New Wind Phone gives voice, comfort to those who are grieving
Dozens of civic leaders, donors and friends gathered on a sunny September afternoon to celebrate a 30-year partnership between the City of Colorado Springs and Pikes Peak Hospice & Palliative Care.
The occasion marked the 30th anniversary of Nancy Lewis Park in the central part of the city, where Pikes Peak Hospice has played a significant role in beautifying the park through trees, benches and other features made possible by our donors.
Mayor Yemi Mobolade praised Pikes Peak Hospice’s longstanding commitment to compassionate care for those facing their end-of-life journey, and he noted the importance of partnerships such as this one in fostering a vibrant city for all.
The celebration included the dedication of a Wind Phone on the south side of the park’s pond. The installation, commissioned by Pikes Peak Hospice and designed and fabricated by Creative Consortium, includes a small bench and simple perforated metal screen allowing some privacy for those using the phone.
Wind Phones are an international movement that started in 2010 in Japan by garden designer Itaru Sasaki. The concept is a disconnected phone housed in a simple booth or on a pedestal in a serene natural environment such as a park, trail, or cemetery. The phone is a symbolic tool for dealing with grief – providing a quiet, intentional space for an individual to “converse” with a lost loved one and continue to feel connection with someone who has passed.
There are now nearly 600 Wind Phones in the United States and Canada, and over 60 more internationally. There are about 10 Wind Phones throughout Colorado. This new Wind Phone now becomes a long-term installation in Nancy Lewis Park, accessible to all who wish to experience it.
As Pikes Peak Hospice Foundation Executive Director Susan Edmondson shared with the crowd: “Wind Phones remind us that grief and love can coexist.”
Pictured top row from left: Parks Director Skyler Rorabaugh, Mayor Yemi Mobolade, Pikes Peak Hospice & Palliative Care President Dawn Darvalics, City Councilwoman Nancy Henjum, PIkes Peak Hospice Foundation Executive Director Susan Edmondson. Bottom row from left: Philanthropist Lyda Hill, and Nancy Lewis' daughters, Debbie Long and Jamie Alley.
Go Back The occasion marked the 30th anniversary of Nancy Lewis Park in the central part of the city, where Pikes Peak Hospice has played a significant role in beautifying the park through trees, benches and other features made possible by our donors.
Mayor Yemi Mobolade praised Pikes Peak Hospice’s longstanding commitment to compassionate care for those facing their end-of-life journey, and he noted the importance of partnerships such as this one in fostering a vibrant city for all.
The celebration included the dedication of a Wind Phone on the south side of the park’s pond. The installation, commissioned by Pikes Peak Hospice and designed and fabricated by Creative Consortium, includes a small bench and simple perforated metal screen allowing some privacy for those using the phone.
Wind Phones are an international movement that started in 2010 in Japan by garden designer Itaru Sasaki. The concept is a disconnected phone housed in a simple booth or on a pedestal in a serene natural environment such as a park, trail, or cemetery. The phone is a symbolic tool for dealing with grief – providing a quiet, intentional space for an individual to “converse” with a lost loved one and continue to feel connection with someone who has passed.
There are now nearly 600 Wind Phones in the United States and Canada, and over 60 more internationally. There are about 10 Wind Phones throughout Colorado. This new Wind Phone now becomes a long-term installation in Nancy Lewis Park, accessible to all who wish to experience it.
As Pikes Peak Hospice Foundation Executive Director Susan Edmondson shared with the crowd: “Wind Phones remind us that grief and love can coexist.”
Pictured top row from left: Parks Director Skyler Rorabaugh, Mayor Yemi Mobolade, Pikes Peak Hospice & Palliative Care President Dawn Darvalics, City Councilwoman Nancy Henjum, PIkes Peak Hospice Foundation Executive Director Susan Edmondson. Bottom row from left: Philanthropist Lyda Hill, and Nancy Lewis' daughters, Debbie Long and Jamie Alley.