The student councils of three area elementary schools, Alamo, Washington, and Dix Street, provided the holiday cookies and packaged them for delivery. This year 23 volunteer drivers shared their time […]
A Homeless Man Comes Home for Christmas
This is how our Wings Home provided a place for reunion between a homeless man and his family during their last Christmas together. He had called from a hospital in […]
Loveliness Enhanced by Debilitating Disease
The photos near her bed at the skilled nursing facility show her as robust. She was lean with sinewy muscles during her first fifty-five years. Her character was firm, too. […]
Love On A King Size Bed
A family gathers The yard was packed with cars as I pulled into the driveway. A few grand-kids were gathered in a circle out in the yard having a smoke, […]
Fundraising IS a Profession!
Professional Fundraising A friend of mine has been a professional fundraiser for over 30 years. She has worked for many nonprofits raising millions of dollars. When she got her first […]
My Experience as a Volunteer at Wings Home
Giving Back I had often thought because I had been blessed with the wonderful support of Wings of Hope Hospice in the past for both my Dad and Mom in […]
Importance of Memorial Gatherings
As a chaplain, I often encounter well-intentioned people who plan no gathering for family and friends after death occurs. A dying person may say, “Don’t go to any trouble or […]
The Final Voice
Introduction As the generation of people who are faced with decisions for our parents, we are so very many times their final voice. We are a society that plans for […]
Hospice Volunteer – Bereavement
I have been a hospice volunteer in bereavement for Wings of Hope Hospice for 16 years. This ‘job’ came about as a way for me to give back after I […]
Being a Healing Listener
Healing Listening ‘Healing listening’, a term used by both James Miller and Paul Feider in their writing and their work with individuals who are grieving, is a priceless gift you […]