(Grand Falls-Windsor) The organization establishing Newfoundland and Labrador’s first community-based hospice announced today that it has received a $500,000 investment from The Northpine Foundation to ensure that compassionate end-of-life care is accessible to everyone who needs it through Lionel Kelland Hospice.
Ranked among Canada’s top private philanthropic organizations, The Northpine Foundation is a start-up philanthropic organization with big dreams!
“Our vision is to propel and expand human-centred innovation in Canada. Our focus is to support people that encounter economic and social limitations, as well as a healthy planet. We achieve this initiative by designing, funding, and partnering on initiatives that improve community flourishing. We combine best practices to invest in bold, new, and untried approaches,” said Aatif Baskanderi, CEO of Northpine Foundation.
“The Northpine Foundation’s core value of kindness is exhibited through acting as a professional, innovative, reflective, aggressive, and impactful force of good. We aim to enable Canada’s most marginalized populations to thrive. We value voice. To be able to facilitate this investment in the town in which my wife and I were born is an absolute honour,” said Mark Lane, Northpine’s Impact Manager for Rural Newfoundland and Labrador.
Shelley Woolfrey, who leads the public fundraising campaign for Lionel Kelland Hospice, said that the Northpine Foundation recognizes the reality of rural NL communities in that many people do not have anyone at home to provide care they need and many just don’t have the resources to deliver end-of-life care at home. Woolfrey said, “The Northpine Foundation’s investment will have a huge impact on all the families whose loved ones will spend their last days in a peaceful and homelike environment.”
Lionel Kelland Hospice will be the first of its kind for Newfoundland and Labrador. The former Presentation Centre in Grand Falls-Windsor is being re-built to become a modern, fully-equipped, 2,430 square metre residence designed to meet the care needs of palliative patients and to support their families. Targeting a completion date of late spring 2023, the building features ten private resident suites and spaces that enable families to be together and supported as they journey with their loved ones during the last days and moments of life.
The Northpine Foundation is funded by Cathy and John Phillips through Klister Credit Corp.
Media Contacts:
Lionel Kelland Hospice
Shelley Woolfrey
Chair, Every Moment Matters Campaign
E: shellwoolfrey@gmail.com
P: 709.290.1990
The Northpine Foundation
Mark Lane
Impact Manager – Rural Newfoundland
and Labrador
mark@northpinefoundation.ca
709.689.8536