2023 Community Grants Have Been Awarded!

We are proud to announce that we have awarded grants to 4 local agencies to support their palliative care, end-of-life and/or bereavement projects totaling $19,250.

Board members voted to grant awards to:

  1. Circles of Caring Adult Day Health – $5,000 funding to support daily activities and programming
  2. Palouse Paws – $4,750 funding to instate additional pet/handler teams to serve patients receiving palliative and end-of-life care
  3. Pullman Regional Hospital – $5,000 funding to support end-of-life education in the community, bereavement supplies and comfort items for palliative care and end-of-life patients
  4. Willow Center for Grieving Children– $5,000 to Support Camp Erin, bereavement camp for youth who are grieving the death of a significant person in their lives

“The services provided by these non-profit agencies extend the efforts of the Friends of Hospice in supporting end-of-life comfort and care” said board president, Ken Carper. “We are pleased to recognize their valuable contributions to the community.”