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Friends of Lewis County Hospice, Inc. Nonprofit organization whose purpose is to support patients & their families during end of life care.

10/19/2026

Meet Gretchen Lane....

I retired from the Lewis County Office for the Aging as the Principal Account Clerk. I am also a retired owner/operator, along with my husband Tom, of a dairy farm in the Town of Turin. After I retired, I was interested in finding somewhere to volunteer my time & energy. I was asked if I would become a board member for Friends of Hospice. I said yes immediately as both my parents were Hospice patients. My father was in the Jenny Teal comfort room at the hospital, and my mother received Hospice care at home. I saw first hand what a great service Hospice was to our family and I wanted to give back to help.

10/18/2026

Meet Mike, currently our only male board member.

Mike Brooks is a native of Lowville and a 1970 graduate of Lowville Academy. After college and law school, he lived in the Boston area and worked as an attorney, both for government agencies and in private practice. He was also on the boards of several human services agencies and charitable organizations. From 2001 until 2021, Mike served as a judge in the Massachusetts Trial Court. Upon his retirement, Mike returned home to Lowville where he lives with his wife Mary.

10/18/2026

Our FOLCH board of Directors is made up of 11 volunteers from all areas of Lewis County, with the same vision, advocating for quality end of life care and supporting humanitarian and financial resources to members of our Lewis County community facing challenges that come with the end of life. We meet the second Thursday of every month except July & August. Sometimes, we will need to meet at other times to finish a fundraiser, putting up Light Up A Life trees around the county, etc.

We also have committees within our board, from planning, hospice garden, fundraising, acknowledgements, finance, newsletter, social media, marketing/publicity, and nominating.

For the next couple of weeks I will be introducing you to our current board members. If you believe this is a Board you would like to become involved with, please send a letter of interest to Tina Paczkowski, our current board president. We are anticipating at least three opening in the near future.

10/09/2026

Fall...a reminder that change is beautiful

09/21/2026

We are sharing this from Northern NY Community Foundation. Thank you Ellie Herzig for your support and compassion for our organization.

Meet Beaver River High School student Ellie Herzig.

For Ellie, “Community means a place where people feel safe, cared for, and have others willing to listen.”

“There are so many kind people in Croghan to help you when you need it most. The compassion people in my community share with others makes my community so special,” she wrote in her winning essay.

Ellie is a Northern New York Community Foundation Community Spirit Youth Giving Challenge winner. She chose Friends of Lewis County Hospice, Inc. to receive a $1,000 grant for its work and mission.

“Lewis County Hospice is a very important nonprofit organization to me and our community. When I was younger, my grandpa was diagnosed with cancer and his health declined very quickly,” she wrote. “The Hospice nurse who came treated my family with kindness and compassion and took great care of my grandpa. Knowing that your loved one is being properly taken care of makes a big difference and helps you feel just a little better about them passing away.”

Ellie recently met with representatives from Friends of Lewis County Hospice and presented a $1,000 Youth Giving Challenge grant that will help the Hospice continue its work. The grant is made possible by gifts to the Friends of the Foundation Community Betterment Annual Fund, corporate support from Community Bank, N.A. and a major gift from an individual donor.

Pictured, from left: Janine Mattimore, Friends of Lewis County Hospice treasurer, Leanne Moser, board member, Tina Paczkowski, president, Ellie Herzig, Mandy Putman, Community Bank district manager, Janet Andre, board member, and Michael Brooks, board member.

We are grateful to Ellie for her thoughtful effort. We are even more impressed that she is one of dozens of tri-county youths who looked inside their communities to recognize an organization that works to improve quality of life.

The 2025-2026 Youth Giving Challenge asked seventh, eighth, and ninth-grade students from Jefferson, Lewis, and St. Lawrence counties to explain in an essay what community means to them and to choose a nonprofit that embodies their definition of community. Ellie’s essay is one of 20 chosen from nearly 80 submissions that came from 26 different tri-county schools.

Look for more photos and stories behind the Community Spirit Youth Giving Challenge in the coming weeks.

09/06/2026

If you see your name on the list but haven’t picked up your prize - please contact me at 315-804-4705 so we can get it to to you! Thank you!

09/06/2026

Raffle Basket Winners:
#1 - Snyder’s Sugar Shack Gift Card - Kathleen Bush
#2 - Uncle Sam Boat Tour Gift Card - Amy Deavers
#3 - Dunkin Gift Card - Chris Monnat
#4 - Walmart Gift Card - Jeanne Duffany
#5 - Pam’s Corner Cut’s Gift Certificate - DeEtta Seeloff
#6 - Keystone Lumber Bundle - Jenn Vogt
#7 - Coffee & Candy Basket - Janine Mattimore
#8 - Cat Bag with Cat Supplies - Calista Franz
#9 - Dog Basket - Bobbi Call
#10 - Pottery Basket - Marsha Zehr
#11 - Spa Basket - Jenn Vogt
#12 - Halloween Basket - Janine Mattimore
#13 - Duck Print - Jeff Ortlieb
#14 - White Mum - Karen Hall
#15 - Maple Syrup - Bob Meekins
#16 - Refinished Children’s Roll Top Desk - Melissa Bush
#17 - Baby Carriage - Mary Ellen McManus
#18 - Fall W**e Basket - Darcy Zehr
#19 - Wall Hanging - Linda Hirschey
#20 - Rest & Relaxation Basket - Debbie VanAlstine
#21 - Quilt - Kelly Balash
#22 - Smart Watch - Mary Bellinger
#23 - Kraft Basket - Julie Cummings
#24 - Green Baby Afghan - Rob Pfeiffer
# 25 - Linda’s Patchwork Fall Basket - Jema Rutherford
#26 - Coffee & Candy Basket - Cindy Dosztan
#27 - Lottery Board - Joanne Andre
#28 - Quilted Bag with Handles - Judy Zehr
#29 - Sweater Weather Candle - Gwenda Segovis
#30 - Fall Basket - Bobbi Call
#31 - Peanut Butter Fudge - Connie Kohler, Bridget Mattimore, Paula Jenack, Betty Black, Karen Ritz, Lisa Proulx, Cassandra Marolf & Elsa Bush
# 32 - S’more Basket - Kari Taylor
#33 - Baby Afghan - Stephanie Dress
#34 - Body Care Basket - Cindy Lapp
#35 - L.C. Trivia Game - Connie Martin
#36 - Multi Colored Mum - Darlene Schneider
#37 - Double Tiered Plate Stand - Lisa Proulx
# 38 - Christmas Quilt - Leslie O’Brien
#39 - Deer Blanket - Kylie Hawk
#40 - Baby Boy Bundle - Karryl Lehman
#41 - Watching a Movie Basket - Janice Crofoot
#42 - Cardinal Table Runner & Candle Holder - Lisa Proulx
#43 - Halloween Candle & Soap - Sarah DeCarlo
#44 - Kate Spade Crossbody - Cheri Wyman
#45 - Poinsettia Blanket - Tina Johnson
#46 - Framed Cross Stitch Print - Jake McManus
#47 - Christmas Wreath - Debbie VanAlstine
#48 - Christmas Craft Basket - Amanda Mattimore
#49 - Christmas Decor Box - Debbie VanAlstine
#50 - Pink Tied Blanket - Janet Andre
#51 - MakeUp Mirror - Deondra Seamon
#52 - Clayton Boat Tour Gift Certificate - Jenn Vogt

Congratulations and thank you all for supporting FOLCH!

09/06/2026

Door Prize Winners:
$100 Multi-Restaurant Gift Card - Cindy Lapp
FOLCH Sweatshirt - Karen Carpenter
$15 Boondocks Gift Card - Karen Hall
$15 Boondocks Gift Card - Becky Knight

Thank you for supporting FOLCH

09/06/2026

Congratulations to Wendy Sweet - the winner of our 50/50 raffle!
Wendy generously donated half of her prize money back to FOLCH! Thank you, Wendy!

09/04/2026

Thank you does not seem like enough for today!
But - The Board of Friends of Lewis County Hospice would like to thank everyone for their support of today’s Basket Raffle.
Thank you to everyone that donated items and to those that bought tickets for the raffle and 50/50. It was a very successful day! We’ll post our winners soon!
A huge thank you to Jennifer (Stanford) Vogt for helping set up & taking photographs of our raffle items. We sincerely appreciate it!

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PO Box 266
Lowville, NY
13367

Telephone

+13153765308

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