Treasure Coast Hospice

Volunteer StoriesSearch for Fulfillment Brings Bill Boes to Treasure Coast HospiceI didn't realize it at the time, but my transformation into a hospice volunteer began when I took a six-month family leave to care for my father in 2009.

At the end of those six months in Pennsylvania, my father’s status had not changed, so instead of returning to work, I took a one-year sabbatical. I got my father comfortably situated in a good facility near my sister’s home and then came to Stuart to contemplate my life options. After my father passed away, I realized I did not want to return to my job after the sabbatical. I wanted to do more spiritually fulfilling work.  View more ... 

Master Gardener Jean Foley Gives Us Butterflies

In 2005, Treasure Coast Hospice CEO Lou Benson approached Jean Foley, a Stuart master gardener and member of the Garden Club of Stuart, to design a “butterfly garden” on the path between the Mayes Center for Hope and the Martin County hospice houses. Now, around 9 a.m. most Saturdays, you will find Jean in the Stuart garden doing things like “deadheading,” weeding and trimming back. She will gladly explain all these terms – and how to do them, too. View more ...