Tag: Veteran Patients
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Pikes Peak Hospice donation drive smashes goal; 150 new blankets collected for veteran patients
Pikes Peak Hospice and Palliative Care reached out the local community with an ambitious request in early January. The Pikes Peak region’s only nonprofit hospice asked for donations of up to 100 new, handmade lap blankets for its veteran patients by March 2. “We realize this is an ambitious goal,” Susan Edmondson, executive director of…
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‘A hug from the community’: Pikes Peak Hospice seeks red, white and blue blankets for veteran patients
Last year, as part of an ongoing effort to honor local military veterans, Pikes Peak Hospice and Palliative Care performed more than 100 “bedside salutes” and pinning ceremonies for veteran patients. The ceremonies include the gift of a handmade red, white and blue blanket, sewn or crocheted by a volunteer. In response to increasing patient…