Hinds Hospice

At Hinds Hospice, our Angel Babies program provides comfort and support to families facing the loss of a baby. Join us for the 20th Annual Angel Babies Walk/Run on May 18, 2024! Whether you walk, run, form a team or donate, your support helps families in Fresno, Madera & Merced Counties grieving the loss of a baby. Click here for more details: https://lnkd.in/ebFRExNF #AngelBabies2024 

If you or someone you know is a parent grieving the loss of a child to drug overdose, our 12-week support group starts February 27th. Connect with others who share your journey. For more information, click here: https://lnkd.in/gtNVN6-S or contact Kathy Cromwell at (559) 248-8579 or email centerforgriefandhealing@hindshospice.org for more info. #GriefSupport #HALOProgram #hindsHospice See insights

The Marjaree Mason Center honored ten outstanding women serving our community at the organization's 40th Annual Top Ten Professional Women and Leading Business Awards ceremony, held Oct. 18 at the Fresno Convention and Entertainment Center... and representatives of Hinds Hospice were honored to attend. Hinds Hospice offers our sincere congratulations to each of this year's Top 10 Professional Women for their well-deserved recognition. You help to make our communities better every day! Our agency was humbled by the Center's selection of Hinds Hospice as its Leading Business of 2023. CEO Eric Klimes accepted the recognition, in gratitude and on behalf of everyone at Hinds Hospice. We're grateful for the recognition of the Marjaree Mason Center, and we congratulate the Center as it celebrates its 40th Anniversary. Thank you, Marjaree Mason Center, for 40 years of compassionate and outstanding work in our community!

Hinds Hospice welcomes two new members to its Board of Directors. Joining the Hinds Hospice Board of Directors is Dr. Lily Hitchner, M.D., Assistant Clinical Professor of Emergency Medicine at UCSF Fresno. Board-certified in emergency medicine, Dr. Hitchner completed her residency in Emergency Medicine at UCSF Fresno, where she served as chief resident. Also joining the Hinds Hospice Board is Sai Mouanoutoua, MSW. Mouantoutoua serves as Associate Program Director of Social Work in BSW on the faculty of Fresno Pacific University, in the School of Humanities, Religion and Social Sciences. Her major teaching areas include Social Problems and Public Policy, Foundations of Social Work Practice, and Cultural Competence in Social Work Practice. Departing from our Board after years of distinguished service is Bobby Fena. Fena joined the Hinds Hospice Board in June 2017, bringing a wealth of business and leadership experience to bear for our agency during his years of distinguished Board tenure. He also serves as the Senior Vice President & Principal for Colliers International Central California. "Hinds Hospice will be eternally grateful to Bobby Fena for his years of dedicated service as a member of the Board of Directors," said CEO Eric Klimes. "He is a true servant leader and his skills, experience and passion helped us grow in many ways. We are a better organization today because of his leadership." The Hinds Hospice Board of Directors is a diverse group of individuals who volunteer their time and expertise to further the Hinds Hospice mission. If you would like to learn more about volunteering to help guide Hinds Hospice, please call (559) 320-0308 or email funddevelopment@hindshospice.org.

"Celebrating Life's Shining Moments," the Hinds Hospice Gala held Sept. 8 at the Clovis Veterans Memorial District, received some positive attention in a Central Valley lifestyle magazine this month. CVLUX Magazine, a Central Valley-based "high style" publication that highlights events throughout the Valley, includes an article and photo gallery recapping our 2023 Gala in its October 2023 issue. The article highlights how the Gala supports the Hinds Hospice mission, and includes a gallery of photos shot by Marketing and Community Relations Manager Rob Walker. The photos feature a number of Hinds Hospice staff members and supporters, including our Founder, Nancy Hinds. The CVLUX article can be viewed online at https://lnkd.in/gqFXDgmM Our thanks go to CVLUX Magazine for its complimentary coverage of the 2023 Hinds Hospice Gala! 

Today is World Hospice and Palliative Care Day, an occasion when the world observes the importance of providing care and relief of pain for the terminally ill and their families. Hinds Hospice expresses our sincere gratitude to all who have helped or supported us in providing that care and relief for more than 40 years. Our mission remains to uphold the dignity and ease the suffering of the terminally ill, while supporting their loved ones and those who are grieving.   On World Hospice and Palliative Care Day, Hinds Hospice reaffirms our commitment to promoting hospice care across the globe, especially in areas with few resources. One way Hinds Hospice works to accomplish this is through our partnership with Hospice Africa, a pioneer in bringing hospice and palliative care to a vastly underserved region of south-central Africa, in Uganda.   Hinds Hospice has a strong connection and a long history of working with Hospice Africa. Earlier this year, a Hinds Hospice team traveled to Uganda to see – and to learn from -- how Hospice Africa brings relief of pain and suffering to so many at the end of life. Their work reminds us all of the universal need for hospice and palliative care, and shows us how the practice of and education about such care can transform the end-of-life journey for generations to come.   With the assistance of philanthropic funding, and with the goals of providing care and educating doctors and medical staff on the practice of hospice and palliative care, Hinds Hospice has committed to increasing the financial support of Hospice Africa at its sites in Kampala, Hoima and Mbarara, Uganda. Additionally, our CEO Eric Klimes, and Kathy Cromwell, Executive Director of the Center for Grief & Healing, recently joined the Hospice Africa USA Board of Directors, encouraging hospice organizations nationwide to support these humanitarian efforts.   The goal is to relieve the pain and suffering of the terminally ill and their families around the globe. We express our sincerest gratitude for your support.

Our deepest gratitude and most sincere thanks go to the Marjaree Mason Center, for honoring Hinds Hospice as its Top 10 Leading Business for 2023. We are humbled by your recognition, and are proud to be named as Leading Business by an organization that has long demonstrated such leadership in helping women and families meet, survive, and overcome the most difficult and challenging of circumstances. We thank the Marjaree Mason Center for its good work over these many years, and are grateful to be recognized by such a compassionate and amazing organization. We look forward to participating in the Center's 40th Anniversary Top Ten Professional Women recognition. Thank you, and congratulations to all of the 2023 honorees! Please consider supporting the Marjaree Mason Center by purchasing tickets to the event, scheduled October 18, 2023. Tickets are available here: https://lnkd.in/gv6eXkFK

Hinds Hospice will host a Volunteer Opportunity Night, a no-obligation informational event scheduled 6-7 p.m. tomorrow, July 17, at the Hinds Hospice Patient and Service Center, 2490 W. Shaw Ave. in Fresno. If you have a kind heart and a desire to help, please join us to learn more. If you know a survivor of suicide loss who might be ready to help others, please consider inviting them to attend. Information about training for our Local Outreach to Suicide Survivors (LOSS) Team will be available at the event. LOSS Team volunteers join professionals at the scene of a suicide or soon after to support those left behind. Healing never happens alone. The life experience of volunteers can help to support others in navigating their grief journey. For more information, please call the Hinds Hospice Center for Grief & Healing at (559) 248-8579, or email centerforgriefandhealing@hindshospice.org. No registration is necessary to attend. https://lnkd.in/gH3j2RAu