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Merger Update: Serving More Families Around the Bay

At the beginning of this year, Mission Hospice merged with By the Bay Health and Hope Hospice to become the largest independent nonprofit hospice network in northern California. Our organizations share a rich history of serving the Bay Area community; together, we can support even more adults, children, and families with hospice, palliative care, transitional care, and more – including increasing access to the Bay Area’s most vulnerable populations.

Ceramic Artist Gary Roth Continues to Create Beauty

Gary Roth is an artist with both food and clay. For many years, he was a presence as the Executive Chef at the Los Altos Country Club. He loved that work because of its variety; club members enjoyed a huge range of cuisines and dishes.

Volunteer Lourdes Orozco Offers Gentle Touch Therapy

Lourdes Orozco has touched more patients than just about any volunteer at Mission Hospice – literally. A massage therapist, she has been offering Gentle Touch therapy to our patients for nearly seven years, during which time she has reached well over 100 people.

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Merger Update: Serving More Families Around the Bay
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Merger Update: Serving More Families Around the Bay

At the beginning of this year, Mission Hospice merged with By the Bay Health and Hope Hospice to become the…

Ceramic Artist Gary Roth Continues to Create Beauty
Patient Stories

Ceramic Artist Gary Roth Continues to Create Beauty

Gary Roth is an artist with both food and clay. For many years, he was a presence as the Executive…

Volunteer Lourdes Orozco Offers Gentle Touch Therapy
Volunteer Stories

Volunteer Lourdes Orozco Offers Gentle Touch Therapy

Lourdes Orozco has touched more patients than just about any volunteer at Mission Hospice – literally. A massage therapist, she…

Helen Lagen, Co-Founder
Volunteer Stories

Helen Lagen, Co-Founder

Gracious, compassionate, and tenacious, Helen Lagen was an expert at bringing people together. Throughout her life, she wove a tapestry…

Mac Nash, Co-Founder
Volunteer Stories

Mac Nash, Co-Founder

Initially given a prognosis of just a month or two, in April 1978, she was granted a more optimistic outcome…

Sally Bergman
Volunteer Stories

Sally Bergman

With a broad smile, Bay Area native Sally Berman jokes that she’s always been “the first one to raise her…

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