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Donor Newsletters

Caring Matters features stories about the ways your generosity impacts the lives of people throughout Eastern and Central Massachusetts. The newsletter also includes health tips, special events, and updates from VNA Care Network, VNA of Boston, and VNA Hospice & Palliative Care. Read the print edition below and sign-up for email updates.
 

Caring Matters

FALL 2018

  • Kindness and compassion of hospice staff and volunteers inspire family to give back
  • North Shore Cabinet's Kentucky Derby Party raised over $43,000 for home health care
  • Congressman McGovern meets with VNA Care
  • Join us at an upcoming benefit and make a difference in the health of our communities
  • Physical Therapist helps patient bounce back after knee replacement

 

SPRING 2018

  • Music therapy among the ways hospice supports families and celebrates life
  • RN turns to a nurse specialist to support her recovery from cancer surgery
  • VNA Care welcomes Chaffee as CEO and Advani as board chair
  • Yoffies' bequest supports cardiac and other educational opportunities for clinicians
  • Your legacy makes a difference
  • Heroes in Health Care Gala celebrated innovations in medicine and raised vital funds for home health care
  • 110 years of Visiting Nurses on the North Shore
  • Getting started with advance care planning

 

Winter 2017-2018

  • Volunteer finds nothing more rewarding than supporting hospice
  • VNA Care President and CEO Mary Ann O'Connor to retire
  • Medicare "report card" gives VNA Hospice & Palliative Care straight A's 
  • VNA Care Network & VNA of Boston named to HomeCare Elite 2017 top agencies
  • Donors choose how to make an impact
  • Supporters gather to celebrate Worcester anniversaries, build future of home health and hospice care 
  • More than 300 walkers and runners Step Out for Hospice
  • Longtime board member donates stock to support home health and hospice care
  • VNA of Boston's Heroes in Health Care
  • Needham area volunteers host most successful benefit to date
  • Patient credits speedy recovery from hip replacement to VNA Care's home health team
  • Mayors recognize VNA Care's contributions to the community 

 

Fall 2017

  • VNA Care team gets mother of the groom to the wedding
  • Hospice residence a "paradise" where family makes cherished memories
  • Staff, volunteers accept key to the city
  • VNA of Boston names annual Heroes in Health Care
  • New England Coffee's 25th annual Charity Golf Classic brews support for hospice
  • Celebrating a history of caring  
  • Former vice president shows her support for home health and hospice care by joining bequest society
  • Are your vaccinations up to date?
  • Volunteers raise nearly $50,000 with Kentucky Derby Party to help home health care patients
 

Spring 2017

  • Family remembers mom's love of life and "amazing" hospice team who cared for her
  • Yoffies' legacy advances patient care through clinical education
  • VNA Care awarded re-accreditation
  • VNA of Worcester celebrates 125th, Rose Monahan Hospice Home marks 20th anniversary
  • 11th annual Heroes in Health Care Gala funds vital home health care
  • Woburn Friends accept National Hospice Month proclamation
  • Spring cleaning: how to safely dispose of unused medications
  • Longtime supporter becomes first-time patient, gets back to work with joint replacement therapy
  • Total Joint Replacement Program takes home gold
 

Winter 2016-2017

  • Palliative care makes world brighter for couple facing cancer
  • More Cool Hot Jazz supports home health and hospice care
  • Volunteer brings kindness to hospice patients and families
  • Gifts of stock and other securities offer tax savings
  • Hundreds Step Out for Hospice during 19th annual event
  • Worcester area volunteers spearhead fourth annual Halloween fundraiser 
  • State's first hospice residence celebrates 25th anniversary
  • Reflect before trying to break a habit's hold on your life
  • Honoring three Heroes in Health Care
  • State Senate salutes you!
 

Summer 2016

  • Architect finds calling as hospice residence caregiver
  • Your caring makes history: Country's first VNA celebrates 130 years of compassionate care
  • Great-grandmother overcomes serious fall with support of home health team
  • Chronicle features hospice, Monahan Home's role in improving quality of life at the end of life
  • CEO named to advisory board
  • New England Coffee Charity Golf Classic a hole-in-one for hospice care
  • North Shore Community Cabinet's Spring Fling secures over $40,000 for home health care
  • Four steps older adults should take to prevent falls
  • Anytime, anywhere exercises to improve balance 
 
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