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Latest News: Fifth Annual Halloween Doors & More Event Raises $330,000 for Community PedsCare® Jacksonville, Fla. - Community Hospice’s fifth annual Halloween Doors & More, featuring the new grown-ups-only Sneak-Peek Preview Party, raised more than $330,000 for its pediatric, Community PedsCare. A combined crowd of approximately 1,600 people attended the popular family gala or preview party held at the Jacksonville Fairgrounds Exhibition Hall on October 15 and 17th. Community PedsCare (pronounced peeds care) is a pediatric palliative and hospice care program for local children suffering from life-limiting and life-threatening conditions. “The funds raised by the Halloween Doors & More event are significant to the operation of the Community PedsCare program, since the majority of the services provided by Community PedsCare are not reimbursed by private insurance or government sources,” said Community Hospice Foundation Executive Director DeAnn Collins. “Since the event started five years ago, total net proceeds are approaching $2 million. Even in a struggling economy, this ‘gala of a different sort’ continues to attract the attendance and support of individuals and organizations within our community. It is a tribute to the care our community wants to give these families and to the commitment of our volunteers.” Integral to the success of this year’s event was the creativity of its dedicated and hard-working co-chairs: Ansley Blakley and Paige Robbins, as well as the 125 member committee and the more than 250 event volunteers. To keep the event fresh and exciting for both children and adults, the 2009 committee added the “Under the Sea Adventure,” featuring a sunken pirate ship and the chance to meet King Neptune. The new Sneak-Peek Preview Party gave grown-ups the chance to see the event “under construction” and enjoy top-rate entertainment during a Thursday evening cocktail party prior to the main event. “Special thanks to the 2009 Halloween Doors & More Honorary Chairs, the McGriff family,” said Collins. “This family gala could not have been the success it was without this year’s sponsors.” Sponsors this year included: The Arnold Family, AT&T, The Bower Family, CBS 47, DuBow Family Foundation, Tabitha and Jim Furyk, Gator Country 99.9, Lazzara Family Foundation, Mercedes-Benz USA, Mezza Luna Restaurant, Nemours Children’s Clinic, The Petway Family Foundation, PGA TOUR, PGA TOUR Wives Association, Inc., PRI Productions, Linda and David Stein, Stellar Foundation, Dannehl and Kevin Twomey, UBS, University of Florida/Jacksonville Pediatrics, Vijay Singh Charitable Trust and Wolfson Children’s Hospital.
Community PedsCare is a pediatric palliative and hospice program for children with life-limiting and life-threatening conditions. The program offers in-hospital and in-home medical, nursing, psychosocial, spiritual, volunteer and other services to support, comfort and care for children and their families. The program was established in 2000 by Community Hospice of Northeast Florida, in collaboration with Wolfson Children’s Hospital, Nemours Children’s Clinic and the University of Florida. More information about Community Hospice of Northeast Florida and its Community PedsCare program is available at communityhospice.com.
Established in 1979 as the first community-based, nonprofit hospice program in Northeast Florida, Community Hospice of Northeast Florida helps nearly 1,000 patients live better with advanced illness each day in Baker, Clay, Duval, Nassau and St. Johns counties, through the support of more than 700 employees and nearly 900 volunteers. The nonprofit organization has served more than 53,000 children and adults — at home, in long term care facilities, hospitals and through its four inpatient centers throughout Jacksonville. Community Hospice Foundation™ generates philanthropic and community support for patient care services, family needs and community programs such as Community PedsCare®, a pediatric palliative and hospice program. No one is ever denied care due to an inability to pay. To learn more about the support and services of Community Hospice, visit communityhospice.com. Community Hospice of Northeast Florida and Community PedsCare are registered trademarks and Community Hospice Foundation is a trademark of Community Hospice of Northeast Florida, Inc.
The doctors, nurses and social workers who care for children with life-threatening and life-limiting illnesses through the Community PedsCare program of Community Hospice get into the Halloween spirit at Halloween Doors & More.
Event Co-Chair Ansley Blakely, Community Hospice Foundation Donor Relations Officer Amy Davis, Community Hospice President and CEO Susan Ponder-Stansel and Event Co-Chair Paige Robbins celebrate another successful Halloween Doors & More.
Stellar Foundation employees came dressed in character to volunteer making floats at the Soda Shop.
Contact: Colleen Hart Communications Manager - Foundation Community Hospice of Northeast Florida 904.407.6132
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