Recent News
Come Out and Support the Resale Shops of Hospice & Community Care in Rock Hill and Lancaster!
Happenings at the Resale Shop - Lancaster: October 28th - Arts Crawl sponsored by the City of Lancaster. The shop will be open from 5PM - 9PM to allow customers extra hours to shop and focus on the cultural aspects of down town. PJ Brunson and Laurie Neal will be performing at the store from 7PM to 9PM and we will have treats bags for children and halloween cookies.
December 3rd - Santa and Mrs. Claus will be at the store from 11AM - 2PM. We will be not doing pictures; however, parents, grandparents, etc., are encouraged to bring cameras to take pictures as they wish. Santa and Mrs. Claus are David and Barbara Brewer of Lancaster and offered their services to us free of charge as a gift to Hospice & Community Care.
In 2010 Hospice & Community Care celebrated our 25th Anniversary of caring in our community. Our anniversary celebration would not have been successful with the support of the following businesses and individuals:
Williams & Fudge, Inc.
Founders Federal Credit Union
Ell Close
Elizabeth D. Patrick
Larry & Kathy Wilson,
Harry & Rebecca Dalton
South Carolina Bank & Trust
GMK Associates, Inc.
Wachovia
Ananda Partners with Hospice & Community Care for free concerts
PJ Brunson and Laurie Neal of the piano violin duo, “Ananda” have partnered with Hospice & Community Care to preform free concerts in the community to benefit Hospice. The duo released their first recording of instrumental music for healing and relaxation titled “Still Waters” in 2010. They describe their music as a blend of Classical, Celtic, and New Age influences. CDs will be available following the performance and a portion of the proceeds will benefit Hospice & Community Care of Rock Hill.
Brunson and Neal decided to use their talents to benefit area hospice organizations because several of the original songs on the CD were written in memory of loved ones who had received hospice care. The music is melodic and often emotional and cathartic, and is intended to “calm, to comfort, and to heal”.
The recording contains sixteen original instrumental songs composed by Brunson and arranged for violin by Neal. It also contains the duo’s arrangements of “Amazing Grace” and “What Child Is This”. The title was taken from the 23rd Psalm.
Laurie Neal performs with the Westminster Presbyterian Church Orchestra and Praise Band and is also a wedding and strolling violinist. PJ Brunson is a Rock Hill singer/songwriter and guitarist who performs regularly at various venues in the area. The two have been performing together for about a year and a half.
For more information about Hospice & Community Care of Rock Hill, Ananda, or the Still Waters CD, visit one of the following sites:
Ananda www.myspace.com/anandaduo
Still Waters CD www.cdbaby.com/anandatunes
Hal Bullard, President of First Financial Services of York County, nominated Hospice & Community Care for the "Ambassadors of Caring" award which was presented to volunteers Ann Johnson and Tom Sidey.
Hospice & Community Care recently received a national award called “Ambassadors of Caring” sponsored by Equitable Life and Casualty. This award is shared by all the individuals who have been a part of our 24 year history from the patients and family members that we have served to the volunteers and donors that sustain us. To all of you, we are grateful for your support and for helping us to fulfill our mission. A brief video story was produced by a professional videographer highlighting the award presentation. We are deeply touched by the tender story he captured following our volunteers and a patient family member. We hope that you will enjoy it too as this is a celebration of our community efforts to support our local non-profit hospice, Hospice & Community Care.
Healing Gardens Featured in NC Newspaper
Columnist Tom Walden from the Enquirer-Journal in Marshville, NC says that the Patrick Hospice House on the Hospice & Community Care campus is "one step toward heaven." To read the article, please click here. For more information about our landscape group, please click here.
Amy Robbins, MD
Hospice & Community Care's own Amy Robbins was recently featured in The Herald's Two Minute Tuesdays. Click here to read what Dr. Robbins had to say about her work with Hospice & Community Care.
Hospice & Community Care on TV
Our local TV station, CN2, visited the Hospice & Community Care campus for a "Face to Face" interview with our staff. We invite you to watch the program in three short segments:
Dr. Jeff Seymore, Medical Director speaks about his role as a Hospice physician
Debbie Campbell, RN shares her passion for caring for patients in the Patrick Hospice House
Mike Carroll, a family memeber of a patient at the Patrick Hospice House and Carroll Spires, Director of Community Services and Administrative Director for the Patrick Hospice House discuss the hospice experience.