CEO Message: September 2019

Hope is such a simple, sweet word. We hear it so often. It conjures up warm feelings, melancholy, certainly some level of anticipation. And yet, as words go, it is tough to define, probably because it means something unique to almost everyone. Expressions prompt us to make it easier: “Just have a little hope.” “Don’t give up hope.” “Hope springs eternal.” But those expressions don’t generally get the job done. We each must define what hope means to us and how we go about capturing this elusive hummingbird in our lives.

2019-10-17T14:43:10-07:00September 26th, 2019|CEO Letter, News|

2019 Juntos con Esperanza First Community Outreach Event – St. John’s Catholic Parish, King City

Juntos con Esperanza hosted our first community outreach event on August 20, 2019 at St. John’s Catholic Parish, King City More than 100 people (infants to grandparents) attended our first community outreach event focusing on conversations about death and dying using the GoWish Card Game in English and Spanish. Facilitators at each of the ten participant tables (one English and nine Spanish) guided attendees in the use of the cards and shared

2024-01-09T14:25:41-08:00August 20th, 2019|News, Photo Albums|

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,

2019-10-04T16:46:24-07:00February 15th, 2019|CEO Letter, News|

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

2018-11-01T16:23:02-07:00November 1st, 2018|News|

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

2019-10-04T16:29:31-07:00October 1st, 2018|CEO Letter, 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

2018-07-06T12:11:54-07:00July 6th, 2018|News|

CEO Message: April 2018

Asking the questions that matter, “What’s important to you?”Dear Friends and Supporters,What question do you hope someone asks you when you are seriously ill? What’s important to you? What makes life meaningful for you? What do you want to ask or say to others? Who should be there?These are big questions. These and many others have been posed to help people come closer to being comfortable with having the Conversation. We capitalize the word ‘Conversation’

2018-04-19T15:50:58-07:00April 19th, 2018|News|

Amazon Smile

Did you know supporting Hospice Giving Foundation by shopping with Amazon is as easy as 1, 2, 3? Visit AmazonSmile at smile.amazon.com. Select Hospice Giving Foundation as your charitable organization. Shop! AmazonSmile is a website operated by Amazon that lets customers enjoy the same wide selection of products, low prices, and convenient shopping features as on Amazon.com. There is no cost to you or fees to HGF for using AmazonSmile. The shopping experience is

2018-04-19T12:08:27-07:00April 19th, 2018|News|

CEO Message: January 2018

May you arise each day with a voice of blessing whispering in your heart. – John O’Donohue, For Belonging Dear Friends, This lovely quote comes from one of my favorite philosophers and poet, the late John O’Donohue.  His language and thoughtful perspective seem to envelop me in emotion and reflection.  During difficult times in my life, I have found solace in his writings. At Hospice Giving Foundation we are graced by wonderful people day in

2019-09-27T15:43:19-07:00January 8th, 2018|News|

Royalty to Us – Dick and Maria Fetherstonhaugh

Their name can be hard to master*, however the Fetherstonhaughs are very easy to admire. Dick and Maria have been married for 67 years, have lived in 15 different cities across the US, and found their way back home to California some 30 years ago, when Dick retired from Pennzoil. Both native Californians, they know the value of working your way up, turning risks into opportunity, and making commitments to causes that resonate in

2017-11-20T07:33:41-08:00November 20th, 2017|News|
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