Jacky Glass 2011 Mother Joseph Award recipient

Jacqueline Glass of Palos Verdes Estates, Calif., volunteer extraordinaire at Providence TrinityCare Hospice Foundation, has been chosen by the Sisters of Providence to receive the 2011 Mother Joseph Award.  For more than 25 years, she has been a volunteer at TrinityCare, including as chair of the board of trustees and currently as community ambassador, plus years at patients’ bedsides.

Jacky’s passion is hospice care and assuring that it is available and accessible to all who need it, when they need it, said her nominator for the recognition, Terri Warren, chief executive of Providence TrinityCare Hospice Foundation, and Barbara Roberts, its executive director.

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Sisters of Providence to hold Providence Hospitality House Appreciation & Remembrance Ceremony

Last fall, when the Sisters of Providence announced the closure of Providence Hospitality House, a Seattle emergency shelter for women and children, they indicated there would be “a gathering and ritual to rejoice in the steadfast support of so many ... and also to grieve a loss that we all feel deeply.” That Appreciation & Remembrance Ceremony will be held from 1 to 3 p.m. Saturday, January 28, on the Seattle University campus.

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