Vancouver Canucks players visited the Canuck Place ChildrenB次元官网网址檚 Hospice on Oct. 24 to celebrate Halloween with children, families and chocolate.

Left winger Antoine Roussel and power forward Jake Virtanen, along with team mascot Fin and Vancouver chocolatier Thomas Haas, spent the afternoon decorating chocolate pumpkins with families receiving support from the pediatric palliative care provider.

B次元官网网址淎nnually, Canucks players come to Canuck Place Hospice, and visit children and families who are in-house,B次元官网网址� said Debbie Butt, director of communications and events at the hospice. B次元官网网址淪ome years we actually carve pumpkins, but this year we had Vancouver chocolatier Thomas Haas bring chocolate pumpkins and the kids got to decorate those.B次元官网网址�

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Virtanen told Black Press Media chocolate is one of his favourite desserts.

B次元官网网址淚 wasnB次元官网网址檛 going to say no, and then coming here and doing it with the kids was a really great time,B次元官网网址� he said.

B次元官网网址淚t was fun,B次元官网网址� Roussel agreed. B次元官网网址淚tB次元官网网址檚 always fun to come here and give some time.B次元官网网址�

Butt said the event means a lot to the families.

B次元官网网址淭heyB次元官网网址檙e living with life-threatening illnesses, and to have the ability to do something fun and make memories together is really, really important for them,B次元官网网址� she said.

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Hundreds of children living with life-threatening illnesses and families receive care from through outpatient programs and two inpatient provincial hospice locations.

Services include medical respite and family support, pain and symptom management, 24-hour phone consultation support and in-house clinical care, music, art and recreation therapy, education, grief, loss, and bereavement counselling, as well as end-of-life care.

karissa.gall@blackpress.ca
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