Posts by KC Hospice
KCH Volunteers Are Amazing…and They’re Getting Younger!
By: Melissa Basgall, KCH Director of Volunteer Services Published: April 17, 2024 As we welcome April and the awakening of spring, we also embrace the opportunity to celebrate National Volunteer…
Read MoreTurning Grief Into Good
By: Allison Apple, KCH Donor Specialist Published: April 9, 2024 Solace House, Kansas City Hospice & Palliative Care’s center for grief and healing, has been providing solace, support, and planting…
Read MoreThere’s No Better Feeling Than Being a Hospice Social Worker
By: Crispian Paul, LMSW, LAC, KCH Social Worker Published: March 19, 2024 I once read a joke about social workers: that we’re one of the only professions that has to…
Read MoreAngela & The Rainbow Bridge
By: Marie Marley, KCH Volunteer Published: March 5, 2024 I read with interest the Kansas City Hospice & Palliative Care newsletter’s request for a volunteer to visit a lady living…
Read MoreBlack History Month and its significance in the nursing profession
By: Kenya Campbell, KCH Licensed Practical Nurse Published: February 26, 2024 As we observe Black History Month, I find myself reflecting on what this month signifies not only to our…
Read MoreSo Much More than an Award Winner: Barb McCoy is a Volunteer Dynamo
By: Jeannie Wilcox, KCH Sr. Communications Manager Published: January 19, 2024 The first time I met Barb McCoy I was excited to talk to her about quilting. My mom was…
Read More“We Only Re-Watch the Wins” Says This Chiefs Super Fan to Two Visiting Chiefs Ambassadors
By: Jeannie Wilcox, KCH Sr. Communications Manager Published: January 3, 2024 For sisters and super fans Janet and Sherrie, what the Kansas City Chiefs’ record is right now in the…
Read MoreSolace House and what it means to me: Finding peace and helping others through their grief
By: guest blogger Amy Pollack, Solace House volunteer Published: October 26, 2023 I was pregnant and had a wonderful pregnancy. All of our friends were due at the same time;…
Read MoreEstate Planning: now is the right time
By: Diane Richardson Spaite, KCH Associate Director of Planned Giving Published: October 17, 2023 Driving down I-80 in Illinois isn’t the most exciting experience for a 20-something year-old college student.…
Read MoreSunday Night Live is all new this year!
Published: September 27, 2023 Kansas City Hospice is celebrating our 25th year of empowering the Kansas City community through our specialized Grief Support Services and programs. Solace House, Kansas City…
Read MoreBeethoven and a Hospice Blessing
By: Marie Marley, KCH Volunteer Published: September 6, 2023 The phone rang at noon, waking me from a much-needed nap. It was one of the volunteer coordinators at Kansas City…
Read MoreSolace House Reflections in Celebration of 25 years of Service
By: Dr. Paige Stanfield-Myers, Adult and Child Psychotherapy and Director of Institute on Life Transition Published: August 22, 2023 Solace House, Kansas City Hospice & Palliative Care’s center for grief…
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