Foothills Compassionate Care (Hospice of the Foothills)

Mark your calendar for this year's Butterfly Garden of Remembrance on May 24-26 at Hooper and Weaver Mortuary in Nevada City. For more information or to order your Remembrance cards:

You may ask why we adopted the Foothills Compassionate Care name last September. After thoughtful consideration by our staff, Board of Directors, Board of Trustees, donors, volunteers, and community partners, we decided to highlight all of our services under one umbrella name. It reflects our ongoing commitment to continuous improvement and responsiveness to the evolving needs of our community. As we celebrate 45 years of service, this change positions us for future growth and allows us to better communicate the breadth of our services. We are excited for the future and look forward to more under this umbrella name. For more information:

Mark your calendar for this year's Butterfly Garden of Remembrance on May 24-26 at Hooper and Weaver Mortuary in Nevada City. For more information or to order your Remembrance cards:

Here are a few Friends of Hospice members adding stuffing to the bears we offer each patient, and sewing them up. Our Friends of Hospice group help us with envelope stuffing (and we make it fun!), creating the bears and other cards and gifts for our patients. If you'd like to know more about joining Friends of Hospice or other ways to volunteer, read here:

We are pleased to present our first seminar in our free public Education Series --? Come join us for an informative session on medical cannabis - learn, share, and connect with local professionals and resources. Read more here:

Have you ever considered being a patient support volunteer with a hospice organization? Our team of volunteers are friendly visitors to engage patients and give them socialization. They can also give respite to the caregiver for up to 4 hours while they go shopping, have lunch with a friend, or simply get some needed rest. Whatever the task, our patient support volunteers tell us how rewarding it is to know they made a real difference in the life of someone facing their end-of-life journey. If this is something you feel drawn to do, contact us. Our next Patient Support Training Class is NEXT WEEK (March 10-13). If you would like to submit an application for the training program, please click here. For general information on our volunteer programs, visit

Our Grass Valley Store has their HALF OFF First Saturday sale today! The Penn Valley Store sale is next weekend. Thanks for your support!

In the Foothills Compassionate Care offices, we have a large metal tree mounted on the wall. Every single one of these little heart magnets honors a patient we have cared for through their end-of-life journey. When a patient dies, their initials and date is written onto a heart magnet and it is added to the tree. The memory of every patient and family our team is privileged to serve stays with them long after they are gone. This tree we all pass by daily represents life, love, and loss. Isn't it beautiful?

We are pleased to present our first seminar in our free public Education Series --? Come join us for an informative session on medical cannabis - learn, share, and connect with local professionals and resources, including Melynda Ruckels, RN, Medical Cannabis Nurse and Educator. Read more here:

Tune in this evening from 6:30 to 7:00 pm on KVMR (89.5 FM) or online at kvmr.org to listen to host Lori Burkart Frank talk to Peter and Cathryn Coates share about what it's like to be living with a terminal diagnosis. Peter has cancer, and his candor and positive attitude are refreshing. Peter's wife, Cathryn shares her side of the story with Peter's journey. Tune in to be inspired.