Wave of Light Gathering
Join us for a community gathering in honour of Pregnancy and Infant Loss Remembrance Day
Join Pacific Perinatal Foundation and Beam Counselling & Ceremony in remembrance and healing on Wednesday, October 15th for International Pregnancy & Infant Loss Awareness Day. We invite you to a special community event in the beautiful Rose Gardens at Beacon Hill Park (between the Petting Zoo and Queen’s Lake).
Together, we will create a space of shared compassion and understanding, where the experience of loss can be honoured. We will share some words of welcome at 6:45pm, create a community altar, and then join the Wave of Light at 7:00 PM by lighting candles to honour the little lives gone too soon. This global moment of remembrance allows us to join hearts around the world in solidarity and love. Tea, cookies and time for connection with others to follow.
This is a family-friendly event, open to anyone who has experienced pregnancy or infant loss, and their supporters. Candles will be provided. For the altar, we invite you to bring an object that connects you with your baby (such as a keepsake or photo) or that represents your love and grief (such as an item from nature, or a beautiful or comforting object). You will take your item home with you at the end of the event.
If you are unable to attend but would like to have a candle lit in remembrance of your little spirit, please email us their name or wording you would like to include on the label for their candle – info@pacificperinatalfoundation.com.
Here’s tips for getting to the Rose Garden area of the park:
- From Cook Street
- Walk along Cook St. toward the ocean/Dallas Rd.
- When you reach the Beacon Hill Playground with the zipline, find the path at the south end.
- Follow the cement path past the city gardening maintenance area on your left, alongside two big fields.
- Continue on this path to reach Queen’s Lake across the road where you’ll find the Rose Garden.
- From James Bay
- Enter through the road by the Beacon Drive In Restaurant.
- Head toward the petting zoo, and continue past it slightly to find Queen’s Lake on your left where you’ll find the Rose Garden.