LONGVIEW, Wash., June 22, 2018 – Nearly 400 guests attended Buccaneer’s Ball to support charity care and community benefit programs for Community Home Health & Hospice.
The annual gala is a party with a purpose. Event chairwoman Kirsten Amrine said, “We are neighbors taking care of neighbors – that’s what makes this a great community.” More than $162,000 was raised to support the agency’s charity care and community benefit programs. Patients and families helped by this support receive free service, extraordinary care, hospice in skilled nursing facilities, grief support, respite care, translation services, special recognition through the We Honor Veterans program and other much-needed services that depend on community support for sustainability.
Diamond Sponsors included Columbia Security, Friends of Hospice Southwest Washington, KLOG-KUKN-101.5, and KapStone. Emerald Sponsors were Homecare Homebase; Law Office of Meredith Long, PLLC and Umpqua Bank.
About Community Home Health & Hospice
Community Home Health & Hospice is an independent, community-based non-profit healthcare agency serving the healthcare needs of Washington and Oregon families since 1977. Their services include home care personal services, home health, home hospice, in-patient hospice care and bereavement services. Every day, they care for 600 patients throughout Clark, Cowlitz, and Wahkiakum Counties in Washington and Columbia County in Oregon. Community Home Health & Hospice supports the healthcare and independent living goals of each patient and their loved ones by delivering the highest quality, compassionate and dignified care to individuals in their chosen place of residence. They have received recognition for nine years as a HomeCare Elite top agency. For more information, visit www.chhh.org.
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