We are happy to announce that we will host a second Grief Book Club, beginning in May.

The book we have selected is titled, It's OK That You're Not OK by Megan Devine. This book comes highly recommended with wonderful reviews. 

The book club is informal, and we will break down the chapters each week that we will discuss. We do ask that you register as this helps us to prepare and stay connected while we dive into this book together.

We will meet 4 times for this book, at Forastiere Smith, 220 North Main St. East Longmeadow, MA from 6:30pm - 8pm. Doors will open at 6:15 if you want to come in, grab a water or coffee and mingle before we begin.

Wednesday, May 1st

Wednesday, May 15th

Wednesday, May 29th

Wednesday, June 12th

PLANNING TO CONTINUE YOUR LEGACY 

This presentation by Gary Szewczyk helps you start thinking about preparing for your future. Funeral pre-planning provides you the opportunity to continue your legacy for your family. This gift is a thoughtful step to provide you peace of mind, and your loved ones the comfort of knowing that these important decisions are taken care of for the future. Planning in advance:

· Makes your final wishes known

· Provides peace of mind

· Provides financial protection

· Protects your assets from long-term care

PLANNING TO CONTINUE YOUR LEGACY & LONG-TERM CARE

Join us in West Springfield on 5/2/2024

This presentation by Gary Szewczyk helps you start thinking about preparing for your future. Funeral pre-planning provides you the opportunity to continue your legacy for your family. This gift is a thoughtful step to provide you peace of mind, and your loved ones the comfort of knowing that these important decisions are taken care of for the future. Planning in advance:

Makes your final wishes known

Provides peace of mind

Provides financial protection

Protects your assets from long-term care

PLANNING TO CONTINUE YOUR LEGACY & ESTATE PLANNING

Join us in Westfield on 5/15/2024

Includes information on the benefits of preplanning your funeral and estate planning. This presentation explains the benefits and value of planning important life decisions ahead such as estate planning (Will, Health Care Proxy, Power of Attorney, Trusts, etc.) and personal plans with a funeral home (Gathering, Ceremony, Burial, Cremation, Celebration of Life, Eternal Memorials, etc). Presenters are from an Estate Planning Attorney and Forastiere Family Funeral & Cremation.

PLANNING TO CONTINUE YOUR LEGACY AND LONG-TERM CARE

This presentation by Gary Szewczyk helps you start thinking about preparing for your future. Funeral pre-planning provides you the opportunity to continue your legacy for your family. This gift is a thoughtful step to provide you peace of mind, and your loved ones the comfort of knowing that these important decisions are taken care of for the future. Planning in advance:

Makes your final wishes known

Provides peace of mind

Provides financial protection

Protects your assets from long-term care

PLANNING TO CONTINUE YOUR LEGACY & LONG-TERM CARE

Join us in Southwick on 5/23/2024

This presentation by Gary Szewczyk helps you start thinking about preparing for your future. Funeral pre-planning provides you the opportunity to continue your legacy for your family. This gift is a thoughtful step to provide you peace of mind, and your loved ones the comfort of knowing that these important decisions are taken care of for the future. Planning in advance:

Makes your final wishes known

Provides peace of mind

Provides financial protection

Protects your assets from long-term care

Thank you to PLEASANT VIEW EAST LONGMEADOW SENIOR CENTER for hosting us on 4/9/2024.  Also, a huge thank you to the Hampden County Sheriff’s Department TRIAD Program for joining us. 

We love getting out into the community and partnering with other organizations to provide relevant and helpful information. We look forward to visiting again soon! 

Thursday, January 18, 2024

Thank you to Pleasant View Senior Center in East Longmeadow from a wonderful Lunch & Learn seminar. And Thank You to Attorney Stephen Manning who joined us today. It was a well attended event with a lot of information! We look forward to doing this again! 

Thank you to the Agawam Senior Center for hosting us, along with Attorney Nick Kubacki from McLane & McLane Attorneys at Law for our Resources and Refreshments Seminar. It was a huge success with the number of people who attended, the information shared and all the questions we were able to ask and answer. 

On December 6th and December 7th, we held our annual Holiday Remembrance Ceremony. Both nights were filling reflection, love and peace. This year, each person being remembered had an ornament with their photo in it. Their name was called and then their family placed the ornament on our Remembrance Tree, then lit a candle in their memory. After everyone was called, we had music playing along with a video of everyone being remembered. One comment made after the ceremony, "The event was so personal but yet so much a community feel. All the people in that room had a story that they held deep in their core, and I felt a piece of that." 

We appreciate being a part of your healing journey. When we say that we are here for you, we truly mean it. Thank you to the families who came out, we hope this holiday season is filled with peace, comfort and memories that bring a smile to your face. 

Forastiere is happy to partner with the Western Mass Toys for Tots program again this year. During the month of November we collected new and unwrapped toys at all four of our locations. We would like to thank all the staff and community members who contributed. This was a huge success!