End of Life Choices California

Jackie Robinson Family YMCA Health Fair San Diego - 5/7/2025
2025-05-07 10:00 - 15:00 (America/Los_Angeles) | Jackie Robinson Family YMCA, 151 YMCA Way, San Diego, CA, 92102, United States
Be sure to visit our knowledgeable volunteers at the End of Life Choices California (EOLCCA) information booth at this wonderful community health fair. EOLCCA’s volunteers will answer your questions about advance care planning, the California End of Life Option Act, and other legal end-of-life options. Learn more about the importance of making your advance care plans now.

ChaiVillageLA - End of Life Choices
2025-05-01 11:00 - 12:30
Mark Greenberg, Executive Director of End of Life Choices California (EOLCCA) and Rabbi Suzanne Singer will discuss the importance of sharing your values and end-of-life wishes with loved ones; your legal end-of-life options (including medical aid in dying); and the resources and support provided by End of Life Choices California. Rabbi Singer will also explore the Jewish perspective on these topics.
This is a private event for members of ChaiVillageLA.

Pasadena Village - Advance Care Planning & End-of-Life Options
2025-04-29 12:00 - 13:30 | Pasadena Village, 236 W. Mountain St., #104, Pasadena, CA, 91103, United States
Kelly Newcomb, Volunteer with End of Life Choices California (EOLCCA), will discuss the importance of sharing your values and end-of-life wishes with loved ones; legal end-of-life options; and the resources and support provided by EOLCCA. Legal end-of-life options in California include stopping unwanted medical treatment; palliative care; hospice care; voluntarily stopping eating and drinking (VSED); and California’s End of Life Option Act (also known as medical aid in dying).
This event is private for members of Pasadena Village. Register here.

By the Bay Health Resources Fair
2025-04-17 11:30 - 14:00 | By the Bay Health, 17 E. Sir Francis Drake Blvd., Larkspur, CA, 94939, United States
Join End of Life Choices California and connect directly with the interdisciplinary team at By the Bay Health — physicians, nurses, social workers, spiritual care counselors, bereavement, physical therapists, and specialized therapists — along with local businesses and community organizations that provide valuable services and resources. It’s a unique opportunity to engage directly in one place to learn more about the complementary range of services, products, and resources for patients and families facing serious illness and end-of-life care.
This event is open to the public.

Napa Valley Unitarian Universalists - Death Positive Event Series
2025-04-03 18:00 - 19:30 | Napa Valley Unitarian Universalist Church, 1625 Salvador Avenue, Napa, CA, 94558, United States
Reina Galanes, Board Member with End of Life Choices California (EOLCCA), will discuss the importance of sharing your values and end-of-life wishes with loved ones; your legal end-of-life options; and, the resources and support provided by EOLCCA. Legal end-of-life options in California include stopping unwanted medical treatments; palliative care; hospice care; voluntarily stopping eating and drinking (VSED); and California’s End of Life Option Act (also known as medical aid in dying).
This is event is open to the public.

Jackie Robinson Family YMCA Health Fair San Diego - 4/2/2025
2025-04-02 10:00 - 15:00 | Jackie Robinson Family YMCA, 151 YMCA Way, San Diego, CA, 92102, United States

Educating Physician Assistant Students about Medical Aid in Dying
2025-04-01 11:00 - 12:00 | Point Loma Nazarene University, 9055 Balboa Ave., San Diego, CA, 92123, United States
Shannon O’Shea and Grant Affleck, Volunteers with End of Life Choices California (EOLCCA), will speak with Physician Assistant students at Point Loma Nazarene University about EOLCCA’s relationship with hospices and what medical aid in dying looks like in practice. Mary Abbott, EOLCCA’s Bereavement Coordinator, will discuss navigating grief after medical aid in dying and the Bereavement Group offered by EOLCCA.
This is a private event.

Temple Sherith Israel: "Last Flight Home" and End-of-Life Options
2025-03-23 10:00 - 13:00 | Temple Sherith Israel, 2266 California St., San Francisco, CA, 94115, United States
This award-winning documentary introduces us to Eli Timoner in his final days. The film highlights his extraordinary life filled with wild achievements, tragic loss, and enduring love from his incredibly close-knit family. “Last Flight Home” depicts a heart-wrenching and stunning verité account of a family courageously facing both life and death. Click here to watch a trailer of this must-see film!
The screening will be followed by a presentation of end-of-life options by Mark Greenberg, Executive Director of End of Life Choices California (EOLCCA).
Read The Jewish News of Northern California’s interview of Mark about this film and medical aid in dying in its article “Choosing how to die: Film and talk at Sherith Israel will probe assisted death“, published on March 13, 2025.
Public: This event is free and open to the public. Register here.

Sebastopol Village - Advance Care Planning and End-of-Life Options
2025-03-17 13:00 - 15:00 | Sebastopol Village, 172B North Main St., Sebastopol, CA, 95472, United States
Mary Abbott, Bereavement Coordinator, and Willow Taraja, Volunteer, with End of Life Choices California (EOLCCA) will discuss the importance of sharing your values and end-of-life wishes with loved ones; your legal end-of-life options (including medical aid in dying); and, the resources and support provided by EOLCCA. Legal end-of-life options in California include stopping unwanted medical treatments; palliative care; hospice care; voluntarily stopping eating and drinking (VSED); and California’s End of Life Option Act (also known as medical aid in dying).
This event is open to members of Sebastopol Village.

Hospice of San Joaquin - Advance Care Planning & End of Life Options
2025-03-17 10:00 - 11:00 | Hospice of San Joaquin, 3888 Pacific Avenue, Stockton, CA, 95204, United States
Adrian Byram, Board Member with End of Life Choices California (EOLCCA) and Jessica Butyrin, EOLCCA Volunteer, will discuss the importance of sharing values and end-of-life wishes with loved ones; legal end-of-life options; and, the resources and support provided by EOLCCA. Legal end-of-life options in California include stopping unwanted medical treatments; palliative care; hospice care; voluntarily stopping eating and drinking (VSED); and California’s End of Life Option Act (also known as medical aid in dying).

Rodeo Gateway - Advance Care Planning & End of Life Options
2025-03-10 13:00 - 14:00 | Rodeo Gateway, 710 Willow Avenue, Rodeo, CA, 94572, United States
Reina Galanes, Board Member with End of Life Choices California (EOLCCA), will discuss will discuss the importance of sharing your values and end-of-life wishes with loved ones; your legal end-of-life options (including medical aid in dying); and, the resources and support provided by EOLCCA. Legal end-of-life options in California include stopping unwanted medical treatments; palliative care; hospice care; voluntarily stopping eating and drinking (VSED); and California’s End of Life Option Act (also known as medical aid in dying).
This is a private event for residents of Rodeo Gateway.
