State of the Heart Hospice, with offices in Portland, Greenville, and Coldwater, recently received a $1,200 grant from the Community Foundation of Randolph County’s Union City Fund. The funds will go toward sending children from Randolph County to the nonprofit agency’s fourteenth annual Camp BEARable for grieving children.
The camp, which is open to youth ages six through 15, will be held July 11-13 at the Spiritual Center at Maria Stein. Over 550 youth have attended the camp since it was started in 2000. It is free and open to any child needing help with grief and loss, and there need be no association with hospice. As a matter of fact, only a small number of youth attending camp have any association with hospice care.
State of the Heart has cared for patients and families in eastern Indiana and western Ohio who are confronting a life limiting illness for 33 years. As a nonprofit agency, State of the Heart provides services and care to anyone who needs hospice care, regardless of ability to pay.
There is an application at the agency’s web site, www.stateoftheheartcare.org. Go to the bereavement tab and click on Camp BEARable. You can print the application and mail it in to any of the agency’s offices. If you have questions about camp, please call 1-800-417-7535 and ask to speak to a member of the bereavement staff.
