Our 2017 Gala was held at the Best Western Parkway Inn last Saturday, September 16th. The event was a resounding success! Great food, great entertainment and much laughter in the company of good friends was the order of the day. The enthusiasm of all our guests was palpable! Our deepest gratitude goes to all who […]

This year, the floral centrepieces for our Gala are sponsored by Ontario Power Generation and provided by Flowers Cornwall. We will offer an opportunity for our guests to purchase one of these arrangements of lovely white flowers with greenery for $60.00. As another way of raising funds, the owner of Flowers Cornwall, Robert Martin, has […]

Bereaved Families of Ontario-Cornwall is the fortunate recipient of a $5,000.00 grant from ‘The Common Well Mutual Insurance Group’ (C.A.R.E. Program). Representative Nathalie Chalifoux delivered the cheque to our office on August 21st. Accepting the cheque, with gratitude, are Francis Rounding, President of the Board of Directors, Ileen Cayer, Office Coordinator & Gisèle Roy, Program […]

We had two awesome young visitors at the office today. Ryder & Mia brought in a big donation from the profits of a yard sale they had on Saturday, August 19th. The donation was in memory of their great-grandparents. Ryder & Mia, with the help of grandma Judy Wilson, grandpa Peter Dugdale and their friends, […]

Great News for Bereaved Families!!! Please help spread the word by sharing this post as often as possible. We really want to make this event something that our community responds to so please, if you could, every morning you see this poster, share it out. If we get a couple hundred people doing that for […]

Bereaved Families of Ontario-Cornwall has, once again, been the recipient of a generous donation. Kim Ward, owner of CONNECTIONS Air Plant & Succulent Arrangements, held a Tea Party on Saturday, August 5th, in memory of her late husband. At this event, she collected donations for Bereaved Families from family and friends in attendance. She presented […]

Despite the perfect sunny weather drawing us outdoors, many people rallied to support Bereaved Families of Ontario-Cornwall at their 2nd Annual Spaghetti Supper. Staff, Facilitators, Board Members & Volunteers and their families and friends gathered at the Royal Canadian Legion hall to share a tasty meal and dance to awesome music performed by the FOXX […]

Gisèle, a Facilitator at Bereaved Families of Ontario-Cornwall, has recently celebrated a “milestone birthday”. At a gathering of family & friends, she received a few monetary gifts which she is donating to the agency. To quote Gisèle: “I have everything I need and so much more. Therefore, I wanted to donate this money to Bereaved […]

Those who can, do. Those who can do more, volunteer How fortunate we are at Bereaved Families of Ontario-Cornwall to have such caring, dedicated and compassionate volunteers! We have an Office Coordinator who is remunerated for 1092 hours per year (21 hours per week). In 2016, we have recorded 3,347 VOLUNTEER HOURS. This means that […]

Letter of Appeal Dear clients, friends & supporters of BFO-Cornwall, We are sending this letter to inform you that our agency is at a critical point in its 31-year history of serving the bereaved children, teens and adults of Cornwall and surrounding area. Cornwall is an awesome, generous community. BFO Staff, Facilitators and Board members […]