HomeCare & Hospice

Tickets are on sale for HomeCare & Hospice’s Fourth Annual Mardi Gras celebration on Saturday, Feb. 21 at Batavia Downs Grandstand Bar & Grille. Tickets are $50 each, $90 for a couple and include $15 in casino free play and a New Orleans-style dinner with food stations. Tickets can be ordered online at www.HomeCare-Hospice.org/MardiGras or by contacting Jennifer Blake, HomeCare & Hospice development coordinator at 1-877-277-2615 or jblake@homecare-hospice.org

The first 50 individuals to purchase tickets will receive a free gift.

Doors are set to open at 6 p.m., and dinner will begin at 7. A cash bar will be available throughout the evening. The jubilant celebration will also include live musical entertainment by the band M.A.C., dancing, a Chinese auction, basket raffles and prizes for best masks and most festive attire.

All proceeds from Mardi Gras benefit the HomeCare & Hospice Foundation.

“We have a charmed evening of entertainment, fun and food planned,” Blake said. “We are especially looking forward to our mask and attire contests. We encourage all to get decked out in their most festive dress for the occasion.”

HomeCare & Hospice, a nonprofit United Way agency, provides specialized medical care and social/emotional support for patients and families coping with life-limiting illness in Allegany, Cattaraugus, Genesee and Wyoming counties. This institution is an equal opportunity provider and employer.

Press release:

Area residents are invited to honor their loved ones at the holidays during HomeCare & Hospice’s 18th annual Tree of Life ceremonies.

The Tree of Life provides an opportunity for persons who have experienced loss to memorialize a family member or friend during the holiday season. HomeCare & Hospice annually offers an ornament as an option for remembrance.

This year’s ornament is a pewter heart with glitter and can be engraved to bear the name of a loved one. The ornament is available for a suggested donation of $15, with engraving, shipping and handling included. Additional options include giving an ornament as a gift or purchasing a memory tag bearing a name for $5.

Orders must be received by Nov. 15 to ensure availability for the Tree of Life ceremony. Trees will be displayed throughout the holiday season. Ornaments hung on the Tree of Life can be taken home after the ceremony or they will be mailed in January.

The Tree of Life ceremony will be held at 5:30 p.m. Wednesday, Dec. 4 at GO ART! & Sweet Ecstasy Bakery, 201 E. Main St. in the City of Batavia. The tree lighting is open to the public.

Also available are a limited number of Classic Tree of Life ornaments from years past. These ornaments can be purchased and engraved at the special price of $10. While the Classic Ornaments will not be hung on the Tree of Life, they can be picked up or mailed with 2013 ornaments. These ornaments include the 2011 Silvertone Wreath, 2009 Goldtone Photo Frame Tree, 2008 Silvertone Snowflake, 2006 Goldtone Wreath.

For more information or an order form, contact Rosemary Conroy at HomeCare & Hospice, 1-800-719-7129, or order online at www.homecare-hospice.org

HomeCare & Hospice, a non-profit United Way member agency, provides specialized medical care and social/emotional support for patients and families coping with terminal illness in Cattaraugus, Allegany, Wyoming and Genesee counties. The institution is an equal opportunity provider, and employer.

HomeCare & Hospice is open for business at its new Batavia location, 29 Liberty St., Suite 6.

The move from the former office at 550 East Main St. was made by HomeCare & Hospice to better meet the needs of its operation and improve access for employees and the general public.

 The 29 Liberty St. location also allows for a greater number of students to participate in the agency’s state approved Home Health Aide training program.

The current office telephone and fax numbers remain the same: 877-277-2615 or 585-343-7596; fax number 585-343-7629.

The 550 E.  Main St. location is offered for sale through a local real estate agent.

For additional information, please contact Kelly Dickerson, Communications, Information and Marketing Director at 716-372-2106.

HomeCare & Hospice is a United Way member agency and an equal opportunity employer.