Eat Cake, Drink Tea, and Discuss Death

Death Cafe, hosted at Madrone Hospice – this is an event where anyone in the community is welcome to participate in an unstructured conversation about death and the many variables and challenges that surround it.  It will be facilitated by our volunteer, Kitty Keim, a certified Death Doula along with our Bereavement Facilitator, Debbie Maxine. 

255 Collier Circle   Yreka, CA   96097

Phone   530-842-3160

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