Carrie Riden, Author at Palliative & Supportive Care of Nantucket

PASCON to Receive a Portion of Proceeds from Swim Across America’s Nantucket Swim Event

May 31, 2012 / Community, Events, Fundraising, News

Nantucket Island Open Water Swim July 22nd, 2012 Swim Across America is excited to announce that they are going back to their roots and venturing to Nantucket in their 25th Anniversary year. Swim Across America began as a relay swim from Nantucket to Hyannis and has evolved to 15 open water swims and dozens of […]

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Marla Lamb Fundraiser May 12th

May 7, 2012 / Community, Events, Fundraising

Help raise funds for the Marla Ceely Lamb Cancer Travel Fund Saturday, May 12th at Legion Hall. The Fund has been helping defray the costs of transportation and lodging for Nantucket cancer patients for 20 years! Help ensure another 20 by attending the fundraiser or making a donation. Cocktails begin at 5:30 and are followed

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Website Relaunch

May 2, 2012 / Community, News

Palliative & Supportive Care of Nantucket (PASCON) is pleased to announce the relaunch of its website. PASCON hopes that the community will visit the site to learn more about what they do and that they will look to the site as a resource for all things related to caregiving, coping, living, and dying with life-threatening

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Dreamcatcher Tickets Available

May 2, 2012 / Events, Fundraising, News

Now’s your chance to buy tickets to our 19th Annual Dreamcatcher Dinner and Auction. Space is limited, so act fast! This year’s event will be June 10th at Galley Beach. Bid on a fantastic array of items and experiences in our live and silent auctions. Dance to the music of Kahootz, one of Boston’s best

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See Madonna Live in Concert

May 1, 2012 / Fundraising, News

This year Palliative & Supportive Care of Nantucket is once again selling DREAM TICKETS. Last year it was a trip to see U2 perform. This year it’s Madonna! Win a trip for 4 via private jet from Nantucket to Montreal for floor seats at Madonna’s sold out show August 30th. Only 200 chances will be

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Reduce Stress and Help Community

April 2, 2012 / Massage, Stress

April is National Stress Awareness Month. In honor of this, Darya Salon & Spa is offering a 60 minute Swedish Massage for $80 throughout April. In addition, Darya will donate 10% of each massage to Palliative & Supportive Care of Nantucket (PASCON). PASCON has been helping the island community for 30 years. It is dedicated

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Daffodils on Nantucket

March 29, 2012 / Community

Spring has sprung on Nantucket and many daffodils are already in bloom. Palliative & Supportive Care of Nantucket (PASCON) has planted more than 50,000 daffodils around the island in recent years. The Nantucket Garden Club began planting in 1974 with hopes of planting over 1 million bulbs. PASCON has continued to plant in hopes that their

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National Healthcare Decisions Day is April 16th!

March 26, 2012 / Planning

Join Americans across the country in making your healthcare decisions known to your family, friends, and healthcare providers! Share your wishes and complete your advance directive – because YOUR DECISIONS MATTER! For information about advance directives, call Palliative & Supportive Care of Nantucket at (508) 825-8325 or email pascon@partners.org. You can also check on our

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