Giving Opportunities
Ways to Give to HCP
Donations support the benevolent care fund at HCP which allows us to provide high quality end-of-life care regardless of the ability to pay for care. It also provides for complementary therapies such as palliative massage and music therapy, free community bereavement support, and community education.
Memorial Gifts
Memorial gifts offer a way to remember or honor a loved one. Families are notified that you have made a gift (not the amount of the gift) when you provide a name and address for this purpose.Click here to make an online donation
Special Events
Golf and Tennis Classic
The Ladies’ Classic includes a continental breakfast, seated luncheon, tennis, and other game options including pickle ball, bridge and mahjong. The Golf Classic includes breakfast, lunch, reception and golf at the West Shore Country Club. The Tennis Classic is held the same day as the Golf Classic, and includes breakfast, lunch, reception and tennis. The Ladies’ Golf Classic includes a continental breakfast, seated luncheon and golf.
Gala
HCP's Gala is held every three years. Proceeds from the event will help offset the cost of charitable care at Carolyn’s House, HCP’s six-bed hospice residence. To learn more about Carolyn’s House please visit https://hospiceofcentralpa.org/service/carolyns-house.
Butterfly Release
HCP’s Butterfly Release provides a family friendly way to remember loved ones and to acknowledge feelings of gratitude, sadness and grief. HCP social workers and chaplains lead a program of remembrance that incorporates the release of hundreds of Painted Lady butterflies. The programs are offered free to the community and feature music, refreshments and special treats for children.
Tree of Light
HCP’s Tree of Light provides an opportunity during the holidays to pause and remember loved ones we have lost. The program acknowledges feelings of gratitude, sadness and grief. HCP social workers and chaplains lead a program of remembrance that incorporates hand-held candles and the lighting of the tree. The programs are offered free to the community and feature music, hot chocolate, cookies and special treats for children.
Planned Giving
HCP’s Legacy Society was established to recognize and honor all who name Hospice of Central PA as a beneficiary of a will, trust, retirement plan, life insurance policy, life income gift or other type of planned giving arrangement. All are welcome to join the Society regardless of the size of the bequest or planned gift. By becoming a member, you join a community that embraces specialized care at the end of life.
Please click here to view Planned Giving options
Other Ways to Give
Carolyn’s House
HCP welcomes gifts restricted to Carolyn’s House which provides 24-hour hospice care in a comfortable home-like setting in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania. HCP offers this residential hospice service when personal choices or medical needs make other options difficult. The approach to care at Carolyn’s House includes an interdisciplinary team of trained professionals who work together with the patient and family to develop a plan of care. Carolyn’s House is also offered as a solution for short-term respite care – to provide relief for caregivers.
Carolyn's House Memorial Gifts
Carolyn's House Memorial Gift opportunities provide an opportunity to honor or remember a family member, friend, colleague or business associate.
Please contact Katherine Walls at 717-943-1056 or kwalls@hospiceofcentralpa.org for more information.
In-kind gifts
HCP encourages in-kind gifts that enable us to care for patients and their families at Carolyn’s House, our 24-hour hospice residence. If you want to make a gift in-kind that is truly needed please choose Bounty® paper towels (individually wrapped), Puff’s® tissues, Tide® High Efficiency detergent, Bounce® dryer sheets, New nightgowns in XXL and XXXL, individually wrapped granola bars, chips, nuts, crackers and snacks for visiting family members, magazine subscriptions for visiting family members, flat sheets and pillow cases (twin) in lilac, rose, yellow, peach, green and blue (as the rooms are named), men’s and women’s body washes, body lotion, tooth brushes and travel size deodorants and toothpaste. Please know that HCP’s gift acceptance policy does not allow us to accept gifts of furniture, artwork and décor. Thank you for helping us to uphold these policies.
Gifts of stock
Thank you for considering a gift of appreciated stock or a charitable IRA distribution! When you make a gift to HCP by transferring appreciated stock, mutual funds or a distribution from your IRA, you can support a market leader for care and satisfaction and receive tax savings.
Please click here to download and complete the Gifts of Stock form.
Third-party events
A third party event is when a business, organization or family plans a special event to benefit Hospice of Central PA. HCP is the fortunate recipient of the net proceeds of many third party events throughout the year including the Bob Baish Memorial Golf Tournament, Aroostine’s Lemonade Stand and the Shellsville Horseshoe Tournament in memory of Casey Koons. These events happen independently of HCP. For information regarding our guidelines, please click here. With additional questions, please contact Katherine Walls at 717-943-1056 or kwalls@hospiceofcentralpa.org.
Restricted Gifts
Carolyn’s House
HCP welcomes gifts restricted to Carolyn’s House which provides 24-hour hospice care in a comfortable home-like setting in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania. HCP offers this residential hospice service when personal choices or medical needs make other options difficult. The approach to care at Carolyn’s House includes an interdisciplinary team of trained professionals who work together with the patient and family to develop a plan of care. Carolyn’s House is also offered as a solution for short-term respite care – to provide relief for caregivers.
Camp Dragonfly
Camp Dragonfly is a free weekend camp for children who are grieving. It provides a safe and fun environment in the great outdoors to work on coping skills and healing activities with peers.