This is Hospice L&A’s 20th year serving Lennox and Addington area and what a year it has been. This organization has come a long way because of people like you in our community.
Mission Statement
“Hospice Lennox and Addington is a
community based volunteer visiting service dedicated to meeting
the needs of individuals and their families who are facing the crisis
of the terminal phase of their illness. Hospice Lennox and Addington
will assist these people to remain in their own home longer or to
die at home if they so choose. For individuals unable to remain
at home, our volunteers will continue needed support throughout
hospitalization.”
Vision
Our vision is that compassionate care, support
and companionship are available to every person and family in our
community living with a progressive life threatening illness.
Goals
• To provide a volunteer
visiting service for seriously ill persons and their families in
order to make
the time remaining as meaningful and satisfying as
possible.
• To be advocates for persons with life
threatening illness, terminally ill persons and
their families, emphasizing the importance of their emotional, spiritual, social and physical needs.
• To promote a loving, supportive and positive
environment, in which family and friends
can say good-bye.
• To provide follow-up and support for the
family after the death occurs.
• To foster a co-operative spirit between
community and/or other available resources.
• To promote
the concept of Hospice care through public education.
History of the Organization:
In 1990 a need for Hospice Care in the community
was realized. The organization was formed and began to work out
of the home of Ann Burrows, a volunteer Board member. The following
were members of the First Board of Directors:
• Ann Burrows –
President
• Linda Burke –
Vice President
• Rita Wales – Second
Vice
• Sue Meech – Secretary
• Colin Wartman –
Treasurer
• Sally Armstrong
• Jean Martin
Members at large were also established and included
the following:
• Dianne Readman
• Monica Smith
• Sue Walden
• Murray Rogers
• Dr. Liz Touzel
• Dr. Tom Touzel
In 1997 a part-time Coordinator was hired to enhance the efficiency of Hospice L&A. It was also this year that the organization moved to the Lennox & Addington County General Hospital. In 2004, Hospice L&A moved to 91B Dundas Street East, Napanee
Over the next 6 years Hospice L&A came a long way with the support of the community. Some of the major occurrences were the following:
• The development of a policy manual
• Applied for and received a summer student
• Development of the HLA Douglas Thompson Children’s Wish Fund
• Received funding from the Ministry of Health
• Part-time Coordinator became Full-time
• Received a grant from Goodyear Napanee to develop a Lending Library of books and videos on topics such as Palliative Care, Saying Goodbye and Bereavement.
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2003 was an important year for Hospice L&A. We received a 3 year grant from The Ontario Trillium Foundation in the amount of $75,000. This grant will enable Hospice to further enhance services to the community to include bereavement care.
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Our Annual General Meeting was held in June and our current Board of Directors are:
- Marg Baldwin - President
- Jane O’Neill -Vice-President
- Marion Wannamaker
- Frank Hamper
- Ellyn McEwen
- Deb Van Vlack
Our current staff consists of Peggy Sunstrum as Executive Director and Kim Ayling as Fundraiser/Administrative Assistant.
As you can see, Hospice L&A has evolved over the past 20 years. However, the mission statement of Hospice L&A has not. It remains;
Hospice Lennox and Addington is a community based volunteer visiting service dedicated to meeting the needs of individuals and their families who are facing the crisis of the terminal phase of their illness. Hospice Lennox and Addington will assist these people to remain in their own home longer or to die at home if they so choose. For individuals unable to remain at home, our volunteers will continue needed support throughout hospitalization.”