312 East Alta Vista
Ottumwa, IA 52501
1-800-806-4967
hospice@pcsia.net
  Ottumwa office:
    641-682-0684

Bloomfield office:
    641-664-1974

Fax:
   641-684-9209
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uxiliary
Actively serving Hospice patients and their families through fund-raising and community awareness since 1989
Upcoming Fund-raisers
 

 

       
 

 

 

 

 
 
Rummage Sale
August 19-20, 2005
August 2005
Board Meeting
Rummage Sale
August 19-20, 2005
 

Purpose

The Hospice Auxiliary is the fund-raising arm of Hospice, Serving Davis and Wapello Counties. The Auxiliary Membership raises money for patient expenses and equipment that exceeds the amount received from Medicare, Medicaid, and Private Insurance. The Auxiliary strongly supports nurse and staff education, Hospice House, and other needs that arise.

Annual Fund-raising Projects

  • Bake Sale - Thursday, April 5, 2007
  • Annual Soup Supper on Election Day - Tuesday, November 6, 2007
  • Holiday Bazaar - Tuesday, November 6, 2007
  • Rummage Sale - Date to be announced
  • IHCC Family Art Festival Food Booth- Saturday, June 16, 2007

Benefits enjoyed by Membership in the Auxiliary
In addition to the satisfaction members receive from helping to raise money to provide assistance to Hospice patients and families, members enjoy the following:

  • Make new friends
  • Auxiliary membership recognition during National Volunteer Week each April
  • General Auxiliary membership luncheons
  • "Dove Tales" - a quarterly newsletter
  • Auxiliary "Thank You Tea" each August

What Members Can Do

  • Bake pies, cookies, or desserts
  • Sell Soup Supper Tickets
  • Make phone calls
  • Sell Memorial Dove Ornaments at Quincy Place Mall or other locations
  • Make candy for a bake sale
  • Help prepare or serve soup
  • Invite a Hospice staff member to speak at clubs or organizations
  • Invite friends to join the Auxiliary

Since 1989

  • Raised over $60,000
  • Purchased 6 patient beds for the Hospice House
  • Purchased 2 Sapphire Comfort Turn Mattresses for the Hospice House
  • Donated funding for patient expenses that exceeded Medicare, Medicaid, and Private Insurance payments to Hospice.

How to Apply for Membership

If you are interested in becoming a Hospice Auxiliary Member, please fill out the following information or call Judy Lynch, Membership Chairperson at (641) 682-1030.

Yes, I am interested in becoming a Hospice Auxiliary Member

Name__________________________

Address________________________

City, ST, Zip_____________________

Telephone_______________________

_____Enclosed is my Annual Membership check for $10.00

Return to: Judy Lynch, Auxiliary Membership Chairperson, 1125 N. Elm Street, Ottumwa, IA 52501

 

Click Here to see pictures of the Auxiliary June 2005 General Meeting.

We are proud to list our Auxiliary Members

  • Shannon Addison
    Cathy Altfillish
    Arminta Anderson
    Carolyn Anderson
    Suzanne Anderson
    Roberta Archer
    Martha Augspurger
    Mary Pieper-Axthelm, Treasurer
    Oscar Axthelm
    Cora Bailey
    Wava Bain
    Charles Baird
    Doris Baird
    Jackie Baker
    Marilyn J. Barnes
    Judy Beisch
    Betty Birch
    Joan Bissell
    Barbara Black
    Jo Boles
    Shirley Bonomo
    Beth Burghoffer
    Judy Burnstedt
    Jewel Brown
    Kay Brown
    Betty Burdock
    Jill Burns
    Amy Butts
    Helen Callen
    Dorothy Cambell
    Krystal Campbell
    Charlotte Carr
    Martha Chisman
    Beverly Coleman
    Sandy Courtney
    Maxine Collins
    Wilma Davis
    Nina deGuzman
    Jean Dell
    Karen Dellinger
    Eloise DeMoss
    Kathy Den Hartog
    Dee Dickerson
    June Donnelly
    Kay Doyle
    Sharyn Emerson
    Lelia Evans
    Mary Farley
    Martha Galletta
    Jean Galpin
    Donna Gardner
    Margaret Gates, Vice-President
    Marilyn Gossage
    Hether Graham
    Betty Grogan
    Doug Grosvenor
    Linda Grosvenor
    Mary Ellen Guevara
    Dianne Haas
    Bev Hamilton
    Florine Hamilton
    Carol Hammersley
    Mary Handy
    Nancy Harms
    Mariah Harsch
    Bev Hart
    Mary Hartley
    Susan Haskell
    Barbara Hawley
    Mary Kay Henderson
    Joan Hennen
    Peg Herrmann
    Jan Hisel
    Dorothy Hubbart
    Loraine Werts-Hulke
    Ruth Jacobs
    David Johnson
    Desiree Johnson
    Shirley Johnson
    Vicki Johnson
    Shirley Jones
    Virginia Jurgensen
    Cheryl Kayser
    Pat Kelley
    Deb Kelso
    Mike Kelso

    Mary Kent
    Janice Kester
    Ronald Kester
    Judy Kielkopf
    Suzanne Killian
    Kay Krafka
    Kevin Kveton
    Shelley Kveton, President
    Teri Lancaster
    Gertrude Larkin
    Julie Leichty
    Don Lindquist
    Patricia Myers-Lock
    Judy Luke
    Wilma Lumsdon
    Judy Lynch, Membership Chairperson
    Mike Lynch
    Dorothy Magrane
    Margaret Mahaskey
    Lori Malay
    Jan Markham
    Carolyn Martin
    Willa Mathews
    Shirley McCarty
    Rita McCoy
    Judy McDaniel
    Sue Meardon
    Sherry Merritt
    Mildred Miller
    Lynda Moreland
    Mary Moreland
    Jackie Moore
    Lucille Moriarity
    Catherine Moyer
    Patricia Mulcahy
    Louise Newmaster
    Barbara Oldham
    Sharon Owen
    Brett Patton
    Irene Pauk
    Francia Pester
    Mary Pester
    Jody Petermann
    Vicki Proctor
    Frances Pyle
    Joanne Radosevich
    Chris Redeker
    Diana Robertson
    Margaret Robertson
    Millie Rodgers
    Wanetta Roemerman
    Joan Rourke
    Loydean Rump
    Mary Ryan
    Jean Ryman
    Madelene Schertz
    Sharon Schrantz
    Marian Schultz, Parliamentarian
    Twila Schultz
    Jean A. Sheedy
    Marilyn Sipe
    Jo Slaymaker
    Shirley Gingrich-Sloanker
    Jean Sporer
    Clay Stambaugh
    Bonnie Stookesberry
    Pat Taylor
    Marge Tennyson
    Jan Turner
    Merrill Turner
    Mary Vandello
    Margaret Vittetoe
    Mary Von Schrader
    Julie Vose
    Opal Vose
    Joyce Waters
    Dennis Wegner
    Joanne Wegner
    Frances Weieneth
    Jo Weller
    Ardys Wetrich
    Sister Suzanne Wickenkamp
    Carol Young
    Lois Young, Secretary
    Lela Zepp




      Deceased Lifetime members:    
      Audrey Irwin
    Carmella Larson
    Kay Maney