St. Luke's Foundation $100,000 Hospice House Matching Grant FULFILLED!

UPDATE:
THANKS TO THE GENEROROSITY OF OUR COMMUNITY THE MATCH HAS BEEN FULFULLIED!

HERE WAS THE ORIGINAL MATCH ANNOUNCEMENT:

St. Luke’s Foundation announces a $100,000 matching grant to support Whatcom Hospice Foundation’s Hospice House Community Capital Campaign. The grant will be a 50 percent match. Every two dollars donated to the community campaign will be matched by one dollar from the St. Luke’s Foundation.

The goal of the combined campaign by the two foundations will be to raise $300,000. Contributions should be sent and checks made out to St. Luke’s Foundation Hospice House Fund, 800 E. Chestnut St., Bellingham, WA 98227. For additional information please call (360)671-3349.

“The St. Luke’s Board is very excited about this project and looks forward to partnering with the Whatcom Hospice Foundation in the preparation, launch and success of the Hospice House Community Campaign,” said St. Luke’s Foundation Board President, Dennis Williams.

“This partnership will allow both foundations to work together to assure that those facing the end of life receive excellent compassionate, individualized care, surrounded by loved ones in a comfortable homelike setting,” said Kirkland.

The St. Luke’s Foundation was founded in 1982 with proceeds of the sale of St. Luke’s Hospital. To-date, the independently governed foundation has given more than $14 million to hundreds of health related services and projects in Whatcom County.

Founded in 1991, the Whatcom Hospice Foundation, also an independently governed foundation, has given more than $6.5 million to support Whatcom Hospice.