2024 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 $40,000.
Board members voted to grant awards to:
- Circles of Caring Adult Day Health – $5,000 funding to support Healthy Table Meals
- Council on Aging – $5,000 funding towards crucial vehicle repairs for COAST fleet
- Palouse Paws – $5,000 funding to instate additional pet/handler teams to serve patients receiving palliative and end-of-life care
- Pullman Regional Hospital – $5,000 funding to support Palliative Patient Care provider training, comfort blankets, eye masks, pill boxes, socks, lotions & other care items
- One More Time- $5,000 to provide personal experiences to those at end of life including birthday parties and bucket list activities
- Rural Resources- $5,000 to support caregiver and grief support groups, augment library materials and Butterfly Release & Celebration of Lives event for the community
- Whitman Hospital & Medical Clinics- $5,000 towards the creation of a “Healing Garden”
- 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.”