Every life journey is unique.
Which is why we strive to provide personalized, meaningful help in ways that meet specific needs for individuals and their families.
Below are a just a few examples of ways we have helped:
- A weekend getaway for a husband and wife
- Gas line repair to restore heat and warm water
- Extermination services to make the home safer from pests
- Plane ticket for daughter to visit her mom one last time
- Delivering favorite treats each week
What is the Elara Caring Hospice Foundation?
Mission Statement :
The Elara Caring Hospice Foundation is dedicated to enhancing quality of life for hospice patients, their families and caregivers, through compassionate physical, emotional, spiritual, and social support. The Foundation exists to ensure those navigating the hospice journey are embraced with dignity, comfort, and care – where life is celebrated and no moment of hardship or loss is faced alone.
Vision:
At the Elara Caring Foundation, we envision a future where every hospice patient and family is surrounded by comfort, connection, and dignity throughout the end-of-life journey. A future where compassionate care is always within reach, challenges are met with support, and every story is valued and remembered.
Values:
Service
We are dedicated to serving others with compassion, responsiveness, and a commitment to excellence. We strive to meet the needs of patients, families, caregivers, and our community by delivering meaningful support, removing barriers, and continually seeking ways to enhance the quality and impact of our work.
Stewardship
We honor the trust placed in us by donors, patients, families, and our community through responsible stewardship of every resource. Guided by integrity, we act with transparency, accountability, and ethical decision-making, while embracing innovation to maximize our impact and expand access to compassionate care and support.
Connection
We believe healing, comfort, and support are strengthened through meaningful relationships. Through collaboration and teamwork, we foster connections among patients, families, caregivers, volunteers, donors, and community partners to create a network of care that no one navigates alone.
Gratitude
We recognize and celebrate the generosity, kindness, and contributions of those who make our mission possible. We express gratitude through appreciation, humility, and thoughtful action, honoring the gifts of time, talent, and resources that help us bring comfort and support to those we serve.
Dignity
We honor the inherent worth, individuality, and life journey of every person. We treat all patients, families, caregivers, volunteers, and community members with respect, compassion, and sensitivity, ensuring that every interaction reflects our commitment to preserving dignity and honoring personal choice.
ECHF is a 501(c)3 organization, EIN# 38-3508691
We help.
The Elara Caring Hospice Foundation serves patients and families in communities where Elara Caring provides hospice care. While the foundation works closely with Elara Caring to identify patients in need of assistance, we are equipped to provide assistance to any hospice patient in communities where Elara Caring hospice operates.
Who We ServeWe help hospice patients in need.
We serves patients and families in communities where Elara Caring provides hospice care. While the foundation works closely with Elara Caring to identify patients in need of assistance, we are equipped to provide assistance to any hospice patient in communities where Elara Caring hospice operates.
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We help lessen caregiver burden.
Caregiver burden at the end of life can be physical, emotional, financial, social, and psychological. We grant wishes to hospice families to help alleviate those burdens.
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We help provide comfort to grieving families.
We provide grief resources families, caregivers, children and teens to help them cope with the loss of a loved one.
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You Can Help Today
Every donation makes a difference.
We invite you to make a gift online, via our PO Box, or we welcome further conversation about other giving mechanisms.
Did you know you can support the Elara Caring Hospice Foundation using non-cash assets? From gifts of appreciated stock, Donor Advised Funds, Qualified Charitable Distributions and retirement accounts to legacy commitments in a will, planned giving offers tax-smart ways to sustain our mission. We invite you to reach out to explore planned giving mechanisms today: [email protected]
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