Coastal Community Death Care Workshop Series: Neighbor-to-Neighbor Support for Serious Illness, Dying, and Grief
The Peaceful Presence Project and North Coast EOL Collective are offering the Coastal Community Death Care Workshop Series: Neighbor-to-Neighbor Support for Serious Illness, Dying, and Grief
This workshop is for Tillamook County residents ONLY. No professional experience required. Just an open heart and mind.
Wednesdays from 4:30 - 5:30 pm, April 1 - May 6, 2026. 1 hour of self-paced online learning + 1 hour of live Zoom session. Sessions will be recorded for participants. NO COST
The workshop is a collaborative effort shaped by the voices of individuals and community partners, including the leadership teams from Conscious Aging and Community Connections in Manzanita, and Cape Meares Aging with Grace.
Click HERE to register
Astoria Death Cafe
Astoria Death Cafe brings together people of all ages to talk openly about death, dying, and what it means to be human as we face life’s biggest transition. These conversations are community-led. The group offers a welcoming space where everyone can feel supported, comforted, respected, and most of all, connected. Here, you can share your thoughts, fears, and experiences about death, grief, and the end of life in a safe and non-judgmental setting. The cafe also helps people find resources and information about end-of-life matters. In line with the Death Cafe’s mission, participation is free, but donations to help cover refreshments are welcome.
Click here to learn more about Death Cafe's history. If you're interested in exploring virtual Death Cafes, click here.
Location: Astoria Visual Arts (AVA) 959 Commercial Street, Astoria, OR, 97103
RSVP, or for questions, please email dardi@viemort.com
Co-Facilitators: Dardi Troen and Dell Hambleton
Voice, Presence, and Choice: A Community-Based Approach to Advocacy
Click HERE to register
The Peaceful Presence Project 2026 Continuing Education Series Presents:
Voice, Presence, and Choice: A Community-Based Approach to Advocacy
Guest Presenter: Margo Lalich, MPH, BA, RN
About the Workshop:
This presentation explores advocacy at the end of life as both a practical skill and a human presence. It invites participants to consider how voice, agency, and connection shape their own and others' care experiences. Through reflection, shared experiences, and real-world examples, attendees will examine common barriers—both personal and systemic—and learn tangible strategies to navigate healthcare systems more effectively.
Grounded in a community-based perspective, the presentation expands advocacy beyond the clinical setting, emphasizing neighbor-to-neighbor support, relational presence, and the importance of being seen and heard. Participants will leave with practical tools, deeper awareness, and a renewed understanding that advocacy is not only about doing, but also about witnessing, listening, and being.
About the Guest Presenter Margo Lalich, MPH, BA, RN:
Margo is a nurse, EOL doula, daughter, and mother who has been honored and humbled to share end-of-life experiences with patients, community members, and families.
Margo received her undergraduate and nursing degrees in Oregon and Washington, and a Master of Public Health from the OHSU School of Nursing. She has worked for 30 years in both the private and public health sectors as a clinical nurse, nurse consultant, and executive leader at the intersection of public health, nursing, and K-12 education. She believes that death and dying, and the health and well-being of a community are shared responsibilities—we do this by connecting systems and giving voice to what is too often unspoken.
Green Burial Council Monthly Educational Webinars
The Green Burial Council (GBC) advocates for environmentally sustainable death care through green burial. Our mission is to promote responsible, natural death care by providing education; ensuring that death care providers meet evolving ecological standards, and the public receives quality information on all the death care options available to them.
To register, click HERE
Astoria Death Cafe
Astoria Death Cafe brings together people of all ages to talk openly about death, dying, and what it means to be human as we face life’s biggest transition. These conversations are community-led. The group offers a welcoming space where everyone can feel supported, comforted, respected, and most of all, connected. Here, you can share your thoughts, fears, and experiences about death, grief, and the end of life in a safe and non-judgmental setting. The cafe also helps people find resources and information about end-of-life matters. In line with the Death Cafe’s mission, participation is free, but donations to help cover refreshments are welcome.
Click here to learn more about Death Cafe's history. If you're interested in exploring virtual Death Cafes, click here.
Location: Astoria Visual Arts (AVA) 959 Commercial Street, Astoria, OR, 97103
RSVP, or for questions, please email dardi@viemort.com
Co-Facilitators: Dardi Troen and Dell Hambleton
Green Burial Council Monthly Educational Webinars
The Green Burial Council (GBC) advocates for environmentally sustainable death care through green burial. Our mission is to promote responsible, natural death care by providing education; ensuring that death care providers meet evolving ecological standards, and the public receives quality information on all the death care options available to them.
To register, click HERE
Green Burial Council Monthly Educational Webinars
The Green Burial Council (GBC) advocates for environmentally sustainable death care through green burial. Our mission is to promote responsible, natural death care by providing education; ensuring that death care providers meet evolving ecological standards, and the public receives quality information on all the death care options available to them.
To register, click HERE
Green Burial Council Monthly Educational Webinars
The Green Burial Council (GBC) advocates for environmentally sustainable death care through green burial. Our mission is to promote responsible, natural death care by providing education; ensuring that death care providers meet evolving ecological standards, and the public receives quality information on all the death care options available to them.
To register, click HERE
Grief in the Shadows: Supporting Children and Teens after a Stigmatized Death
Presented by Cristina Chipriano, L.C.S.W., F.T.
Registration closes 10 a.m., PDT, September 23, 2026
While any type of death can leave families feeling isolated, some are met with more shame and stigma than others. Deaths from suicide, homicide, substance use, or certain illnesses may evoke disapproval or blame toward the person for how they died, distracting from who they were and how they lived. This webinar explores the unique challenges faced by children and teens who are grieving a stigmatized death. We will discuss the profound emotional complexities, including the guilt, blame, powerlessness, and fear, that can accompany these losses. Join us as we consider best practices for challenging stigma and providing meaningful support for children and families who are grieving a death that may be shrouded in silence and judgment.
Register HERE
Green Burial Council Monthly Educational Webinars
The Green Burial Council (GBC) advocates for environmentally sustainable death care through green burial. Our mission is to promote responsible, natural death care by providing education; ensuring that death care providers meet evolving ecological standards, and the public receives quality information on all the death care options available to them.
To register, click HERE
Green Burial Council Monthly Educational Webinars
The Green Burial Council (GBC) advocates for environmentally sustainable death care through green burial. Our mission is to promote responsible, natural death care by providing education; ensuring that death care providers meet evolving ecological standards, and the public receives quality information on all the death care options available to them.
To register, click HERE
An Introduction to Ketamine Therapy for Palliative and End of Life Care
FREE online 90-minute workshop exploring how ketamine is being used to support people facing serious illness
Ketamine is known as a fast-acting intervention for depression, anxiety, and chronic pain. But in palliative and end-of-life care, its role is even broader.
This FREE 90-minute workshop offers a clear and accessible introduction to ketamine therapy in the context of serious illness and dying. Drawing from clinical research, real-world applications, and emerging models of care, we’ll explore how ketamine can support not only physical symptoms but also psychological and existential distress.
You’ll learn how this medicine works in the brain, how it's used in palliative care settings, and what makes it uniquely suited for individuals across the full trajectory of illness—from diagnosis through the final stages of life.
We will also look at the growing movement toward home-based ketamine care, where treatment is delivered in familiar environments with the support of both medical and spiritual care providers.
A central theme of this workshop is that end-of-life care is not only medical, but it is also deeply human and often spiritual. We will explore how ketamine can open a space for meaning-making, reconciliation, and a different relationship to dying.
The mechanism of action: how ketamine works in the brain and why it acts so quickly
Current research and clinical use in palliative care
Applications for pain, depression, anxiety, and existential distress
What a ketamine journey can feel like, including its similarities to near-death experiences
Home-based care models and why setting matters
How to work with palliative care clients, including preparation, presence, and integration
The role of spirituality and meaning-making at the end of life
Who This Is For
This workshop is open to both:
Individuals navigating serious or life-limiting illness (and their loved ones)
Practitioners, caregivers, doulas, and clinicians interested in end-of-life care
No prior knowledge of psychedelics or ketamine is required. The session will be recorded.
About the Presenter
Christine Caldwell is the Founder and Executive Director of End of Life Psychedelic Care (EOLPC), a nonprofit dedicated to expanding safe, ethical, and spiritually grounded psychedelic care for individuals facing serious or life-limiting illness.
Through professional training programs, public education, the Home-Based Ketamine and Spiritual Care community-based pilot, and research initiatives such as the Psychedelic Deathworker Project, EOLPC supports clinicians, end-of-life doulas, chaplains, and guides in developing the skills needed to work responsibly in this emerging field.
Christine’s work focuses on the intersection of medicine, spirituality, and the human experience of dying, with an emphasis on practical application, ethical care, and interdisciplinary collaboration.
About End-of-Life Psychedelic Care
EOLPC is a nonprofit organization dedicated to expanding safe, ethical, and spiritually grounded psychedelic care for individuals facing serious or life-limiting illness. We provide education, professional training, community dialogue, and practical resources for clinicians, end-of-life doulas, chaplains, and guides who support people navigating death and dying.
Through our professional courses, end-of-life doula trainings, online discussion groups, research initiatives such as the Psychedelic Deathworker Project, and community-based pilots such as the Home-Based Ketamine and Spiritual Care Program, EOLPC is helping shape emerging standards and deepen collective wisdom in this evolving field.
Looking forward, our vision is to help reshape how our culture approaches dying by restoring meaning, dignity, and spiritual significance to the end-of-life experience. We are working toward a future in which psychedelic-assisted care is responsibly integrated into medical and community-based settings, supported by well-trained guides, strong ethical foundations, and collaboration across disciplines.
For more information, please visit https://eolpc.org or email info@eolpc.org.
Coastal Community Death Care Workshop Series: Neighbor-to-Neighbor Support for Serious Illness, Dying, and Grief
The Peaceful Presence Project and North Coast EOL Collective are offering the Coastal Community Death Care Workshop Series: Neighbor-to-Neighbor Support for Serious Illness, Dying, and Grief
This workshop is for Tillamook County residents ONLY. No professional experience required. Just an open heart and mind.
Wednesdays from 4:30 - 5:30 pm, April 1 - May 6, 2026. 1 hour of self-paced online learning + 1 hour of live Zoom session. Sessions will be recorded for participants. NO COST
The workshop is a collaborative effort shaped by the voices of individuals and community partners, including the leadership teams from Conscious Aging and Community Connections in Manzanita, and Cape Meares Aging with Grace.
Click HERE to register
Green Burial Council Monthly Educational Webinars
The Green Burial Council (GBC) advocates for environmentally sustainable death care through green burial. Our mission is to promote responsible, natural death care by providing education; ensuring that death care providers meet evolving ecological standards, and the public receives quality information on all the death care options available to them.
To register, click HERE
Coastal Community Death Care Workshop Series: Neighbor-to-Neighbor Support for Serious Illness, Dying, and Grief
The Peaceful Presence Project and North Coast EOL Collective are offering the Coastal Community Death Care Workshop Series: Neighbor-to-Neighbor Support for Serious Illness, Dying, and Grief
This workshop is for Tillamook County residents ONLY. No professional experience required. Just an open heart and mind.
Wednesdays from 4:30 - 5:30 pm, April 1 - May 6, 2026. 1 hour of self-paced online learning + 1 hour of live Zoom session. Sessions will be recorded for participants. NO COST
The workshop is a collaborative effort shaped by the voices of individuals and community partners, including the leadership teams from Conscious Aging and Community Connections in Manzanita, and Cape Meares Aging with Grace.
Click HERE to register
Open Practice - North Coast Oregon Threshold Choir
Open to the public. Monthly practice with the North Coast Oregon Threshold Choir.
“We gather and sing to heal ourselves and our community. We train to sing for those at the thresholds of life and death.”
St. Catherine’s Church, Nehalem, Oregon
Questions: northcoastoregonthresholdchoir@ gmail.com
TLC Song Bath - North Coast Oregon Threshold Choir
Free Community Offering on the 3rd Tuesday of the month @ St. Catherine’s Church in Nehalem, Oregon
To receive a Song Bath RSVP: northcoastoregonchoir@gmail.com
Astoria Death Cafe
Astoria Death Cafe brings together people of all ages to talk openly about death, dying, and what it means to be human as we face life’s biggest transition. These conversations are community-led. The group offers a welcoming space where everyone can feel supported, comforted, respected, and most of all, connected. Here, you can share your thoughts, fears, and experiences about death, grief, and the end of life in a safe and non-judgmental setting. The cafe also helps people find resources and information about end-of-life matters. In line with the Death Cafe’s mission, participation is free, but donations to help cover refreshments are welcome.
Click here to learn more about Death Cafe's history. If you're interested in exploring virtual Death Cafes, click here.
Location: Astoria Visual Arts (AVA) 959 Commercial Street, Astoria, OR, 97103
RSVP, or for questions, please email dardi@viemort.com
Co-Facilitators: Dardi Troen and Dell Hambleton
Coastal Community Death Care Workshop Series: Neighbor-to-Neighbor Support for Serious Illness, Dying, and Grief
The Peaceful Presence Project and North Coast EOL Collective are offering the Coastal Community Death Care Workshop Series: Neighbor-to-Neighbor Support for Serious Illness, Dying, and Grief
This workshop is for Tillamook County residents ONLY. No professional experience required. Just an open heart and mind.
Wednesdays from 4:30 - 5:30 pm, April 1 - May 6, 2026. 1 hour of self-paced online learning + 1 hour of live Zoom session. Sessions will be recorded for participants. NO COST
The workshop is a collaborative effort shaped by the voices of individuals and community partners, including the leadership teams from Conscious Aging and Community Connections in Manzanita, and Cape Meares Aging with Grace.
Click HERE to register
Companioning Children Through Loss: Developmentally Appropriate Support Before, During, and After Death
Companioning Children Through Loss: Developmentally Appropriate Support Before, During, and After Death
Guest Presenter: Sarah Farris, MS, CCLS
About the Workshop:
Children experience grief differently from adults, and their understanding of illness, dying, and death evolves with age and development. This focused and practical presentation explores how to thoughtfully include and support children when someone they love is dying – before death occurs, at the bedside, and through the grieving process. Grounded in developmental theory and trauma-informed practice, this presentation examines how children conceptualize death at various developmental stages and offers concrete, age-appropriate language and strategies for honest communication.
Register HERE
Context Matters: Navigating Grief Through an Intersectional Lens
Presented by Cristina Chipriano, L.C.S.W., F.T.
April 9, 2026
10 a.m. - 11:30 a.m., PDT
Cost: $65/person
Registration closes 10 a.m., PDT, April 8, 2026
Grief is contextual — it is influenced and impacted by personal and social factors. Identity is multifaceted and this intersectionality can create complex encounters or paradoxical experiences for people when they are grieving. Join us in this webinar where we will explore inclusive practices to support people who are grieving and the multifaceted layers that can impact grief.
Register HERE
Coastal Community Death Care Workshop Series: Neighbor-to-Neighbor Support for Serious Illness, Dying, and Grief
The Peaceful Presence Project and North Coast EOL Collective are offering the Coastal Community Death Care Workshop Series: Neighbor-to-Neighbor Support for Serious Illness, Dying, and Grief
This workshop is for Tillamook County residents ONLY. No professional experience required. Just an open heart and mind.
Wednesdays from 4:30 - 5:30 pm, April 1 - May 6, 2026. 1 hour of self-paced online learning + 1 hour of live Zoom session. Sessions will be recorded for participants. NO COST
The workshop is a collaborative effort shaped by the voices of individuals and community partners, including the leadership teams from Conscious Aging and Community Connections in Manzanita, and Cape Meares Aging with Grace.
Click HERE to register
Coastal Community Death Care Workshop Series: Neighbor-to-Neighbor Support for Serious Illness, Dying, and Grief
The Peaceful Presence Project and North Coast EOL Collective are offering the Coastal Community Death Care Workshop Series: Neighbor-to-Neighbor Support for Serious Illness, Dying, and Grief
This workshop is for Tillamook County residents ONLY. No professional experience required. Just an open heart and mind.
Wednesdays from 4:30 - 5:30 pm, April 1 - May 6, 2026. 1 hour of self-paced online learning + 1 hour of live Zoom session. Sessions will be recorded for participants. NO COST
The workshop is a collaborative effort shaped by the voices of individuals and community partners, including the leadership teams from Conscious Aging and Community Connections in Manzanita, and Cape Meares Aging with Grace.
Click HERE to register
Green Burial Council Monthly Educational Webinars
The Green Burial Council (GBC) advocates for environmentally sustainable death care through green burial. Our mission is to promote responsible, natural death care by providing education; ensuring that death care providers meet evolving ecological standards, and the public receives quality information on all the death care options available to them.
To register, click HERE
Transformations in Grief
We welcome you to join us this month for Transformations!
March Schedule on Zoom
Monday March 9, 8:00pm - 9:00pm Eastern Time*
Tuesday March 24, 12:00pm - 1:00pm Eastern Time*
*please adjust to your time zone accordingly
Zoom Link (the same every session):
https://us02web.zoom.us/j/83686439990?pwd=VzVIVWQ5TkJuMW5USkU1ZjE1RHRzQT09
Meeting ID: 836 8643 9990
Passcode: 192689
More Storied than Storybook, Grief and Complex Relationships
More Storied than Storybook: Grief and Complex Relationships
presented by Jana DeCristofaro, LCSW
March 19, 2026
10 a.m. - 11:30 a.m., PDT
Cost: $65/person
Registration closes 10 a.m., PDT, March 18, 2026
When someone dies, it is not uncommon for people to assume that our relationship with the person (or people) was a positive one. Navigating grief after the death of someone in our lives can be inherently complex because relationships are complex. Just like grief, there can be complicating factors that make a loss even more challenging – especially mental health issues, abuse, substance use, unresolved conflict, or estrangement were involved. Join us in this webinar where we will discuss the challenges people face when grieving the death of someone with whom they had a complex and complicated relationships.
Register HERE
Open Practice - North Coast Oregon Threshold Choir
Open to the public. Monthly practice with the North Coast Oregon Threshold Choir.
“We gather and sing to heal ourselves and our community. We train to sing for those at the thresholds of life and death.”
St. Catherine’s Church, Nehalem, Oregon
Questions: northcoastoregonthresholdchoir@ gmail.com
TLC Song Bath - North Coast Oregon Threshold Choir
Free Community Offering on the 3rd Tuesday of the month @ St. Catherine’s Church in Nehalem, Oregon
To receive a Song Bath RSVP: northcoastoregonchoir@gmail.com
Transformations in Grief
We welcome you to join us this month for Transformations!
March Schedule on Zoom
Monday March 9, 8:00pm - 9:00pm Eastern Time*
Tuesday March 24, 12:00pm - 1:00pm Eastern Time*
*please adjust to your time zone accordingly
Zoom Link (the same every session):
https://us02web.zoom.us/j/83686439990?pwd=VzVIVWQ5TkJuMW5USkU1ZjE1RHRzQT09
Meeting ID: 836 8643 9990
Passcode: 192689
Astoria Death Cafe
Making Visible the Invisible: A Community Conversation about Death and Dying. Applying the values of Acceptance, Belonging, Connection, and Legacy, Death Cafe is a co-generational gathering that aims to create a comfortable and open space for people to gather and discuss topics related to death, dying, and mortality, and all that it is to be human, navigating the most profound transition of our lives. It provides a platform for individuals to share their thoughts, fears, and experiences surrounding death in a supportive, non-judgmental, and safe environment. Adhering to Death Cafe's mission, participation is free, although contributions to cover the cost of the cafes are welcome and appreciated.
Click here to learn more about Death Cafe's history. If you're interested in exploring virtual Death Cafes, click here.
Location: Astoria Visual Arts (AVA)
Registration (required): Please email dardi@viemort.com (Limit 15 participants)
Co-Facilitators: Dardi Troen and Dell Hambleton
Questions: dardi@viemort.com
Open Practice - North Coast Oregon Threshold Choir
Open to the public. Monthly practice with the North Coast Oregon Threshold Choir.
“We gather and sing to heal ourselves and our community. We train to sing for those at the thresholds of life and death.”
St. Catherine’s Church, Nehalem, Oregon
Questions: northcoastoregonthresholdchoir@ gmail.com
TLC Song Bath - North Coast Oregon Threshold Choir (Copy) (Copy)
Free Community Offering on the 3rd Tuesday of the month @ St. Catherine’s Church in Nehalem, Oregon
To receive a Song Bath RSVP: northcoastoregonchoir@gmail.com
To learn more about the North Coast Oregon Threshold Choir, click HERE
Dying to Know
Learn about local resources and attend presentations to support end-of-life in Tillamook County. Participating organizations include: Columbia Pacific CCO, Morningstar Death Doula, Adventist Health, Waud’s Funeral Home, North Coast EOL Collective, Tillamook County Wellness, and Tillamook County Library.
No cost to attend. To learn more about this event email: Helen Beaman, MSW, LCSW, Older Adult Behavioral Health Program Specialist, Columbia Pacific CCO/CareOregon.
Location: Tillamook County Library - 1716 3rd St, Tillamook, OR
Harp Music, Death, and the Healing Threshold: From Dying Monks to Modern Deathbeds
Monday, October 27, 2025
7 pm ET (NYC time)/ 4 pm (PST)
Free! To RSVP/Register, click HERE.
In collaboration with Morbid Anatomy, music-thanatologists Jane Franz and Kate Davis will present a free, one-hour online lecture. This resonant evening explores the deep history and living practice of music at the bedside of the dying, tracing its roots from medieval monastic traditions to modern clinical care. Jane and Kate will share stories, historical insights, and musical excerpts that illuminate the practice of music-thanatology.
About the Presenters:
Jane Franz is the Executive Director for Accorda Music-Thanatology Institute and has been a certified music-thanatologist for over twenty years. She served as lead music-thanatologist for PeaceHealth Medical Centers and Hospices in Eugene, Springfield, and Florence, Oregon. Jane was the co-founder and director of the Music-Thanatology Training Program through Lane Community College, in Portland, OR, where she also served as a faculty member from 2007-2015. In 2015, with Sandra LaForge, Jane co-authored From Behind the Harp: Music in End of Life Care. Her music appears on two albums, Loom of Love (2005) and From the Deep Earth (2007). She currently resides in Henderson, NV.
Kate Davis is a lifelong musician, songwriter, and current Music-Thanatologist at Providence St. Vincent. She grew up in West Linn, Oregon, before spending 15 years in NYC, where she attended the Manhattan School of Music and freelanced as a bassist and singer. Last year, she returned to Portland to study at the Accorda Music-Thanatology Institute, and in doing so, returned home to her formative and meaningful roots in the PNW.
Astoria Death Cafe
A Community Conversation About Death and Dying
Location: Astoria Visual Arts - 1000 Duane Street, Astoria, OR
RSVP or For questions: dardi@viemort.com
Ancestors in Training
A meditation on end-of-life and what comes next.
Presented by Astoria Death Cafe
Location: Astoria Visual Arts - 1000 Duane Street, Astoria, OR
RSVP or For questions: dardi@viemort.com
Astoria Death Cafe
A Community Conversation About Death and Dying
Location: Astoria Visual Arts - 1000 Duane Street, Astoria, OR
RSVP or For Questions: dardi@viemort.com
Introduction to Axios Consulting - Medical Aid in Dying and Dignitas
Description
Axios Consulting will share how personal experience inspired the creation of a service that supports families considering Medical Aid in Dying (MAiD) abroad, specifically with DIGNITAS in Switzerland. This presentation will introduce what DIGNITAS is, the origins of Axios, and the challenges that shaped its mission. We will describe the practical support we provide—guiding families through membership, coordinating travel and logistics, and offering translation services in Zurich—along with insights into costs, accessibility, and the legal research that informed our work. Most importantly, this session will answer questions, spark meaningful conversations, and demonstrate how Axios can compassionately walk alongside families during one of life’s most difficult journeys.
Presenters
Bryan M. Rigg is a Yale and Cambridge-educated historian, former U.S. Marine Corps officer, and author of several acclaimed books on World War II and the Holocaust, as well as a book on ADHD and dyslexia. He has taught at Southern Methodist University and American Military University, and is also the founder of Rigg Wealth Management LLC.
Justin B. Rigg is a student at Vanderbilt University, double-majoring in Computer Science and Economics. A graduate of Phillips Exeter Academy, he studied abroad in Iceland and Germany during the COVID-19 pandemic. He holds a Series 66 Securities License, has worked at GDS Wealth Management, and has managed marketing, fulfillment, and restructuring operations for product lines.
Register
There at the End: Voices From Final Exit Network With Author Jim Van Buskirk
Jim Van Buskirk, is a volunteer Regional Coordinator for Final Exit Network (FEN). He will discuss his new book, a collection of unique first-person accounts of FEN clients and volunteers over the past 20 years as clients and their families come to terms with their end-of-life decisions.
“We are honored to include original reminiscences from pioneers Derek Humphry, Faye Girsh, and Myriam Coppens. This is not a history of FEN, nor an articulation of policies, procedures, or polemics. It is personal voices telling their stories – offering a never-before-seen portrait of FEN’s committed and compassionate volunteers as well as their grateful clientele.” ~Jim Van Buskirk