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March 20, 2006

Dear Friends,

At Heart of the Redwoods Community Hospice (HRCH), we are neighbors helping neighbors to face illness and death with grace and strength. Please help us continue our work.

HRCH is a independent, community-operated nonprofit organization. We are an essential part of your healthcare system, immune to governmental budget cuts because

we receive no government support.

How can we do this? We rely on your support.

Last year 88% of our budget came from the Southern Humboldt community, through donations and fundraising events. Small grants covered the rest.

We are the only provider of in-home services to vulnerable people in our area. Both Home Health and Hospice of Humboldt folded their Southern Humboldt operations after concluding that it’s not cost effective to provide services to our farflung rural service area of 3,000 square miles.

We can do this vital work on a shoestring budget (about a sixth of the cost of services through a Medicare-reimbursed hospice!) because much of the work that keeps us going is done by dedicated volunteers.

When you donate to HRCH, what does your money do?

• We provide practical and emotional support to people who are dying

or living with a life-threatening illness.

• We help to create and support a circle of care.

• We advocate for our clients’ needs within the medical system.

• We provide bereavement support and counseling.

We hope you’ll read our brochure and think about the work we do and what it might

mean to you and the people you love.

Please help...we can’t do this work without you.


The latest Hospice Fund-raisers 2007 Brochure The American Hospice site Check out why Hospice HRCH has a library of books and tapes, audio and video, as well as handouts, on death and dying and bereavement for anyone who wants to come into the office to check them out. HRCH’s radio show on KMUD is the first Monday of the month, at 7PM
		"Whether our suffering is great or small, if someone can respond to us with compassion and understanding, at Least some of the hurt is soothed, and the agony can begin to give way to a feeling that our burden is shared., Richard Heckler
	WHAT WE HAVE ONCE ENJOYED AND DEEPLY LOVED WE CAN NEVER LOSE, FOR ALL THAT WE LOVE DEEPLY BECOMES PART OF US. ...HELEN KELLER....
	New material coming from Hospice soon. check back March 20, 2006 Dear Friends, At Heart of the Redwoods Community Hospice (HRCH), we are neighbors helping neighbors to face illness and death with grace and strength. *Please help us continue* *our work.* HRCH is a independent, community-operated nonprofit organization. We are an essential part of your healthcare system, immune to governmental budget cuts because *we receive no government support.* *How can we do this? We rely on your support.* Last year 88% of our budget came from the Southern Humboldt community, through donations and fundraising events. Small grants covered the rest. *We are the only provider of in-home services to vulnerable people in our area. Both Home Health and Hospice of Humboldt folded their Southern Humboldt operations after concluding that it’s not cost effective to provide services to our farflung rural service area of 3,000 square miles. We can do this vital work on a shoestring budget (about a sixth of the cost of services through a Medicare-reimbursed hospice!) because much of the work that keeps us going is done by dedicated volunteers. When you donate to HRCH, what does your money do?* • We provide practical and emotional support to people who are dying or living with a life-threatening illness. • We help to create and support a circle of care. • We advocate for our clients’ needs within the medical system. • We provide bereavement support and counseling. We hope you’ll read our brochure and think about the work we do and what it might mean to you and the people you love. *Please help...we can’t do this work without you.*