• Our Mission & Purpose

• Foundation History

• Leadership Team

• Signature Events

 

 
Our Mission & Purpose


Our Mission

The mission of Community Hospice is to provide compassionate and quality care, education and support to terminally ill patients and their families, regardless of ability to pay.

Our Purpose

The Community Hospice Foundation is a charitable organization established in 2001 to raise funds and awareness for Community Hospice. We have made a commitment to help anyone who needs hospice services and because of that commitment we rely on the generosity of our community to realize our mission.

The Community Hospice Foundation also cooperates with the Friends of Hospice, an auxiliary of volunteers who assist in raising funds through events.
Foundation History


Friends of Hospice and Community Hospice Foundation

In 1982, Friends of Hospice was started by Sue Allen. This fundraising auxiliary of Community Hospice is well known for their events throughout the community.

Community Hospice Foundation was established in 2001. 

Fundraising Milestones

1979
Julio and Aileen Gallo became the first major donors, contributing $25,000

1980
Hospice Run was the first fundraiser raising over $11,000. Local grocer, Chuck O'Brien, chaired the event and Tom & Violet Zapara offered to match all monies raised.

1982
Riverbank began the first Decorators' Showhouse tour, opening four homes, including Kathy Hughes, raising $10,000.

1986
The first Light Up a Life Holiday tree lighting ceremony raised over $9,000.

1991
First annual card party was held at Emanuel Lutheran Church .

2000
Community Hospice receives the prestigious United Way's Agency Leadership Award, providing funding for the next several years.

2002
The first Polo Extravaganza raised almost $60,000, was held at the home of Dr. Robert and Mary Walton.



Community Hospice Foundation Board

 

Cathy Tuxson, Chair
National Account Manager, Modesto Bee

Janice Lucero, Vice Chair
Retired Supervising Clerk
Stanislaus County Assessor's Office

Gary Ervin, Treasurer
Retired Administrator, CSU at East Bay

Leslie Kalim McHugh, Secretary
Attorney at Law
Petrulakis, Jensen & Friedrich

James A. Cogdill, Past Chair
Owner/Partner
Cogdill & Giomi Inc. Real Estate Appraisers

Clarence Abid
Vice President, Fisher Nut Company

Ashley Barboza, MD
Assistant Chief of Pediatrics, Kaiser Permanente

Sally Cofer-Lindberg
President, Career Directions & bhc Associates, Inc

Patty Duval
Retired Educator, Salida School District

Roni Edgmon
Retired Teacher, Modesto City Schools

Vern Fergel
Architect

Don Gaekle
Supervising Appraiser
Stanislaus County Assessor's Office

Michael C. Herrero
Retired

Kim Johnson
Project Manager, DLR Group WWCOT

Gina Machado
AVP, Commercial Banking Officer, Bank of Agriculture & Commerce

Garrad Marsh
Council Member, Modesto City Council
President, McHenry Bowl, Inc.

Peter Rodriguez
Owner/Attorney at Law, Rodriguez Law

Meryl Snider
Retired Sales Manager, SBC

Ticia Sodhi
Assistant Administrator, Law Offices of Brunn & Flynn

Jon Tremayne
Public Relations and Communications Consultant

Emily Wirowek
Attorney at Law, Law Office of Emily A. Wirowek

 

 

Foundation Staff:

Harold A. Peterson III, President/CEO
Community Hospice

Lynis Chaffey
Executive Director
Community Hospice Foundation

Marian Kaanon
Director of Marketing and Public Relations
Community Hospice

Rick Dahlseid, Chief Financial Officer
Community Hospice
Signature Events

Light Up a Life Holiday Tree

The annual Holiday Tree is lit in a special ceremony in early December in front of Memorial Medical Center. The tree, with its multitude of lights, has come to represent healing and hope during the holidays.

Designers' Showhouse

Since 1982, this signature event has given homes a complete design “makeover” long before television shows made the concept popular. In 2007, over $100,000 was raised for patients and families of Community Hospice.

Gala

Since the inception of the Foundation in 2001, the Gala has been an event that brings together the whole community to support Community Hospice in an evening of celebration, dancing and dining. Many of the community businesses sponsor the evening with all proceeds benefiting the patients and families of Community Hospice.
 

 



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