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The 20th Anniversary Butterfly 5K Run & Walk To Honor Your Heroes
Blue Ridge Hospice’s 20th Anniversary Butterfly 5K Run & Walk to Honor Your Heroes took place at Blandy Experimental Farm in Boyce, VA, on Saturday October 15, 2022. We welcomed participants for a 3.1 mile loop around Blandy’s grounds featuring scenic mountain views and trees in the midst of changing colors for the fall. Back at the finish line, families and other community members were welcome to join us for kids activities, a free [...]
Paws & Purrs: Providing Free Pet Services to Hospice Patients
On Friday September 16, 2022, nearly 100 friends and supporters of Blue Ridge Hospice gathered at Muse Vineyards in Woodstock, VA, for the Paws & Purrs Launch Event and Fundraiser. Free Pet Services for Hospice Patients Paws & Purrs is Blue Ridge Hospice’s new comprehensive pet program for patients and families. Patients experience stress and anxiety when they worry about what will happen to their animal companions. [...]
Blue Ridge Hospice Announces Leadership Promotions to Support Growth and Expansion
WINCHESTER, VA, September 19, 2022—Blue Ridge Hospice has expanded and developed its leadership team to support the serious illness and end-of-life care provider’s continued growth and development of new programs to meet community need for its services. The moves, announced this summer by President and CEO Cheryl Hamilton Fried, include the appointment of: Brendan Flynn, DO, to the newly created position of Chief Medical Officer; Julie Landrio, MD, to fill Dr. Flynn’s position as Medical [...]
When All There’s Left to Say is “I Do”
Blue Ridge Hospice chaplains are available to provide our patients and their families with spiritual care during their end-of-life journey. Our Interfaith Chaplains provide support through presence, counsel, prayer, or religious rituals, but they are also available to provide comfort in other ways. “We do a lot of legacy work,” says Larissa Blechman, who has worked as a hospice chaplain for 14 years, with more than three years at BRH.“Patients often want to look back [...]
Blue Ridge Hospice’s Thrift Shop on Berryville Avenue in Winchester Is Relocating
Winchester, VA, July 11, 2022—The Blue Ridge Hospice Thrift Shop in the Sharp Shopper Grocery Outlet shopping mall in the east of Winchester is moving to the larger space in the same mall currently occupied by 81 Outfitters. The new location is expected to open in early August. Once the Blue Ridge Hospice Thrift Shop is settled into the new location at 808 Berryville Ave., Blue Ridge Hospice will open a pop-up Holiday shop in [...]
Blue Ridge Hospice Announces 24/7/365 Toll-Free Support Line
Winchester, VA, June 27, 2022—Blue Ridge Hospice announces the launch of its 24/7/365 Toll-Free Support Line at 1-833-898-0714 or (540) 313-9230 local. Healthcare providers, case managers, nursing home staff, patients, and patients’ caregivers or families are encouraged to make referrals or get someone admitted when the time is right for hospice. “A common misconception about Blue Ridge Hospice is that we only operate during regular doctor’s office business hours—that’s not true,” says Chief Business Development [...]
