Land to Grow On

The J.C. Lennon family has generously donated more than five acres of land on Warrior Road in Whiteville to Lower Cape Fear Hospice & LifeCareCenter for the capital campaign to build a hospice care center. It will serve patients and families from Columbus, Bladen, Brunswick, Pender, and Robeson counties. Call 800.772.1476 for information.

Building a Foundation

Lower Cape Fear Hospice & LifeCareCenter has created an official fund-raising and donor stewardship arm, the Lower Cape Fear Hospice Foundation. Its board of trustees will work with the board of directors and the development staff to ensure the agency's financial needs are met.

Community Supports Festival of Trees and Love Light Trees

Visitors to the 23rd Annual Festival of Trees enjoyed one hundred ten trees, celebrity reindeer, Festival gala, holiday boutique shopping, dipping for diamonds, children's crafts, visits with Santa, patient photographic journey, and hospice memorial trees. Throughout the five counties we serve, eight Love Light Tree illumination ceremonies were held honoring and memorializing loved ones. We extend our sincere gratitude to everyone who supported these events.

Celebration of Life Mural II Dedicates First Tiles

More than 300 people gathered at a ceremony to dedicate the first 108 tiles placed on our second Celebration of Life tile wall at the Hospice Care Center. Tile gifts are a permanent, visible way to honor or memorialize loved ones and serve as a way to support hospice care in our community. Jan's Garden and the Julie Godley Memorial Bench were also dedicated.

Building A Dream Capital Campaign

We have reached the halfway milestone in our capital campaign to build a hospice care center in Whiteville by raising more than $1 million! The "Building A Dream" capital campaign is currently in the "silent" phase, securing leadership gifts and applying for grants. Events to launch the public portion of the campaign are being planned for late spring 2006.