Valley Hospice Begins Tree of Lights Campaign
Valley Hospice Begins
Tree of Lights Campaign
Volunteers and staff of Milbank Area Valley Hospice Avera @ Home have begun the annual Tree of Lights fundraising campaign to help continue the work the organization performs locally. Area residents will receive the donation form as inserts in this week’s Grant County Review and next week’s Valley Shopper. The forms are also available at Milbank Area Hospital Avera.
The Tree of Lights campaign is the only method of fundraising the organization employs. Hospice focuses on the quality of life, not the quantity of life, according to those involved. The funds raised help not only the patients but also the family members.
Hospice is a team of professionals – doctors, nurses, social workers, home health aides – and volunteers who work together to provide medical, spiritual and emotional support to the terminally ill, their families and caregivers. The service is available 24/7 to people with terminal illnesses who have chosen not to seek treatment or not to continue treatment.
Milbank Area Valley Hospice Avera @ Home has been providing care to South Dakota families in a 35-mile radius from Milbank for several years. Hospice care can be provided in any setting that the patient considers “home.”
The organization provides equipment, such as hospital beds for in-home use, wheelchairs, medications and other supplies that may be needed.
This year’s Tree of Lights campaign will provide each donor with a porcelain Santa ornament. The design was chosen in memory of Janeen Ingber by her family. Janeen handled all the marketing and planning of the Tree of Lights campaign for many years. She also served on the hospice board alongside her mother, Cleo Mann, who died in 2019.
The ornaments can be personalized if given in memory of or in honor of an individual. Ornaments will be mailed, delivered, or can be picked up at the hospital after January 7, 2024.
The local hospice staff and board of directors wish everyone a happy and healthy holiday season and ask each resident to consider a contribution to the organization.
Any questions concerning hospice or the Tree of Lights campaign should be directed to Linsey Allen with Avera @ Home at 605-432-3295.
