for an opportunity for self-perfection and
to serve God. Working as a driver is one of the most demanding occupations. It means daily distant trips, long hours, and often working on holidays. Anton is always ready to help and to sacrifice his free time to assist those most in need. He talks to the children with pleasure and makes long trips less tiresome and boring.We have shared our small successes and achievements with you and told about things which our employees face every day. We hope what you have read touches your heart and soul. Please share this feeling with your friends and send this newsletter to some of them. If any questions arise, don’t hesitate to contact us.
Yours faithfully,
Fr. Alexander Tkachenko, Children’s Hospice, May 2008
Detski Hospis/Children’s Hospice
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