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Legacy Recipes

"This is my grandmother's Easter bread - a recipe passed down generations."

-Maria, Vaughan, ON

"My Aunt's Blueberry Ginger Jam is special - she only made it once a year and we ate in only on Sunday brunch."

-Aiden, Halton Hills, ON

"This berry cake was simple to make yet so special to our family."

-Agnes, Vancouver, BC

"My dad made the best bagels. He'd joke how this was the only thing he knew how to cook."

-Jean, Montreal, QC

"The 3-ingredient bread. My aunt has been making it ever since I can remember and we bake this every Sunday to remember her."

-Adrianna, Niagara, ON

Legacy Art

"My grandmother was determined to build her own urn...her hospice helped us plan and see it through to completion."

-Jennifer, North York, ON

"My aunt and I always did some kind of art of the weekends. This is her final work that I keep with me."

-Owen, Ottawa, ON

"Every time I visited hospice, I carved this rock in my grandmother's room."

-Gloria, Woodbridge, ON

"Hospice helped us build a toolbox as my grandfather wanted to pass down his favotrite tools to me."

-Marco, North York, ON

"My grandmother always loved butterflies and hummingbirds and we were able to make this murial for her when she stayed in hospice... it would have been too hard at home."

-Isolde, Calgary, AB

"To remeber my Aunt, we color and stencil Easter eggs - we do this every year to honour her."

-Cristina, Toronto, ON

"My uncle and I painted this just before he died. He loved owls."

-Mark, Waterloo, ON

"This is a spirit bear I made to remember my grandfather."

-Liam, Sault Ste. Marie, ON

Hand Mold

"The hospice team helped my us make a hand mold as a legacy piece we could cherish. I cherish the memories we during the weeks it took to plan and make this."

-Ryan, Burlington, ON

Ornament

"We put this ornament up every year for the holidays as being together as a whole family, was really important to my grandfather."

-Mario, Missassauga, ON

Medicine Wheel Charm

"The Medicine Wheel is an important symbol in our culture. My sister and I made this with beads when she was sick."

-Nicholas, Winnepeg, MB

Legacy Planting and Gardening

"We planted a flower bed of dafodils that symbolize new beginnings, something my mom believed in."

-Paddy, Victoria, BC

"Every spring, my grandmother would sprout plants. I'm doing this to remember her."

-Victoria, Calgary, AB

"At the end of summer, my grandma and I would pick zucchini and then use them for dinner. I hope to go to her garden every summer and keep this up so I can remember her."

-Sisi, Bradford, ON

"Autumn was my grandmother's favourite time of year and she loved to decorate the outside of her home. Now my parents do this in her memory"

Olivia, Charlottetown, PEI

Legacy Physical Activity

"For the last 10 years of my grandfather's life, he was paraplegic. He would tell me stories of his legacy as a runner, coming from a small town in Italy, winning his regional title as the fastest racer. Now I run for him."

-Gregory, North York, ON

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