What's New
Festival of Trees Returns to NC Museum of Forestry; 
Vineland Station Luncheons Remain
This year’s Festival combines past traditions and brings back the Festival to the North Carolina Museum of Forestry with luncheons at the Vineland Station in Whiteville. The Festival of Trees runs Dec. 3-7, daily from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. and Sunday from 1 to 5 p.m., with a bonus evening after the Whiteville Christmas Parade and Tree Lighting. Returning are decorated trees, Desert Café, and wreaths, with Santa appearances. Admission to the Festival is $5. Holiday Luncheons will be held Dec. 8 and 9 from 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. at the Vineland Station. Keynote speaker is Sandra Moulin, author of “Before and Laughter, A Humorous Perspective of the Mundane.” Luncheon tickets are $35 per person and $250 for tables of eight. For more information, visit www.festivaloftrees.org. Call 910.796.7900 for more information.
Brunswick Hospice Care Center Construction is Progressing!
Crews are framing the external walls of the Care Center. Seeding, matting, and rough grading around the building perimeter is complete, and a dry retention pond has been created.
Acency Received Three-Year Accreditation!
The Accreditation Commission for Health Care, Inc. has informed us that Lower Cape Fear Hospice, Inc. has been approved for accreditation for Hospice Clinical & Support Services with a recommendation for deemed status. This accreditation is effective Sept. 29, 1011 through Sept. Sept. 29, 2014. ACHC says being awarded accreditation “demonstrates your commitment to quality in the provision of home care.”
Work on the Brunswick Hospice Care Center Has Begun!
We’re excited! When you drive by the site of the Brunswick Hospice Care Center off Old Ocean Highway in Bolivia, you’ll see our sign and the newly installed construction trailer. Work for the seven-bed hospice facility will start soon, and we’re anticipating a June 2012 completion. Thanks to everyone who has supported our Closer to Home capital campaign to build our third hospice care center.
Bountiful Life Tile Dedication & Memorial Ceremony
Last May, about 300 people joined together at Angel House Hospice Care Center for the Bountiful Life Tile Dedication and Memorial Ceremony. To commemorate Memorial Day, we created a Field of Honor with sponsored flags as an opportunity to come together as a community to remember, to pay tribute, and to heal.
As a result, the ceremony evolved into a larger event inviting the whole community to participate and enjoy a barbecue plate together. The Field of Honor was an opportunity for community members to honor people who made an impact in their life. After the ceremony, Jim Newman, Lt. Col., USAF Retired, shared how he was moved by the spirit of patriotism that graced the grounds. He said, “It is gratifying to see an increase of respect for the military that was not present during the late sixties and early seventies.”
2011 Spring Beneficence Newsletter
Click on the image to the left to see the latest Beneficence Newsletter for a recap of past events and a list of gifts to the Foundation from Oct. 1, 2009 - Sept. 30, 2010.
2010 Annual Report
Click on the image of right to view our annual report
for fiscal year 2010 for a brief snapshot of the year in review.
2011 Brunswick County Newsletter
Click on the image at left to see the latest on our Closer to Home capital campaign, the hospice and pallative care world, Brunswick County Community event photos, a volunteer spotlight, and more.
Hospice and Palliative Care News
We want to share some of the information on hospice and palliative care that has appeared in the media recently.
Conversations about health care choices encouraged
· Letting Go, a much-discussed article in The New Yorker, talked about:
- Terminal patients often don’t have discussions with their physicians about their goals for end-of-life care
- La Cross, Wisconsin’s campaign to get physicians and patients to discuss end-of-life wishes.
- Oncologist’s dilemma when patient wants more treatment
- Young mother’s desire to spend her last days with her young child
Studies show hospice benefits patients and caregivers
· Access to hospices improved end-of-life care: A Yale Study find hospice saves money, improves care and achieves better outcomes for cancer patients.
A trend toward concurrent care
· The Affordable Care Act requires state Medicaid programs to allow children with a life-limiting illness to receive both hospice care and curative treatments. It also established a three-year “concurrent care” demonstration program at 15 sites nationwide, in which Medicare would cover both kinds of treatment simultaneously.
Statistics indicate continued growth
· More heart failure patients served by hospice: The use of hospice care during the last six months of life doubled among heart failure patients to 38 percent in 2007 – two studies from the US and Canada, Archives of Internal Medicine.
Closer to Home Capital Campaign Launched
The groundbreaking dedication on October 14 celebrated our success obtained to date and began the public portion of our capital campaign to build a Brunswick County hospice care center closer to home. At left, capital campaign chairs Tripp Sloane, Dianne Tripp, Sibyl McLamb, and WJ McLamb had their hard hats and shovels ready for the ceremony. At bottom right is the proposed rendering for the seven-bed hospice facility. For more information on the groundbreaking, campaign, and care center, visit Brunswickclosertohome.org. 
What's New
Festival of Trees Returns to NC Museum of Forestry;
Vineland Station Luncheons Remain
This year’s Festival combines past traditions and brings back the Festival to the North Carolina Museum of Forestry with luncheons at the Vineland Station in Whiteville. The Festival of Trees runs Dec. 3-7, daily from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. and Sunday from 1 to 5 p.m., with a bonus evening after the Whiteville Christmas Parade and Tree Lighting. Returning are decorated trees, Desert Café, and wreaths, with Santa appearances. Admission to the Festival is $5. Holiday Luncheons will be held Dec. 8 and 9 from 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. at the Vineland Station. Keynote speaker is Sandra Moulin, author of “Before and Laughter, A Humorous Perspective of the Mundane.” Luncheon tickets are $35 per person and $250 for tables of eight. For more information, visit www.festivaloftrees.org. Call 910.796.7900 for more information.
Brunswick Hospice Care Center Construction is Progressing!
Crews are framing the external walls of the Care Center. Seeding, matting, and rough grading around the building perimeter is complete, and a dry retention pond has been created.
Acency Received Three-Year Accreditation!
The Accreditation Commission for Health Care, Inc. has informed us that Lower Cape Fear Hospice, Inc. has been approved for accreditation for Hospice Clinical & Support Services with a recommendation for deemed status. This accreditation is effective Sept. 29, 1011 through Sept. Sept. 29, 2014. ACHC says being awarded accreditation “demonstrates your commitment to quality in the provision of home care.”
Work on the Brunswick Hospice Care Center Has Begun!
We’re excited! When you drive by the site of the Brunswick Hospice Care Center off Old Ocean Highway in Bolivia, you’ll see our sign and the newly installed construction trailer. Work for the seven-bed hospice facility will start soon, and we’re anticipating a June 2012 completion. Thanks to everyone who has supported our Closer to Home capital campaign to build our third hospice care center.
Bountiful Life Tile Dedication & Memorial Ceremony
Last May, about 300 people joined together at Angel House Hospice Care Center for the Bountiful Life Tile Dedication and Memorial Ceremony. To commemorate Memorial Day, we created a Field of Honor with sponsored flags as an opportunity to come together as a community to remember, to pay tribute, and to heal.
As a result, the ceremony evolved into a larger event inviting the whole community to participate and enjoy a barbecue plate together. The Field of Honor was an opportunity for community members to honor people who made an impact in their life. After the ceremony, Jim Newman, Lt. Col., USAF Retired, shared how he was moved by the spirit of patriotism that graced the grounds. He said, “It is gratifying to see an increase of respect for the military that was not present during the late sixties and early seventies.”
2011 Spring Beneficence Newsletter
Click on the image to the left to see the latest Beneficence Newsletter for a recap of past events and a list of gifts to the Foundation from Oct. 1, 2009 - Sept. 30, 2010.
2010 Annual Report
Click on the image of right to view our annual report
for fiscal year 2010 for a brief snapshot of the year in review.
2011 Brunswick County Newsletter
Click on the image at left to see the latest on our Closer to Home capital campaign, the hospice and pallative care world, Brunswick County Community event photos, a volunteer spotlight, and more.
Hospice and Palliative Care News
We want to share some of the information on hospice and palliative care that has appeared in the media recently.
Conversations about health care choices encouraged
· Letting Go, a much-discussed article in The New Yorker, talked about:
- Terminal patients often don’t have discussions with their physicians about their goals for end-of-life care
- La Cross, Wisconsin’s campaign to get physicians and patients to discuss end-of-life wishes.
- Oncologist’s dilemma when patient wants more treatment
- Young mother’s desire to spend her last days with her young child
Studies show hospice benefits patients and caregivers
· Access to hospices improved end-of-life care: A Yale Study find hospice saves money, improves care and achieves better outcomes for cancer patients.
A trend toward concurrent care
· The Affordable Care Act requires state Medicaid programs to allow children with a life-limiting illness to receive both hospice care and curative treatments. It also established a three-year “concurrent care” demonstration program at 15 sites nationwide, in which Medicare would cover both kinds of treatment simultaneously.
Statistics indicate continued growth
· More heart failure patients served by hospice: The use of hospice care during the last six months of life doubled among heart failure patients to 38 percent in 2007 – two studies from the US and Canada, Archives of Internal Medicine.
Closer to Home Capital Campaign Launched
The groundbreaking dedication on October 14 celebrated our success obtained to date and began the public portion of our capital campaign to build a Brunswick County hospice care center closer to home. At left, capital campaign chairs Tripp Sloane, Dianne Tripp, Sibyl McLamb, and WJ McLamb had their hard hats and shovels ready for the ceremony. At bottom right is the proposed rendering for the seven-bed hospice facility. For more information on the groundbreaking, campaign, and care center, visit Brunswickclosertohome.org.