Barnett Realty's Winter Gala to Benefit Community Hospice

  • By Teri Stein
  • January 20, 2014
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Summary: Barnett Realty’s Winter Gala on Feb. 1 to benefit Community Hospice will once again raise funds for a special project. This event, open to the public, provides everyone an opportunity to help. The fourth annual Winter Gala hosted by Barnett Realtors’ Wings of Hope Committee to benefit Community Hospice is set for Saturday Feb. 1 at the Performing Arts Center at Kent State University Tuscarawas in New Philadelphia. Open to the public, the semiformal gala will be held from 6:30 to 11:30 p.m. The event includes a silent auction, with more than 70 themed baskets and other items, a live auction, and raffle. Mobile Jams will provide music and Trax Diner will provide a light fare menu. Soft drinks and cocktails will be available. Tickets are $35 each and can be purchased at Barnett Realtors office at 310 West High Ave. in New Philadelphia during business hours. “In the past we raised over $60,000 completing financial commitments for a pediatric room and a guest suite,” said Diana Barnett. This year, monies raised will go toward a pavilion with a brick fireplace to be used for children’s activities, support groups and outdoor experiences. A pond will be added along with landscaped walkways. The pavilion will be situated behind the Community Hospice House in New Philadelphia which serves families in Stark, Carroll, and Tuscarawas Counties. Drawings of the proposed picnic shelter will be available for viewing at the gala. “Hospice House does so much for the patient and their family,” said Diana Barnett. “They will tell you stories that will melt your heart.” Seeing that patients have the opportunity to live to their fullest in their last days is important. Bob Phipps, Director of Development/Public Relations at Community Hospice, told of some of the ways they have helped their patients. The organization has arranged for such happy events as allowing a grandmother too ill to attend her granddaughter’s baptism a chance to view the event via Skype, “Everyone turned at the end to wave to the grandmother,” said Phipps. Another grandmother wanted to leave her special recipes for her family. “All her recipes were written on a legal pad. It was all dog eared,” said Phipps. The caring staff and volunteers at Hospice typed the recipes and created a cookbook. “In the end was a handwritten note from Grandma. After giving them to her family members, she passed away about a week later,” Phipps added. A man who was a former truck driver wanted to take one last ride in a big rig and, of course, his request became a reality. A woman who had been never attended her high school prom because of an unplanned pregnancy was given a prom of her own and named prom queen. “It doesn’t necessarily have to be in our unit, we will do it in their homes as well,” said Phipps. The Hospice House has 12 patient beds and they provide all the comforts of home and more with their vision of peace, hope, and compassion for others. Help them in their mission by attending the Winter Gala.


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