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Latest News: Community Hospice of Northeast Florida Schedules Open House for New Inpatient Facility JACKSONVILLE, Florida - Community Hospice of Northeast Florida invites the public to attend a community open house at the Anne and Donald McGraw Center for Caring on Saturday, November 17, 2007, 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.
The McGraw Center is located on the Mayo Clinic campus at 4715 Worral Way. The event will feature addresses by local dignitaries, a blessing of the facility, tours and refreshments. To R.S.V.P. call 904.407.7033.
The McGraw Center for Caring will open to patients in late November 2007, to meet the growing demand for hospice services in southern Duval County, the Beaches area and northern St. Johns County. The 23,000-square-foot facility includes 16 inpatient beds in private rooms in a unique homelike setting, complete with gardens, screened-in porches and ponds. Visitors will have 24-hour access. Overnight stays by loved ones are encouraged.
The facility was built through a donation to Community Hospice through the Donald C. McGraw Foundation in memoriam for Anne and Donald McGraw.
Donald C. McGraw Jr., who died on June 11, 2006, was a WWII Navy veteran and an executive with McGraw-Hill Inc., the global financial and information services company. He was married for more than 50 years to Anne Schulyer Williams McGraw, an elementary school teacher and hospital who died on December 22, 1999. Their three surviving sons are Donald III “Josh,” of Ponte Vedra Beach, FL, Robert L.W., of Sheffield, MA, and David W., of Osterville, MA. A fourth son, Peter S. McGraw, predeceased them.
Established in 1979 as the first 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 48,000 children and adults—at home, in long term care facilities, hospitals and through four inpatient centers throughout Jacksonville. Community Hospice Foundation generates philanthropic and community support for unfunded and under-funded programs, including indigent hospice care, Community PedsCare, a pediatric palliative and hospice program, and the programs and services of the Charles M. Neviaser Educational Institute. Care is available to all patients who need it, regardless of their ability to pay. ###
Contact: Doreen O'Toole Communications Specialist Community Hospice of Northeast Florida 904.407.6137
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