The Thomas Family proves their dedication to Hospice of the Golden Isles each year by honoring the memory of their beloved patriarch, Mr. R.E. Thomas.  This year was no exception at the 14th annual memorial benefit.  Joyce and Johnny Thomas enlist their extended family and friends to pull off their profitable shindig at the Brunswick Shrine Club each year.  With prime rib and fried shrimp catered by Mudcat Charlie’s, fun, fellowship and live entertainment, they can’t go wrong. This special family has raised over $250,000 for HGI over the years and have established themselves as our family too!  THANKS Y’ALL!!

Join Johnny and Joyce Thomas and their extended family and friends for the annual R.E. Thomas Benefit for HGI. Enjoy a delicious prime rib and shrimp dinner catered by Mudcat Charlie’s, live entertainment from local talent and most of all the palpable fellowship buzzing through the Shrine Club. See you there on Saturday, August 24, 2019! Tickets are $60/person • Doors open at 6:30pm • Dinner at 7pm • BYOB

We are excited to announce that Whitney Bounds, MSW recently joined Hospice of the Golden Isles as Bereavement Coordinator. Whitney brings more than six years of experience in trauma, crisis, and grief counseling to the organization. She also worked with at-risk children and families in Glynn and Camden counties in a non-profit setting as well as with survivors of domestic violence. Previously she worked with geriatric hospice patients as part of a Medicaid Diversion program in Florida for four years. Whitney has a bachelor’s degree in health services administration from the University of Central Florida and a master’s degree in Social Work from Our Lady of the Lake University in San Antonio, Texas and is a member of the Phi Alpha honors society. She specializes in grief and bereavement therapy, and counseling Hispanic children and families. Her passion is serving Hospice patients and their families while providing culturally competent services to those in need.

For the seventh consecutive year, Hospice of the Golden Isles (HGI) has been named a Hospice Honors recipient by HEALTHCAREfirst, a leading provider of billing and coding services, CAHPS surveys and advanced analytics. Hospice Honors is a prestigious program that recognizes hospices providing the highest level of quality as measured from the caregiver’s point of view. “Our local Board of Directors and Hospice team are honored to be recognized as one of the nation’s highest rated hospices for the seventh year in a row. We are delighted that 99% of families we served would highly recommend Hospice of the Golden Isles for others who need our expert, compassionate care at home or in our Hospice House,” said Karen Miller, HGI CEO

On March 7th, 2019, in front of loving family and Hospice of the Golden Isles’ staff, Patrick Coleman married his sweetheart Chyna in the Chapel of Hospice of the Golden Isles. Also present was their 3 week old baby girl Amazin’ Coleman. Chyna says that Patrick is always very attentive to her and that’s what she loves about him. Patrick calls Chyna his “beautiful” and she calls him her “handsome.”

We did it! The 2019 Southeast Georgia Health System’s Bridge Run is in the books, and our team is still talking about how much fun it was! For some of our nurses and administrative staff, this was the first year they walked or ran a 5k over the Sidney Lanier Bridge.  But for Hospice of the Golden Isles, we’ve been participating in the Bridge Run for almost a decade. And this year was our biggest year yet with a team of 17 staff members being led by Lynn Franklin, our fearless captain.  We are honored to help support this fundraiser for the cancer care and cardiac programs at Southeast Georgia Health System.

Wine, Women & Shoes 2019 at The Cloister was everything it was expected to be…FANTASTIC! At this sold out event, the ladies enjoyed a fabulous fashion show, wine, and lots of entertainment from the enthusiastic Shoe Guys. Special thanks to WWS Chairman Becky Derrick! Mason Waters also deserves a shout out for his hosting skills and dazzling wardrobe change. Yes, that’s him on the cat walk (shown below) sporting all white. The Shoe Guy raising the most money was Frank Solana earning him King of Sole status.  Jay Wiggins came in a close second, and was crowned Prince of Sole. For more on our Auxiliary and WWS click here.

It’s a VERY happy New Year’s Eve at Marsh’s Edge retirement community today. In addition to the normal year end festivities, there was a milestone birthday being celebrated. Mrs. Cecil Woods, who is one of our hospice patients,  just turned 109! She’s been living there for three years. Up until then, she was living independently.

We are so thrilled to be able to offer our patients hair services thanks to the generosity and talent of this young man, Joey Lane! Joey has his Masters of Cosmetology from the Aveda School in Jacksonville,  and is now studying to become an RN at the College of  Coastal Georgia in Brunswick.