2019 New Board Chair Reception for Sarah Hills
Hospice Giving Foundation welcomes our new Board Chair Sarah Hills at the beautiful Spanish hacienda clubhouse at The Club at Pasadera on Tuesday, July 30, 2019. Recent News
2019-2020 New Board Members and Leadership of Board of Directors
Hospice Giving Foundation welcomes three new board members (pictured left to right): James Kendall, Commercial Real Estate, Mahoney and Associates; Malcolm Jack, Chief Information Officer, Granite Construction; and Rory Coetzee, Attorney at Law, R.S.C. Law Group. The Foundation is also pleased to announce its 2019-2020 board officers: Chair Sarah Hills, Vice-Chair Wayne Chapman, Treasurer David Glickman and Secretary Kim DiBenedetto leading its eighteen-member Board of Directors. HG Foundation provides leadership and direction for
National Healthcare Decisions Day (NHDD) Radio Interview On Our Local NPR Radio Station 90.3 FM/kazu
Have you heard Dr. John Hausdorff, hospice and palliative care at the Community Hospital of the Monterey Peninsula and Siobhan Greene, President/CEO Hospice Giving Foundation talk about National Healthcare Decisions Day (NHDD), April 16th on 90.3 FM/KAZU? Thank you Erika Mahoney for a great report on planning ahead for end-of-life care. Listen now Recent News
CEO Message: February 2019
Bench for Bob, Love Letters, and Legacies Bob was a retired psychoanalyst, a VNP as he used to say (very nice person!), and in his spare time an extraordinary woodworker. He was a deep listener, sometimes a consoler, and for many, his wisdom was a life line. Julia lived until 102. Her final act of love was written in her will to express her gratitude through carefully selected gifts to family,
Tree of Life Celebration 2018
Hospice Giving Foundation’s Annual Tree of Life Celebration held at the Portola Hotel & Spa at Monterey Bay on Sunday, December 9, 2018. The event featured wreath decorating; a medley of holiday music by the Carmel Middle School Choir; a book reading, “The Mountain”, by author Phyllis Grillo Weinbrenner; reflection by Rev. Rob Fisher, St. Dunstan’s Episcopal Church, Carmel Valley; an inspirational reading and poem, and a ceremonial tree lighting; with our Master of
November Is National Hospice & Palliative Care Month
National Hospice and Palliative Care Month is celebrated every November across the nation to increase public awareness about the benefits of hospice and palliative care. This year’s theme is My Hospice. A Program that Works. A Benefit that Matters. What began as primarily a volunteer-driven, grassroots movement in the 1970’s, hospice is now an integrated part of our nation’s health care delivery system providing care to more than 1.43 million Medicare beneficiaries and their
CEO Message: October 2018
CEO Message: October 2018 Dear Friends, We recently held our annual fundraiser at MPCC. It was a wonderful two-day event with an evening Party and auction followed by a stellar day of golf. People joined us to celebrate the Foundation’s impact on our community. As I looked around the room that night, I was struck by the philanthropic people that generously support so many causes in our community. All of us
The Scramble 2018
Hospice Giving Foundation's The Scramble held on Monday, September 10, 2018 at the Monterey Peninsula Country Club’s spectacular Shore Course featured twenty-six teams competing against one another benefiting end-of-life care, services, resources, and preparedness in our community. The day-long golf tournament included a buffet lunch, refreshments, cart, on-course games, and concluded with a reception and awards presentation. Recent News
The Party 2018
Hospice Giving Foundation's The Party held on Sunday, September 9, 2018 was an elegant evening of cocktails, gourmet food, music, wine, raffles, and live and silent auctions at the beautiful Monterey Peninsula Country Club benefiting end-of-life care, services, resources, and preparedness in our community. Recent News
CEO Message: July 2018
Dear Friends and Supporters, Nonprofit organizations have a special ingredient. It’s called our Board of Directors. Talented, giving people from the community come forth with their business sense and expertise to offer advice, share relationships, bring perspective, and infuse creativity to bolster the work of non-profits. I often say that my Board is my HR office, my planning department, my financial advisors, my legal counsel, not to mention, my personal moral support team. They