Kids That Care!

We need your kids to help us so we can help others and make someone’s day. 

We would like the children in our community to make cards and drop them (with clean little hands) in our locked mail box outside of Hillcrest Funeral Home at 151 Bond Street, Vankleek Hill, ON. 

We will collect them every day (with gloves on) and then deliver them (safely) to the seniors in our community who live alone or are in long term care facilities. 

We would also love for them to make cards to support the families who have recently lost a loved one, but right now they are unable to have a community gathering to help support them in their grief. We hope that these cards will lift them up and show them that the community is thinking of them.

How will we do this?  Everyone’s safety is first and foremost. Every night we will gather the cards with our gloves on and while still outside we will transfer the cards into plastic zip lock bags. The cards will remain in the bags for a minimum of 72 hours, then with the cards still in the plastic bags they will be given to staff of the long term care facility where they will distribute them to the residents with their own safety protocols in place.

For the cards that we will deliver to seniors who are in their own homes, during all handling of the cards, gloves will be worn and they will be left outside on the porch or in the mailbox.

With this being such fluid times if we are unable to deliver them will will keep them here at the funeral home until it is safe to do so. 

Please help us show everyone that we have “Kids That Care”.

                 THE IMPACT OF COVID 19 ON FUNERALS- Updated April 1, 2020

As the situation with Covid-19 continuously changes and we are monitoring Canada’s Public Health website, the EOHU website and The BAO website, attending every webinar that is offered by the Ontario Funeral Association and then implementing any changes in regards to precautions that we are taking here at the funeral home to keep the families we serve and our staff safe.

As a result of some of these recommendations, we are making every attempt to serve our families remotely using phone, fax, email, Zoom Meeting, Docusign and any other mode of communication that you are comfortable with as we do our part to reduce the spread. If a family does prefer to come into the funeral home those arrangements can also be made.

The Province has lowered the maximum number of people permitted at public events and social gatherings.  As per the Registrar's Directive from the BAO attendees at a funeral service is limited to 10 people. 

We understand and recognise how this can be very upsetting to families who have lost a loved one. In trying to reduce this anxiety we are offering Webcasts in different formats and help you choose the one that your family will be most comfortable with. We offer the following platforms, Zoom, Facebook Live, and YouTube Live. We are learning new technologies every day to better serve our families.

In keeping with the EOHU we must remind members of the public not to attend any funerals in the funeral home or at the cemetery if you have traveled outside of the country in the last two weeks, have any symptoms of Covid 19 or just don’t feel well.

We have introduced new measures to try to do our part to control the spread of Covid-19. We are using cleaning and disinfecting protocols and disinfecting the entire funeral home throughout the day.

While we feel that some challenging days are still ahead, we must focus on being there for each other and supporting those who might be struggling or overwhelmed at this time of uncertainty.

We will continue to monitor this situation on an hourly basis and provide updates as needed. We appreciate your understanding and patience as we work through this together and as always appreciate the trust that you place with us.  

Mark and Lisa Henderson