News
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
July 14, 2015
MEDIA CONTACT: Peter Cohenno
Public Information Officer
Southcoast Health
Office: 508-973-5280
Mobile: 774-218-5530
cohennop@southcoast.org
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Southcoast VNA to host fourth annual Hope Takes Flight: A Butterfly Release
FAIRHAVEN, Mass. — Southcoast® Visiting Nurse Association, known in the community as Southcoast
VNA, will host the fourth annual “Hope Takes Flight: A Butterfly Release” on Saturday, September 12
from 1 to 3 p.m. at the Fairhaven Senior Center, 229 Huttleston Avenue in Fairhaven. All proceeds will
benefit Southcoast VNA’s Hospice & Palliative Care Program.
As part of the event, there will be a release of more than 200 live butterflies to honor and
remember loved ones who have died. Other activities will include musical performances, inspirational
readings and a special recognition of Gwen Hofmann, Hospice Chaplain; Jeff Jenkins, Hospice volunteer;
and Jeff Bacon and David Latessa, co-founders of Sharing One Family to Another: A Morressette Family
Charity. A silent auction and prize raffle will also be held throughout the afternoon, and light
refreshments will be served. The event will take place rain or shine.
Butterflies to honor a loved one can be purchased before August 21 for a $25 minimum donation,
which will include a listing of a loved one’s name in the event program book. A limited number of
butterflies may be available after that date while supplies last.
The event is presented by Mallard & POPS Printing, with additional support from BayCoast
Bank, Mill Bridge Holdings LLC, Surprenant & Berneski PC, and Expense Reduction Analysts.
To order a butterfly or for more information about the event, visit www.southcoastvna.org or
contact Southcoast VNA Community Affairs at 508-973-3470 or
scvnacommunityaffairs@southcoast.org.
About Southcoast Visiting Nurse Association
Part of Southcoast Health, Southcoast VNA is one of the largest not-for-profit, community-based
home health and hospice care agencies serving Southeastern Massachusetts and East Bay, Rhode Island.
For more than 100 years, Southcoast VNA has provided high quality, comprehensive home health and
hospice services, which foster improvement and maintenance of health, prevention of disease and
disability and compassionate end-of life care. Services are available 24 hours a day, every day.
Southcoast VNA’s home health care program offers services tailored to the specific needs of
every patient including skilled nursing, specialized wound and ostomy care, advanced cardiac care,
rehabilitation therapies (physical, occupational and speech/language), infusion therapy, behavioral health
services, in-home telemonitoring, medical social work, nutrition services, home health aides and health
promotion and education.
Southcoast VNA’s hospice and palliative care program offers specialized care for individuals
with terminal and life-threatening illnesses including skilled nursing, physician services, pain and
symptom management, inpatient care, palliative care, social work services, home health aides, drugs and
medical supplies, complimentary alternative therapies, counseling, spiritual support, bereavement support
and volunteer respite support.
Southcoast VNA’s main office is located at the South Coast Business Center at 200 Mill Road in
Fairhaven; with community offices located at 244 North Main Street in Raynham, at 1822 North Main
Street, Fall River, and 1676 East Main Road, Portsmouth, R.I. For more information about Southcoast
VNA call 800-698-6877 or visit www.southcoastvna.org.
About Southcoast Health & Southcoast Hospitals Group
Southcoast Health is a community based health delivery system with multiple access points,
offering an integrated continuum of health services throughout Southeastern Massachusetts and East Bay,
Rhode Island. It includes the three hospitals that make up Southcoast Hospitals Group — Charlton
Memorial Hospital in Fall River, St. Luke’s Hospital in New Bedford and Tobey Hospital in Wareham.
Southcoast provides advanced clinical services, such as open heart surgery, angioplasty and heart
rhythm services, comprehensive cancer care, neurosurgery, weight loss surgery, plastic surgery, hand
surgery, orthopedic surgery, advanced imaging services and is the only provider of maternity services in
the region.
Southcoast is a not-for-profit charitable organization that depends on the support of the
community to provide services. More information is available online at www.southcoast.org. Connect to
Southcoast through social media at www.southcoast.org/connect/.
Southcoast® is a registered trademark of Southcoast Health System Inc.
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