DUBOIS – A paper dove seems too simple to represent the magic of the holiday season, but for Penn Highlands Healthcare at Home, a paper dove is a way to make the magic happen. Since 1990, Penn Highlands Healthcare at Home has been sponsoring the Tree of Doves Campaign to raise funds that go directly towards the care of hospice patients.
Hospice is a special kind of care that offers comfort and support to individuals who are facing any type of life-limiting illness and recognizes that people are more than a collection of symptoms. The dying often face enormous emotional and spiritual distress. The professionals and volunteers at Penn Highlands Healthcare at Home are trained to be active listeners and to help patients and families work through some of their concerns so that they can find peace and emotional comfort in their final days.
Once again during this holiday season, Penn Highlands Healthcare at Home is asking the community to keep the people to whom they provide hospice services in their hearts and minds by making a monetary gift to the organization. Those who donate will receive a paper dove to hang on their family’s holiday tree. The dove is considered a symbol of love, purity, and freedom by moving the souls of departed loved ones to their final resting places. Each dove will feature the name of the individual being represented. Doves in white will indicate memorials, and doves in red will indicate a gift “in honor of.” An American flag will be placed on the doves of each veteran and first responder.
To make a monetary gift to the Tree of Doves Campaign, visit www.phhealthcare.org/donate or send a check payable to Penn Highlands Healthcare at Home to 757 Johnsonburg Road, Suite 200, St. Marys, PA 15857. If mailing a check, please be sure to include if the gift is in memory of a loved one or in honor of someone; if the person was a veteran or first responder; your name, address, city, state and ZIP along with the contact information if you want Penn Highlands Healthcare at Home to notify someone of your gift.
For more information, contact Mary Lou Wehler at 814-788-8002.
