2026 End-of-Life Resource Fair
A free community event to connect with organizations and individuals.
Time & Location
Nov 21, 2026, 1:00 PM – 4:00 PM
Corvallis Community Center, 2601 NW Tyler Ave, Corvallis, OR 97330, USA
About The Event
Learning about end of life topics in community will transform discussions with friends and family into meaningful, compassionate conversations about values, wishes, and care. We hope you can join us for an afternoon of connection, exploration, and inspiration.
Presented by Parks and Recreation and the Heart of the Valley End-of-Life Community with financial support from Lumina Hospice and Palliative Care. All ages; free event. Questions: Contact Naomi Hirsch at heartofvalleyeolc@gmail.com
2026 Participating Organizations
Caregiving/Care Communities
Grace Center for Adult Day Services | Prestige Orchard Heights
Community Support Benton County Health Department | Dementia Warriors | Oregon Cascades West Council of Governments | Heart of the Valley End of Life Community | Lumina Hospice Caregiving/Grief Support, and Death Cafes | Corvallis Parks & Rec Services and Support
Death with Dignity | Voluntarily Stopping Eating and Drinking (VSED)
Compassion & Choices | End of Life Choices Oregon
Complementary/Alternative Medicine, Mediation/Therapy
Healthy to the Soul | Simple Touch Therapeutics | Stress Solutions LLC |
Unstuck Psilocybin Treatment Center
End of Life Doulas
First Class Care: Birdie Milestone | Moon and Stars Farm: Nan VanSandt
Final Disposition
Great River Natural Burial | Cornerstone Funeral Services | Home Funeral Alliance | Weddle Funeral Service | Treen Woodworking | Natural Burial Vessels Body, Organ, Tissue and Eye Donation
Donate Life Northwest | Solvita | Cascade Life Alliance | OHSU Body Donation Program
Hospice and Palliative Care Samaritan Palliative Care | Lumina Hospice and Palliative Care | Vistariver Hospice
Law
Smith, Davison & Brasier, PC (presentation only)
Music
Heart of the Valley Threshold Singers (performances in lobby)
Presentation Schedule
1:10-2:00 PM
Oak Room: Understanding Palliative Care feat. Jeanette Hansen MSW, LCSW and Maureen English-Cremeans, FNP, Samaritan Palliative Care
Alder Room: Advance Care Planning Overview feat. David Grube, MD, Compassion & Choices
Willow Room: The Grief Support Group Experience - feat Carla Gabrielsen, Bereavement Coordinator, Lumina Hospice along with Lumina Bereavement volunteers
Heart of the Valley Threshold Singers 1:45 - 2:15 pm, Lobby Area
2:10-3:00 PM
Oak Room: Understanding Your Choices To Have More Control at the End of Life feat. Ani Sinclair, End of Life Choices Oregon
Alder Room: Going Out Green feat. Elizabeth Fournier, Cornerstone Funeral Services; author of The Green Burial Guidebook and Stephanie Hargrave, Great River Natural Burial
Willow Room: Estate Planning Primer feat. Amy Hoover, attorney at Smith, Davison & Brasier, PC
Heart of the Valley Threshold Singers 2:45 - 3:15 pm, Lobby Area
3:10-4:00 PM
Oak Room: Organ, Eye, and Tissue Donation feat. Hayley Resk from Solvita, Carolyn Williams from Cascade Life Alliance, and Tomara Ostervoss, Oregon Health & Science University's Body Donation Program
Alder Room: From Fear to Acceptance: How Psilocybin Changed My Relationship with Death feat. Sophia Catalano, Unstuck Psilocybin Treatment Center
Willow Room: The Death Café Movement and Experience feat. Naomi Hirsch, Lumina Hospice
2026 Fair Planning Committee
Naomi Hirsch: Volunteer, Transitions, and Caregiver Support Coordinator at Lumina Hospice and Palliative Care, Main contact: heartofvalleyeolc@gmail.com
Courtney Campbell: Hundere Professor for Religion and Culture and the director of the Program in Medical Humanities in the School of History, Philosophy and Religion in the College of Liberal Arts at OSU
Meghan Ochal, Co-owner, Treen Woodworking, Public Health and Nonprofit Consultant
Interns:
Esha Ahmed, Honors B.S in BioHealth Sciences and BioResource Research, Minors in Spanish, Chemistry, Toxicology, and Medical Humanities, Oregon State University, 2026
Rumaisa Ahmed, B.S in Human Development & Family Sciences; Minors in Psychology, Chemistry; September 2025-June 2029, Certificate in Medical Humanities; Pre-PA Track