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Our Locations

Community Care Hospice

1669 Rombach Ave.
Wilmington, OH 45177
Phone: 937.382.5400
Fax: 937.383.3898

Ohio's Community Mercy Hospice

1830 N. Limestone St.
Springfield, OH 45503
Phone: 937.390.9665

Ohio's Hospice at United Church Homes

Chapel Hill
12200 Strausser St. NW
Canal Fulton, OH 44614
Phone: 330.264.4899

Ohio's Hospice at United Church Homes

200 Timberline Dr. #1212
Marietta, OH 45750
Phone: 740.629.9990

Ohio's Hospice LifeCare

1900 Akron Rd.
Wooster, OH 44691
Phone: 330.264.4899

Ohio's Hospice Loving Care

779 London Ave.
Marysville, OH 43040
Phone: 937.644.1928

Ohio's Hospice of Butler & Warren Counties

5940 Long Meadow Dr.
Middletown, OH 45005
Phone: 513.422.0300

Ohio's Hospice of Dayton

324 Wilmington Ave.
Dayton, OH 45420
Phone: 937.256.4490
1.800.653.4490

Ohio's Hospice of Central Ohio

Newark

2269 Cherry Valley Rd.
Newark, OH 43055
Phone: 740.788.1400

Inpatient Care Center

1320 West Main St.
Newark, OH 43055
Phone: 740.344.0379

Ohio's Hospice of Central Ohio at
The Ohio State University
Wexner Medical Center

410 W 10th Ave - 7th Floor
Columbus, OH 43210
Phone: 614.685.0001

Ohio's Hospice of Fayette County

222 N. Oakland Ave.
Washington Court House, OH 43160
Phone: 740.335.0149

Ohio's Hospice of Miami County

3230 N. Co. Rd. 25A
Troy, OH 45373
Phone: 937.335.5191

Ohio's Hospice of Morrow County

228 South St.
Mount Gilead, OH 43338
Phone: 419.946.9822

Ohio's Hospice

Dayton

7575 Paragon Rd.
Dayton, OH 45459
Phone: 937.256.4490
1.800.653.4490

Cincinnati

11013 Montgomery Rd.
Cincinnati, OH 45249
1.800.653.4490

Sharing is Caring Thank you Pam Ewald!

Volunteer Makes Face Masks to Benefit Ohio’s Hospice LifeCare

When in-person volunteer opportunities were limited due to COVID-19 restrictions, volunteer Pam Ewald began sewing face masks for her immediate family members and the staff at Ohio’s Hospice LifeCare.  

Ewald’s sister-in-law had fabric left from her mother’s quilting, and she found a pattern online.

“While I was making them for Ohio’s Hospice LifeCare, people started seeing my family members’ masks and asked where they could buy them,” Ewald said. “I didn’t want to say no. But being a Hospice volunteer, I wanted to avoid any conflict of interest.” 

So, Ewald posted on Facebook that she’d be selling masks for $5 each and would be donating any money she earned to Ohio’s Hospice LifeCare. 

“At that time, masks were hard to find, and those available were relatively expensive. So I started getting orders,” Ewald said. “When people saw the money was going to Ohio’s Hospice LifeCare, several people paid more knowing it was being donated.”

Eventually, Ewald switched from making the original rectangular masks and started making the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) mask, which is shaped and more fitted.  

“Hospice has been near and dear to my heart,” Ewald said. “Under the current health and economic situation, we are in a better position than many, and I wanted to give back to the community.”

Since she began making face masks, Ewald has donated 150 to 200 hours of time making hundreds of  masks. She has donated $500 to Ohio’s Hospice LifeCare. 

“When the pandemic first began, she was the first to say, ‘Would you like me to make cloth face coverings?,’” said Beki McCurdy, volunteer manager at Ohio’s Hospice LifeCare. “At that point we hadn’t gotten instruction on the best pattern, but she got to work as soon as we had it.”

Ewald and her husband, Keith, joined Ohio’s Hospice LifeCare as volunteers six years ago after they retired. They wanted to give back to the community through their volunteer work at Ohio’s Hospice LifeCare. 

Before COVID-19, Ewald visited with patients in nursing homes, helped with clinical filing and worked with the Welcome Team to provide a warm welcome and assistance to visitors in the inpatient unit at Ohio’s Hospice LifeCare. Her husband also visited patients, provided transportation for family members, and delivered prescriptions from pharmacies to patients’ homes. During the pandemic, he made face shields for the clinical team at Ohio’s Hospice LifeCare.

For more information about volunteering with Ohio’s Hospice LifeCare, visit https://www.ohioshospicelifecare.org/waystogive/volunteer-program/ or call 330.264.4899. 

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