Blessed to Give: Hospice of Southern Illinois

Hospice of Southern Illinois Inc. is a community-based, nonprofit agency that provides comfort and care for terminally ill patients and their families regardless of age or the ability to pay. Services include nursing care and grief support.

How to help

People may donate one-time or monthly monetary donations to the hospice, make memorial gifts by purchasing a memorial brick or designating the hospice as beneficiary of an estate. Volunteers also help listening to and spending time with those who are terminally ill or their families, making gifts for patients, or helping in the office, among other things.

Contact information

For more information, visit www.hospice.org or call at 800-233-1708. The Hospice of Southern Illinois is at 305 S. Illinois St., Belleville, Illinois 62220, and has an additional location at 300 E. Main St. in Belleville.

This story was originally published December 13, 2015 at 9:42 AM with the headline "Blessed to Give: Hospice of Southern Illinois."