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Latest News: Neviaser Family Makes $2.5 Million Gift to Community Hospice to Support Pediatric Care Jacksonville, Fla. – An endowment that will benefit children who need hospice and palliative care that is unfunded or not covered by insurance is being dedicated in honor of long-time supporters of Community Hospice of Northeast Florida. Through a $2.5 million gift from the Neviaser Charitable Foundation, the endowment now will be named the Neviaser Family Community PedsCare Endowment Fund.
“We are immensely grateful to the Doris and Charles “Buddy” Neviaser family for their strong support of Community Hospice,” said Susan Ponder-Stansel, Community Hospice president and CEO. “During their lifetimes, Doris and Buddy were dear and generous friends of the organization. We are humbled and thankful that their children have chosen to continue this legacy through their commitment to the Community PedsCare Endowment Fund for Community Hospice.”
Self-made multimillionaire Charles Morton "Buddy" Neviaser gave generously to Jacksonville charities before his death in 2006 at the age of 83. In 2000, he made a $1 million gift to Community Hospice that enabled the construction of the Charles M. Neviaser Educational Institute on Sunbeam Road. One of only a few in the nation, the Neviaser Institute provides clinical education on end-of-life care for clergy, physicians and other health care professionals as well as the community at large. Mr. Neviaser and his wife, Doris, moved to Jacksonville in 1984 from Fairfax, Va., where he owned a men's clothing store and a real estate company before becoming a private investor.
Doris Blankenship Neviaser died January 24, 2008 at Community Hospice’s Hadlow Center for Caring on Sunbeam. She was born on Nov. 1, 1926 in Thayer, Mo., and raised in Denver. She was married to Buddy Neviaser for 59 years and together they had two sons, Michael John Neviaser of Jacksonville and Jon Joseph Neviaser of Boise, Idaho; a daughter, Nancy Neviaser Baker of Jacksonville; and seven grandchildren.
This gift follows two founding gifts to the endowment from the local Weaver and Petway families, each for $500,000.
“Community PedsCare is such a vital pediatric palliative and hospice care program for children and families on the First Coast,” notes Elizabeth “Betty” Petway, a philanthropist and former Community Hospice board member. “Supporting this endowment will provide a perpetual source of funding for Community PedsCare.”
Earnings from this gift will be applied to the program where the need is greatest. No more than 5% of the average value of the endowment fund’s investment portfolio over the prior 12 quarters shall be expended annually as determined by the Community Hospice Foundation Board of Directors.
About Community PedsCare: Community PedsCare is a pediatric palliative and hospice program for children with life-limiting and life-threatening conditions. 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–Jacksonville. 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.
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 approximately 700 employees and more than 900 volunteers. The nonprofit organization has served nearly 59,000 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.
Contact: Colleen Hart Communications Manager-Foundation Community Hospice of Northeast Florida 904.407.6132
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