State News
Community Hospice Honors Five Community
Leaders at
Living
Through Giving
Five
Scholarship Recipients Named at Gala
Community Hospice of Northeast Florida
recognized five community leaders from
Living Through Giving,
A Celebration of Works & Deeds is
a community-based event supporting the African American community of
The Living
Through Giving Works & Deeds honorees are:
·
Dr. Robert
L. Brown, Sr., Health Care Award:
Floyd B. Willis, M.D., Mayo Clinic
·
Education
Award:
Sylvia Johnson, Principal of
·
Community
Service Award:
Rev. Mark L. Griffin, Wayman Chapel African American Episcopal Church
·
Business Award:
Eddie
Walker, NAS
·
Athletics Award:
Bernard
Wilkes (posthumously), former basketball coach of
The 2006 Living Through Giving scholarships were
also presented to seven African American students in the areas of health care,
liberal arts, higher education and the arts. The recipients are:
·
Maurice
Alexander,
·
Andy Andre,
·
Erika
Bolton,
·
Kimberly R.
Johnson,
·
Brittani N.
Payton,
·
Krystal
Stovall,
·
Each scholarship is awarded for one
year only.
“This has been an exciting and
rewarding evening for Community Hospice.
It was an opportunity to celebrate African Americans who share our
commitment to enhancing quality of life on the
“I’m proud to have been part of effort in the
community to help educate people about end-of-life care and to recognize people
who are making positive contributions to our city” said Judge Brian Davis.
Each of the Living
Through Giving awards were individually designed and created by local
potter Glendia Cooper, and reflect each winner’s
accomplishment. Cooper is the
Living Through Giving was
sponsored in part by Mayo Clinic.
Community Hospice
Welcomes Siddiqa Khan
As New
Community Hospice of Northeast Florida has
announced the hiring of Siddiqa Khan, M.D. as medical
director for the
Khan oversees patient care as part of an
interdisciplinary team of professionals, including nurses, social services
professionals, certified nursing assistants, spiritual counselors, bereavement
specialists and volunteers. At the Hadlow Center and
at Community Hospice's George and Margaret Morris Center for Caring at the Shands Jacksonville Pavilion, dedicated inpatient care
teams provide short-term support for patients who require more acute care than
can be provided at home or in other settings.
Before joining Community Hospice in April, Khan
worked in private practice with Family Practice Associates of
Khan is
board-certified by the American Board of Family Medicine and is a member of the
CHILDREN’S
GRIEF SUPPORT GROUP HOLDS CAMP
North Star, a children’s grief support
group program, will be holding
Camp North Star is designed for
children from 5 to 12 years of age as a day of celebration, reflection and
memorializing. The camp provides
children, who have experienced the death of a loved one, the opportunity to
share their feelings, learn skills to address grief, learn from the experiences
of their peers and receive support and guidance from professional staff and
volunteers of North Star and Hospice of St. Francis.
The children will enjoy the fellowship
of new friends as they participate in a day filled with fun activities. These activities will include, Star Gaze,
horse and pony rides, leather and wood crafts, mini 4wd car racing, nature
walks, Therapy Dogs, “Virtual Reality” rafting, puppet shows, music and
enjoying their fill of pizza and ice cream.
The day’s activities will conclude with a bell ringing memorial service
to honor loved ones who have died.
To receive an application, please call
Rachel Rothleutner, LHMC, North Star Program
Coordinator, at 321-264-1687.
Loved Ones Find Tranquility in
Hospice House’s New Meditation Room
Thanks to a generous donation from
Melinda Fliss in honor of her mother, Lillie Mae Wood
and in memory of her husband Daniel J. Fliss, Hospice
of
According to Fliss,
the meditation room offers loved ones of those in the Hospice inpatient
facility a quiet, tranquil space – “a place to just be.” The room contains
a waterfall, a collection of spiritual books and selections of instrumental
music. It is open to family members and friends of Hospice House patients
24 hours a day, seven days a week.
Chris Comeaux named VP of Studer/Covenant Alliance
Chris Comeaux has recently been named Vice
President of the Studer/Covenant Alliance.
The Studer Group, a national healthcare leadership and management
development group, and Covenant Hospice headquartered in
Comeaux’s work experience began with one of the Big 4 CPA consulting firms KPMG
Peat Marwick in Houston,
After 5 years with Covenant Hospice, Comeaux left to become the President/CEO of Four Seasons
Hospice and Palliative Care in western
Through his breadth of experience at a very young
age, Comeaux has become an expert on leadership in
hospice and palliative care. He recently
left his CEO position to become the VP of the Studer/Covenant