PELLA — A memorial event for the Empty Cradle program at Pella Regional Health Center is on Sunday, October 15 at 3:00 pm at the Scholte Church in Pella Historical Village. Enter at corner of Franklin Street and East 2nd Street. The event will begin with a service at the Scholte Church, continue with a remembrance stroll through the Pella Historical Village, and end with a balloon release. As part of the stroll, memorial signs will be displayed remembering those precious babies that were lost.
Empty Cradle supports and connects families who have lost a baby due to miscarriage, stillbirth or infant death. Family and friends are invited to join the group for a time of remembering these babies.
For more information, and to get a memorial sign to be displayed during the remembrance stroll, call Leah Garland, Bereavement Coordinator at Hospice of Pella at 641-620-5050. Names must be received by Friday, September 29.
