Summer Newsletter 2012 - Talbot Hospice Foundation, Inc.

G u e s t W i n g N e w sIn honor of the 35 th Annual National CertifiedNursing Assistant week, June 14 through 21,2012, we offer our deepest gratitude to our GuestWing Caregivers for the immeasurable amount ofcompassion and support that they provide to ourguests and their families. Our CNAs excel in theirjobs and provide quality care in the Guest Wing.Thank you and congratulations!•Salisbury University School ofNursing and Talbot Hospice havean annual partnership in which agraduating senior completes her requiredclinical training in Community Healthin the Guest Wing. This successfulpartnership presents the opportunityto increase awareness for new nursesMary Grace Foster,Salisbury Universitynursing student atHospice Houseentering the medical field to understand hospice servicesand end-of-life care. Mary Grace Foster interned thispast spring in the Guest Wing and partnered with thePathways, Bereavement, Nurse Educator and HospiceChaplain. She was exposed to the philosophy ofhospice-based care and the importance of end-of-lifecare in the medical community.•Two part-time Guest Wing Caregivers have joinedthe staff, Ms. Stacey Plutschak and Ms. Taneika Turner.Both are Certified Nursing Assistants and CertifiedMedical Technicians. Welcome aboard!After a morning shower, the sun rises and shinesbrightly through the trees in the hospice garden.Please support our patients and families!Your gift is important.We need your help!Use the enclosed envelope to make a gift that willchange the end-of-life experience for your neighbors and friends.Thank you!It’s a Family AffairContinued from page 1equipment was made available and every need was met.“We always had plenty of equipment, thanks to hospice,”commented a granddaughter.When Talbot Hospice began assisting, both Bev andElsie Mae agreed that this allowed them to spend qualitytime as daughters with their dad. “We could not have doneit without hospice. They helped with the medications andalways answered our questions. Dad was very happy andbecame very attached to the nurses.” This large, tight-knitfamily shared visits with Kenneth. Stories were told at hisbedside, laughs were shared, and Kenneth’s candor andquick wit provided the family with many tender memories.Another granddaughter commented, “He felt like hewas being treated as a king, and was given the nicknameThe King’’. The entire Dulin family is grateful for the kindsupport from Talbot Hospice.Since Mr. Dulin’s passing, granddaughter Tina anddaughter Sherry are involved with the Festival of Treesthrough the Friends of Hospice. Last year they decoratedtheir first tree. This year they volunteer as Chairpersons forthe 2012 Distribution Committee. Elsie Mae is interestedin becoming a hospice volunteer and granddaughter inlawPat Serio is interested in taking the next volunteertraining with her school-aged daughter. And continuing as acaregiver volunteer in the Guest Wing, now in her 12 th year,is the Grand Dame of Hospice, Bev Serio!Talbot Hospice is appreciative of the Dulin family fortheir involvement as volunteers. By sharing their story, it ishoped that hospice might reach others in the community.And in the hospice mission of offering hope, compassionatesupport and services to those facing end-of-life, familiesmay continue to create beautiful memories until the veryend, celebrating life and recognizing the precious nature ofeach day.4 410-822-6681 Talbot Hospice www.talbothospice.org

Volunteer Appreciation luncheonThe 2012 Annual Volunteer Luncheon was held at the Talbot Country Club in May. This special event is fully funded by the Marita MenziesEndowment Fund, which was established in 2004 in loving memory of Marita Menzies, former Talbot Hospice Volunteer Coordinator, toprovide training programs and appreciation events for Talbot Hospice volunteers. Pictured below, volunteers enjoy the luncheon.Emilie Joshi, Debbie Greenwood, A.J. Lippsonand Susan WalshMarian Miller andGordon RiesSusan Piggott, Volunteer Coordinator, keeps her eye onthe luncheon, card in hand ready for the next announcement.Roxy Palmer, Rev. Jody Gunn, Ruth Ann Travers, Lisa Glessnerand Cheryl Arnold of Shore Home Care HospiceA Gratitude Alphabet for our Hospice VolunteersEllen Taggert, Susan Haddaway, Betty Todd, Ginger Held,Sue McLaughlin and Sharon HarringtonTHe Newest VolunteerS • Spring 2012by Wendy VanNest, Director of Family ServicesThank you for your altruism, bravery, compassion, dependability, ethics, flexibility, generosity, hospice hearts, intuition,joyfulness, kindness, love, mindfulness, nurturing, optimism, presence, questions, responsiveness, sensitivity, teamwork,understanding, veracity, wonderfulness, x-cellence, yourself, and, finally, your zeal for the Meaningful Work we do together.Pictured above is the March 2012 Talbot Hospice Volunteer Training Class. Participants completed two days of comprehensivetraining. Left to right, Fran Stultz, Mary Miscavich, Jody Gunn, Georgeanne Pinkard, Beverly Shea, Maritza Sanchez, SusanaLucero, Elissa McGuire, Danielle Parkinson, Erinn Davis, Bonnie Lahman, Gaither Khyos, Sue McLaughlin, John Ford, KeithPhippin, Violece Brown, Bridget O’Toole, Susie Graham, Holly Wright, Nancy Littrell, Kit Bradshaw, Jane Allen and Susan Piggott,Talbot Hospice Volunteer Coordinator. For information on the October Volunteer Training please call 410-822-6681.On June 1, 2012 the Talbot Hospice Foundation officially announcedthe public phase of the Capital Campaign to expand its facilitywith additional guest wing rooms and a new bereavement center.For more information please visit our website: www.talbothospice.orgor contact Caron Pons, Director of the Capital Campaign email: cpons@talbothospice.org410-822-6681 Talbot Hospice www.talbothospice.org 5

Leadership Circle $100,000+* Friends of HospiceGuardian Circle $25,000+* The Concordia Foundation* Dorothy Metcalf Charitable FoundationCircle of Hope $10,000+Anonymous (1)Mr. and Mrs. Bruce HammondsHome Instead Senior Care FoundationMr. and Mrs. Mark S. Kristoff* Seip Family FoundationSustaining Circle $5,000+* Anonymous (1)* Thomas and Tina Baxter* Mr. and Mrs. George Eysymontt* Patricia M. Fox* Mr. and Mrs. Richard C. GranvilleMr. and Mrs. John C. Harding* Robert and Doris Fischer MalesardiMary and Daniel Loughran Foundation, Inc.* Maxine and Bill Millar* Mr. and Mrs. David B. NagelMrs. Lorraine Oetting* Mr. and Mrs. Ira RinglerMr. Erik K. Straub* Mrs. Katherine M. WhalenSupporting Circle $2,500+* Mr. and Mrs. Joseph H. BattinMr. and Mrs. Sean Echternach* Mr. Charles R. Fagan* Mr. and Mrs. Clayton Fisher* Dr. and Mrs. Eugene H. Guthrie* Mr. and Mrs. Paul R. Haddaway* Thomas H. Hamilton Foundation, Inc.* Dr. Wayne and Dr. Mary HockmeyerMichael and Nancy Klein* Mrs. Alice B. NilyMr. and Mrs. Anthony H. Passarella* Edward D. Powers Charitable Lead TrustMr. and Mrs. Anthony J. Principi* Ms. Adrienne W. RudgeJ.T. and Mary Tydings Smith* St. John FoundationMs. Leslie Ware* Mary and John WolfeCommitment Circle $1,000+Anonymous (2)* Judy Caswell Allen* Mr. and Mrs. Thomas L. Alnutt* John and Nancy AnthonyMr. and Mrs. C.G. ApplebyMr. Cecil F. Backus, Jr.Mr. J. Malcolm Bahrenburg* Don and Janet Bickert* Blake-Blackston American Legion Post #77Mr. and Mrs. David G. BradleyJ. Parker and Ruthe CallahanMrs. Tiffany Carpenter* Mr. Alan Cassidy* Mr. and Mrs. A. James ClarkCoffee For A CauseMr. and Mrs. James N. Cooney* Mrs. Joan W. CoxThe Guthrie SocietyGifts as of May 25, 2012* Mrs. Harriet CritchlowJoan and Richard Crowley* Dalton Family FoundationHugh and Kathy Dawkins* Mr. Jesus T. and Dr. Silvia Diaz* The Steven Doehler Family* Mr. and Mrs. Lewis DoomMr. Harrison Dunning* Easton Bank and Trust* Episcopal Church Women of St. Michaels* Mrs. Jean EwingMr. and Mrs. W. James FarrellMr. and Mrs. Paul FaulknerMr. and Mrs. Thomas T. Firth III* Elizabeth and Leo FouldsW. Thomas FountainMr. Michael FrameMr. and Mrs. Ernest Fuchs* Mr. William M. Ginder* Mr. Albert B. Gipe* Gipe Associates* Mrs. Claiborne W. Gooch III* Grayce B. Kerr Fund, Inc.* Ms. Thelma Gretzinger & Mr. John Nielsen* Mrs. Carolyn P. Harriman* Dr. and Mrs. J. Frederick Heaton* Herrmann-Freeman FundMrs. Grace Bainbridge HoltCol. John Hyatt* Hospice Cup, Inc.Elizabeth and John Hughes* Mrs. Robert K. KellerMr. and Mrs. John Kelly, Jr.* Mrs. Bette S. KenzieMr. Warren Kilmer & Ms. Judith Needham* Joan and Frank Kittredge* Frances and Jim MaffittMs. Judith L. McLaughlin* Mrs. George S. McManus* Mrs. Alice Mellen* Mr. and Mrs. R. Michael S. Menzies, Sr.* Dr. Margot MillerMr. and Mrs. Thomas MitchellMr. and Mrs. Frank Morgan* Mr. Lawrence MundellMrs. Joan D. Murray* Ms. Krystyna OchotaHamish and Christy Osborne* Mr. and Mrs. Richard M. Osborne* Mr. and Mrs. Sumner ParkerMrs. Charles Pashayan, Jr.* Mr. Royce Peabody* Mr. and Mrs. John W. PettitMr. W. Lee Phillips* Mr. and Mrs. Michael PotterMr. and Mrs. David Pyles* Mrs. Martha ReadMr. George Reed* Mr. and Mrs. Edward Rhodes* Mr. and Mrs. John Riehl IIIMr. and Mrs. Timothy Roche* Ms. Diane Rohman and Mr. Charles Monet* Ms. Alice R. Ryan and the Merriwold Trustof the Mid-Shore Community FoundationMr. and Mrs. George Scholley* Schulman FoundationMs. Caroline E. Seaton* Michael D. and Barbara E. SheridanMr. and Mrs. Langley Shook* Mr. Albert L. Smith* St. Mark’s United Methodist Church* Mr. and Mrs. Jeffrey StaleyMr. Thomas StanleyMr. and Mrs. Daniel StoneMrs. Frank Stoner III* St. Mark’s United Methodist Church* Dr. and Mrs. George W. StrotherSts. Peter and Paul Catholic Church* Ms. Alys SwanThe Christmas ProjectMrs. Frances A. ThoringtonMr. and Mrs. Richard Tilghman* Dr. Michael C. Tooke and Ms. Susan L. Piggott* Sam and Rosemary Trippe* Mr. and Mrs. George TullochVan Strum Foundation* Mrs. Margaret C. Wallace* Mr. Buck Waller* Dr. James C. Walsh* Mr. and Mrs. William J. Weisman* Mrs. Chris Wilke* William B. Bergen Foundation, Inc.Mrs. Florence T. WilliamsDr. and Mrs. Horace Wood* Mr. Howard Zwemer* Founding, continuous membersThank you Alexa and Tom Seip forgraciously agreeing to host this year’sGuthrie Society party at your beautifulhome, Pine Bloom, on the evening ofSeptember 14, 2012. Your generosity willenable Guthrie Society members to gathertogether to “Celebrate Life!”Every fiscal year (July 1-June 30)donors to Talbot Hospice willhave the opportunity to maketransformative gifts by joiningThe Guthrie Society with a gift of$1000 or more to the Annual Fund.6 410-822-6681 Talbot Hospice www.talbothospice.org

First Annual Clergy DayTwo volunteers have special gardening tasks. Joanne Huberttakes care of the hummingbird feeder and Peter Rampmeyerfills all of the bird feeders with seed and keeps water in thebird bath. The magnificent meditation garden reflects theirloving attention to these small details.Join the Guthrie SocietyHospice founderDr. GuthrieThe Guthrie Society isan opportunity to honorDr. Eugene “Buck” Guthrie,one of the founders ofTalbot Hospice, and make ameaningful contribution thatwill help change the end of lifeexperience for local citizens.We invite you to join,or re-join, this dedicated group of donorswho contribute $1,000 or more to the AnnualCampaign by June 30, 2012. Donors will belisted in the yearly Annual Report, receive specialcommunications from Talbot Hospice, and will beinvited to a private appreciation party in the fallof 2012.On the left is a list of members as of May25 th 2012. The asterisk * denotes the donor asa founding member of this distinguished groupwho has given since its inception in fiscal year2010. Your gift will exemplify Dr. Guthrie’scommitment to Talbot Hospice’s mission ofassisting all who call upon us at the end-of-life. Ifyou have questions about joining The GuthrieSociety, please call Kate Cox, AssociateDirector, at 410-822-6681.The first Annual Clergy Day was held in April. A specificoutreach event for Spiritual Leaders led by our HospiceChaplain Rev. Jody Gunn, the luncheon provided a hospiceoverview of programs and services. Pictured above, featured guestspeaker, Ms. Sandy Redd, Director of the Neighborhood ServiceCenter and Associate Pastor of Emmanuel Deliverance, delights theaudience with a personal hospice account. Other speakers includedShore Home Care Hospice and Talbot Hospice staff and volunteers.The event was met with great success. “This was an outstandingpresentation. I loved that we heard not only from the Directors butalso from a Certified Nursing Assistant,” said Rev. Kevin Cross fromHoly Trinity Episcopal Church in Oxford.Celebrate Life Every Day FundraisingHelps Patients and FamiliesOur “Celebrate Life Every Day!” fundraisers are off to agreat start! Board members Cammy Passarella, JoanCrowley and Lee Phillips held a successful cocktail party withLee’s “Free and Eazy” band entertaining the crowd. Held at theRiver House Pavilion on a warm spring evening, the festive partyraised more than $8,000 for hospice programs.On June 15 th , Marine Corps fanswill take a bus trip to Washington,D.C. to see the Marine CorpsSunset Review Parade, packinga picnic supper and travellingwith friends to hear the music.In August, a board member isorganizing a Shore Birds bus tripfor friends and family. Play ball!We invite any of you to“Celebrate Life” with a littlefundraiser for Talbot Hospice.Anyone can participate-individuals,groups of friends, schools, serviceorganizations, etc. – it is a greatway for people to do the thingsthey love, with the people they love, to help a great cause.Questions? Ideas? Call Kate 410-822-6681.Board member, Lee Phillips, tunes up his banjo as his ‘Free and EazyBand’ prepares to play for party goers. Joan Crowley and CammyPassarella, fellow co-hosts, packed the room with friends and family to“Celebrate Life, Music and Friends!”410-822-6681 Talbot Hospice www.talbothospice.org 7

586 Cynwood DriveEaston, MD 21601-3805Non Profit OrgU.S. Postage PaidEaston, MDPermit No. 280The Talbot Hospice Foundation is an independent, community-based, non profit organization founded in 1981.“Celebrate Life Every Day” FundraisersOur “Celebrate Life Every Day” fundraisers are off to a great start and we invite you to take part in one or all of ourevents listed below or create your own for Talbot Hospice. Anyone can participate; individuals, groups of friends,schools, service organizations, etc. It is a great way for people to do the things they love, with the people they love,and help a great cause at the same time. Call Kate Cox 410-822-6681.Please see page 7 for more information.June 15, 20125:00 pm to 11:00 pmChartered Bus toWashington, D.C.The Marine BarracksUS Marine CorpsSunset Evening Parade$50 TransportationHospice raises $1,500if we fill the bus!August 16, 20125:30 pm to 11:00 pmChartered Busto Salisbury, MDClass A Minor LeagueBaseball GameTicket, bus, hot dog, coke,chips and a baseball cap!$50 per personHospice raises $1,300if we fill the bus!September 30, 2012 toOctober 7, 2012The Mediterranean SeaLuxury Cruise LineSpain, France, Italy,7 ports of call$5,699 covers everythingHospice raises $6,500 onevery 10 th ticket sold!