About Us
Lending our hearts to hospice patients...one journey at a time.
Heart of Acara Foundation is a 501(c)3 nonprofit organization created to provide financial relief or amenities to improve the quality of life for those diagnosed with a terminal illness, and support community awareness and access to end-of-life care.
The Foundation can provide one-time financial assistance with food, shelter, a final wish, or any other reasonable grant request. It also supports access and education related to community hospice care, community grief support, and advanced care planning. We exist to bring hospice patients and their loved ones a better quality of life and peace of mind at the end of life.
Funds donated to the Foundation are divided into three main categories:
Patient Wish Fund
This fund is designed to meet the extraordinary needs of terminally ill individuals.
Financial examples include: necessities such as rent, a utility bill or groceries.
Comfort examples include: a box fan or space heater, extra blankets, special music, massage, art, television, audiobooks or a birdfeeder.
Wish examples include: a fishing trip with family, a short vacation or meeting a celebrity.
General Fund
This fund's purpose is to provide facilities, equipment and training to support access and education to the community related to end-of-life care and advanced care planning; to sponsor, host and/or participate in events and activities that promote awareness of community care of the terminally ill; and to support the operations of the Foundation.
Hospice Care Home Fund
A goal of Heart of Acara Foundation is to open a Hospice Care Home for terminally ill patients who need love and care at end of life. The initial vision is an eight-bed home in a country setting epitomizing the "Heart" of our mission.
