Light Up A Life

Join friends, family and neighbors for a brief candle lighting ceremony of remembrance at Hospice Services of Lake County. Share memories and new hopes for the future.

Hike for Hospice – a big success

  June 20, 2015 – The day began at the check-in table. Hikers of all sizes and ages came to make the hike. All photographs courtesy of Karl Parker Some came on two wheels, and some came with four legged friends. T-shirts were handed out and directions were...

Outstanding service recognized

Eight volunteers for Hospice Services of Lake County were recognized for outstanding service in 2014 at its annual volunteer appreciation luncheon on April 17, 2015.  Laisné Hamilton for Patient Support; Madelene Lyon for Bereavement Support; Pat Brown for Clerical...

Volunteering: The happiness effect

When Laisné Hamilton says she loves volunteering, brain chemistry is at work literally producing a pleasure chemical in the body called dopamine.  According to David J. Linden, professor of neuroscience at Johns Hopkins University, “Your brain’s pleasure circuits are...