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 Month—a time of special significance for our organization. We’re delighted...
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Published: April 17, 2024
Categories: Kansas City Hospice, Volunteer Stories
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 explain what it is that we do at every family...
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Published: March 19, 2024
Categories: Kansas City Hospice, Passages, What is Hospice
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 in a nursing facility just three minutes from my home....
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Published: March 5, 2024
Categories: Compassionate Care, Kansas City Hospice, Volunteer Stories
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 society but also for myself as a Nurse. As a...
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Published: February 26, 2024
Categories: General, Kansas City Hospice, News and Views
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 a quilter and I know how the quilt ladies like...
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Published: January 19, 2024
Categories: Kansas City Hospice, News and Views, Volunteer Stories
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 2023 season, is hardly the point. They have 26 exciting...
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Published: January 3, 2024
Categories: End of Life Care, Kansas City Hospice, News and Views
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; it was so exciting. I had no indication anything was...
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Published: October 26, 2023
Categories: Grief Support, Kansas City Hospice
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. In fact, it’s boring. Most fall days are gray and...
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Published: October 17, 2023
Categories: General, Kansas City Hospice
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 Hospice & Palliative Care’s center for grief and healing, has...
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Published: September 27, 2023
Categories: General, Kansas City Hospice, News and Views
By: Betsy Lummis, KCH Camp staffer and Solace House outreach coordinator Published: July 25, 2023 Camp Erin®, as part of the Eluna network, was a tremendous success on behalf of 31 family campers. Family camp 2023 was held at beautiful...
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Published: July 25, 2023
Categories: Grief Support, Kansas City Hospice
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