• 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

 

James A. Cogdill, Board President
Owner/Partner
Cogdill & Giomi Inc. Real Estate Appraisers

Cathy Tuxson, Board Vice President
National Account Manager, Modesto Bee

Clarence Abid, Board Secretary
Vice President, Fisher Nut Company

Gary Ervin, Board Treasurer
Retired Administrator, CSU at East Bay

Michael C. Herrero, Board Past President
Retired

Vicki Bayley
Financial Consultant, Wells Fargo Advisors

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

Jose Diaz
Managing Principal, Delta Pacific Wealth Management

Roni Edgmon
Retired Teacher, Modesto City Schools

Vern Fergel
Architect

Don Gaekle
Supervising Appraiser
Stanislaus County Assessor's Office

Mark A. Kanai
Attorney At Law
Mark A. Kanai, A Professional Corporation

Steve Luna
Vice President, Branch Manager
Union Bank of California

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

 

Leslie Kalim McHugh
Attorney at Law
Petrulakis, Jensen & Friedrich

Norik Naraghi
General Counsel, Naraghi Group

Janice Lucero
Retired Supervising Clerk
Stanislaus County Assessor's Office

Michael C. Sharp
CEO, Hazard Management Service

Meryl Snider
Retired Sales Manager, SBC

Jon Tremayne
Public Relations and Communications Consultant

Kristy Waterman
Retired Principal Secretary
Modesto City Schools

Jolene A. Yee
Assistant General Counsel
E & J Gallo Winery

Foundation Staff:

Harold A. Peterson III, CEO
Community Hospice

Carole Richard , JD, CFRE
Director, Fund Development
Community Hospice Foundation

Marian Kaanon
Director, 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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