2026 End-of-Life Resource Fair

About this event

Learning about end of life topics in community will transform discussions with friends and family into meaningful, compassionate conversations about values, wishes, and care. We hope you can join us for an afternoon of connection, exploration, and inspiration.

Presented by Parks and Recreation and the Heart of the Valley End-of-Life Community with financial support from Lumina Hospice and Palliative Care . All ages; free event. Flyer to share in png and pdf.

Final schedule and speaker bios coming soon

2026 Participating Organizations

Benton County Health Department

Compassion & Choices

Cornerstone Funeral Services

Dementia Warriors

Donate Life Northwest

End of Life Choices Oregon

First Class Care: Birdie Milestone, End of Life Doula

Grace Center for Adult Day Services

Great River Natural Burial

Healthy to the Soul

Heart of the Valley Threshold Singers

Lumina Hospice and Palliative Care

Moon and Stars Farm, Nan VanSandt, End of Life Doula

Natural Burial Vessels

OHSU Body Donation Program

Oregon Cascades West Council of Governments

Prestige Orchard Heights

Samaritan Palliative Care

Simple Touch Therapeutics

Smith, Davison & Brasier, PC

Stress Solutions LLC

Treen Woodworking

Unstuck Psilocybin Treatment Center

Vistariver Hospice

Weddle Funeral Service

Presentation Schedule

1:10-2:00 PM

• Understanding Palliative Care feat. Jeanette Hansen MSW, LCSW and Maureen English-Cremeans, FNP, Samaritan Palliative Care

• Advance Care Planning Overview feat. David Grube, MD, Compassion & Choices

• The Grief Support Group Experience - feat Carla Gabrielsen, Bereavement Coordinator, Lumina Hospice along with Lumina Bereavement volunteers

Heart of the Valley Threshold Singers 1:45 - 2:15 pm, Lobby Area

2:10-3:00 PM

• Going Out Green feat. Elizabeth Fournier, Cornerstone Funeral Services; author of The Green Burial Guidebook and Stephanie Hargrave, Great River Natural Burial

• Understanding Your Choices To Have More Control at the End of Life feat. Ani Sinclair, End of Life Choices Oregon

• Estate Planning Primer feat. Amy Hoover, attorney at Smith, Davison & Brasier, PC

Heart of the Valley Threshold Singers 2:45 - 3:15 pm, Lobby Area

3:10-4:00 PM

• Organ, Eye, and Tissue Donation feat. Hayley Resk from Solvita, Carolyn Williams from Cascade Life Alliance, and Tomara Ostervoss, Oregon Health & Science University's Body Donation Program

• From Fear to Acceptance: How Psilocybin Changed My Relationship with Death feat. Sophia Catalano, Unstuck Psilocybin Treatment Center

• The Death Café Movement and Experience feat. Naomi Hirsch, Lumina Hospice

2026 Fair Planning Committee

• Courtney Campbell : Hundere Professor for Religion and Culture and the director of the Program in Medical Humanities in the School of History, Philosophy and Religion in the College of Liberal Arts at OSU

• Meghan Ochal , Co-owner, Treen Woodworking, Public Health and Nonprofit Consultant

Interns:

Esha Ahmed , Honors B.S in BioHealth Sciences and BioResource Research, Minors in Spanish, Chemistry, Toxicology, and Medical Humanities, Oregon State University, 2026

Rumaisa Ahmed , B.S in Human Development & Family Sciences; Minors in Psychology, Chemistry; September 2025-June 2029, Certificate in Medical Humanities; Pre-PA Track