By Ashley Horst, Fundraising & Marketing Coordinator It all started with a group of innovative volunteers. In 1980 the congregation of Trinity Episcopal Church in Martinsburg was challenged to find the unmet needs in the community and come up with solutions for them. The group decided that one unmet need was a lack of good…
September is disaster preparedness month. Part of our job at Hospice of the Panhandle is to help our patients and their families prepare for the unexpected since disaster can affect them more severely than most. We help our patients prepare for weather events by making sure that they have the medications, medical supplies and support…
By John Sherwood, Hospice of the Panhandle Veteran Volunteer My volunteer service with Hospice of the Panhandle has been one of my most enriching life experiences. In addition to being able to recognize and honor many of our veterans, it has provided the opportunity to literally touch pieces of American history. Clarence J. MacNichols was…
Nearly 30 years ago, when my father was in a Hospice facility, an unknown Hospice volunteer brought little bouquets of flowers to brighten the small kitchen table where our family often had meals when we visited Dad. Little did that person know that their thoughtfulness would plant the seeds for me to also share my…
MARTINSBURG — May 24, 2019, is a day that Patricia Hosby and Bill Bailey will remember forever. Not just because it was their wedding day, but because they got to celebrate with a very small group of close family members and friends, including their elderly mothers. Hosby’s mom, Anna Henson, had been residing at Elmcroft…
KEARNEYSVILLE — What may have surprised Hospice of the Panhandle social worker Nina O’Connor the most about a recent advocacy trip to Capitol Hill was just how much congressional staffers knew about hospice care. “It was really amazing,” O’Connor said about her trip on April 16 and 17. “Every single staffer had his or her…
By Ashley Horst Marketing & Fundraising Coordinator Phil Ernst, who served in the Marines for 4 years and owned Woodbrier Nursery in the late 1970s, liked having a purpose and had always done his best at whatever he chose to do. For him, having bladder cancer wasn’t a reason to give up. He just needed…