The “Chocolate Brunch Culinary Cookoff” will be Sunday, March 31 from 11-2 at the Hotel Viking.  Chefs from around the state will create savory dishes with a chocolate twist and vie for your vote as “Top Chef”!  Grab yourself a mimosa, taste the competing chef’s samples, shop at the silent auction, sit down to a full seated brunch and listen to the “celebrity” judges panels, with judges like Eli from Eli’s Kitchen talk about what they liked and didn’t like.  This is a great way to spend a March Sunday with good eating, drinking, and gifts/prizes…all while supporting Visiting Nurse Home & Hospice.  Buy tickets here.

A new bereavement support group will be held on 6 Thursdays starting February 28 through April 4 from 10:30-noon at the Portsmouth office, 1184 East Main Road.  The program addresses a variety of topics designed to help, heal and support those who have lost a loved one.  Free and open to the public.  To register call Mary Holland at (401) 682-2100 x 1613 or email mholland@visitingnursehh.org

The Newport Daily News ran this photo on the front page on January 5th and asked the public who could identify the photo?  We can!!  This photo is of 6 Newport Public Health Nurse Association nurses, which was Visiting Nurse Home & Hospice’s name circa 1961.  The photo was found in a file cabinet that was purchased from Transcom Electronics, the previous owner of our building at 1184 East Main Road in Portsmouth.