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 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
Angela & 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 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
So 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 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
Beethoven 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 Hospice & Palliative Care, for which I provide companionship visits...
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Published: September 6, 2023
Categories: End of Life Care, General, Volunteer Stories
Why I’m Making a Bequest to Kansas City Hospice
By: Marie Marley, KCH Volunteer Published: April 11, 2023 Why did I decide to leave part of my estate to Kansas City Hospice & Palliative Care (KCH)? Well, I’ll tell you why. My journey to that decision all started in 2007...
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Published: April 11, 2023
Categories: Kansas City Hospice, Stories of Support, Volunteer Stories
Elvis and a Hospice Blessing – Volunteering with Kansas City Hospice
By Marie Marley, KCH Volunteer Published: January 24, 2023 “I have a new patient for you,” said the volunteer coordinator from Kansas City Hospice & Palliative Care (KCH), where I volunteer to visit patients. She continued. “This one may be...
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Published: January 24, 2023
Categories: Kansas City Hospice, Volunteer Stories
Champions of Care bring passion to annual fundraising event
By: Mary Zahner Bauer, KCH Director of Donor Relations Published: Sept 20, 2022 Dr. Mark Davidner and his wife Diane have a long history with Kansas City Hospice & Palliative Care (KCH), from its very beginnings. As a local oncologist,...
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Published: September 20, 2022
Categories: General, Kansas City Hospice, News and Views, Our Stories, Stories of Support, Volunteer Stories
Starting Hospice Care for a Loved One
By Marie Marley, KCH Volunteer Published: July 12, 2022 What happens when your loved one is ready for hospice care but you aren’t? I would like to share my personal experience with this situation, when I lived in Cincinnati. Ed,...
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Published: July 12, 2022
Categories: General, Kansas City Hospice, Our Stories, Volunteer Stories
Bringing Heart & Soul to the business of resale
By Mary Zahner Bauer, KCH Director of Donor Relations Published: May 10, 2022 Have you ever walked into a store and immediately fell in love with every item you saw? When you feel like you have found the perfect place...
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Published: May 10, 2022
Categories: General, Kansas City Hospice, Luminary, Our Stories, Volunteer Stories
Inspiration Meets Passion
By Bethany Vonseggern, KCH Communications Coordinator Published: April 26, 2022 What inspires you? Is it your surroundings, hobbies, loved ones, art? This list could go on and on as there is no one singular answer, is there? Inspiration can take...
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Published: April 26, 2022
Categories: General, Kansas City Hospice, News and Views, Our Stories, Stories of Support, Volunteer Stories
