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Wow! Joe’s Homemade Café is not only donating a cake to each Summer Nights party this month, but they are also co-hosting a party too!  I am so appreciative of co-owners Ted and Don and to all the other generous hosts who have helped us celebrate our 35th birthday month by holding fundraising parties on our behalf! …

Our warm appreciation to Robb Campbell and Kathie Burnsed, proprietors of Lowcountry Gourmet Foods, 10 W. Broughton at Bull. They are donating 10% of products sales when customers specially mention supporting Hospice Savannah. Stop by for some delicious hand-bottled, small batch extra-virgin olive oils and aged balsamic vinegars, gourmet seasonings, pasta and sauces! Another effortless way…

In addition to our Platinum Sponsor, USI Insurance Services, we thank: Gold Sponsors: Brasserie 529; Savannah Morning News; Fairhaven Funeral Homes and Crematory Silver Sponsors: Seacrest Partners, Inc.; Mutual of America Bronze Sponsors: The Savannah Bank; Southeastern Air Conditioning Co., Inc.; Kiwanis Club of Savannah; American Hospice Equipment Company; Cordasco & Company, P.C. Tee Sponsors:  I.…

As we honor veterans who have died in the line of duty this Memorial Day, let’s not forget that more than 1,800 Veterans die every day in this country.  We  feel it is essential to provide care and support to help veterans live as fully as possible during their final days, long after their military…

At Hospice Savannah we are always looking for reasons to celebrate and affirm life! This week I’d like to acknowledge and thank both our mothers (Mother’s day is on Sunday) and our caring and skilled Hospice Savannah nurses during National Nurses Week. I am so blessed to still have my mother Doris in my life.…

Please join me in supporting volunteer Stephen Darr at his reception this Thursday evening. Steve’s show “Moving off the Grid: Acrylic Abstractions in Color and Line” gives a major  pop of vibrant color to the walls of our Hospice Savannah Art Gallery. Steve’s career as a painter began in November 2012 and he remarks, “I am…

My  gratitude to the  National Elementary Honor Society members of Savannah Christian Preparatory School who led  a food drive at their prospective campuses to benefit our patients and their families. Faculty members and NEHS sponsors, Christine Wigand and Brenda Caruthers, directed students in their Spring community service project efforts as they collected snacks from the…

Last week I had the great pleasure of attending the National Hospice and Palliative Care’s annual leadership conference in Washington, DC with my new Board Chair, Myra Hill. In the words of my fellow hospice professional Andrew Reed, “Doing Hospice and doing it well have never been easy things. Hospice isn’t a fun place right…

At yesterday’s Annual Meeting, Myra Hill (pictured)  was elected Chair of our  Board of Directors for 2104-2015. Bruce Barragan was named Vice Chair; E.B. (Zeke) Gaines, III was named Secretary; Paul Meyer was named Treasurer, and William A. Baker, Jr. became Past Chair. I look forward to continuing to work with these dedicated volunteers and…

This week I’d like to address the confusion that exists about the various hospices in our area as it relates to giving. In evaluating any business, I look at the following criteria: Does the business have a proven record of successfully providing the services needed? Do I know anyone who has used the services and…