May 2022
8 Year Anniversary
Eighth year anniversary celebration!
Our Story
Widowed Friends helps support positive changes to the well being of widows and widowers in our communities through inclusion and friendship.
Widowed Friends was created to provide a safe, social community dedicated to widows and widowers. This is a place to find meaning again within a community of friends who understand loss.
The group's mission is to “empower widows and widowers to take steps to rebuild their lives and create more positive futures." The butterfly is our logo because of its message of hope and transformation.
If you have recently been widowed or widowed for many years, we hope you'll join us.
September 2021
National Expansion
Virtual membership expanded across Canada
August 2021
Launch widowedfriends.ca
New website launch with exclusive Members only Portal.
March 2020
Covid!
Transition to 24 virtual events per month via Zoom. Both social get togethers and guest speakers
June 2019
Memberships Growth
Membership grows to 225 members. 25 in-person events per month
May 2018
100 Members!
Group Travel to Barbados and Italy!
February 2017
First Group Travel
Widowed Friends First Group Travel event to Barbados
December 2015
Christmas Gala
First Members Christmas Gala for 35 people
May 2015
Widowed Friends Launches
First get together event for 20 people
I’m ready to join
Have a question?
If you have questions about membership or about our community, first visit our FAQ page.
Or contact us for more details.
What Our Members Say…
"I think it’s fair to say that Widowed Friends saved my life. My husband died of a particularly aggressive cancer last winter. The shock and tragedy of it shook all the joy out of me. I was so very lonely… Widowed Friends threw me a lifeline when I was drowning."
"Joining Widowed Friends Zoom meetings is like walking into your living room and finding all your friends there! It's been wonderful to have so many Zoom meetings each week to connect with others and feel a part of a larger community. "
"I would like to take this opportunity to thank everyone that works so hard in the group for providing this network for people like myself and others."
"I felt alone and isolated due to Covid until I joined Widowed Friends. I quickly made friends and found others with something in common. They get it. I value the time, effort and support from the group. It’s a life saver."
"I can’t come close to expressing my gratitude and love for our Widowed Friends group."
"Widowed Friends has helped ease my new journey into widowed life since we are all of like minds. It has helped make my life more meaningful."
"Being widowed, lonely, then moving to Oakville and only knowing my son and his family, Widowed Friends has been a godsend to me. With this group I met lovely new friends and this group opened up for me a wonderful new life with lots of social activities."
"Since joining Widowed Friends, my loneliness and sadness, as a result of my wife’s death, have decreased. This personal change, is due to the warm interactions, offered to me, from the many widows and widowers I meet, at the socials. Thanks to everyone for your sincere caring."
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