Hospice House Coming Soon to Whatcom County

Whatcom Hospice consistently serves more than 100 patients every day in Whatcom County. Hospice professionals work with both patients and their loved ones to create individualized plans of care which enable patients to live the final days of their lives comfortably and pain free, with dignity, purpose and peace.

Currently, however, hospice services can only be offered to a patient in his or her home, a hospital or long-term care center. For a variety of reasons, these options are not always the most desirable or appropriate for either the patient or caregiver.

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It is time another option became available: a Hospice House. The Board of Directors of the Whatcom Hospice Foundation – all non-paid volunteers – is currently engaged in a capital campaign to fund construction of a Hospice House.

According to Mike Kirkland, Executive Director of Whatcom Hospice Foundation, groundbreaking for the Hospice House is scheduled for mid-September, 2009. The Hospice House will be located at 2806 Douglas Avenue in Bellingham and will be staffed by Whatcom Hospice, a department of St. Joseph’s Hospital. Total cost of the project is estimated to be $5.3 million, including establishment of a $1 million endowment to ensure that Hospice House remains fiscally sound as it opens its doors to anyone in need of end-of-life care. Additional funding for the Hospice House will be raised through other individual and corporate contributions, grants and in-kind services. To-date, more than $2.3 million has been raised.

Donate now to Hospice House and take advantage of St. Luke's Foundation's $100,000 matching grant! For every $2 you give to Hospice House, St. Luke's Foundation will donate $1!

Read about Pat Rolstad's Ride across America to benefit Hospice House!