Your
HOSPICE MATTERS SPECIAL EDITION
APRIL 2020
Fundraising as a family
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elcome to this special edition of Your Hospice Matters. Due to the Coronavirus outbreak, we have adapted the full newsletter we would have normally sent out at this time of year to bring you news from the hospice and also let you know about the ways you can still support the hospice from home through this period of social distancing. As our supporters we’re incredibly grateful for everything you do to support the hospice and we’re sending our thanks and best wishes to all of you during this very difficult time.
Mistry family’s Scafell adventure in honour of ‘Kamubaa’
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hen the Mistry family’s matriarch, Kamlaben Amritbhai Mistry, known as KamuBaa by her grandkids, was cared for at the hospice, they wanted to show their thanks. Manesh, her grandson said: “We wanted to help other families have access to the services that Cynthia Spencer provided to us. It was the least we could do and our grandmother would’ve agreed that giving back to such a worthwhile
cause would help others.” “The respect and kindness from the hospice meant she was able to live out the time she had in ease with great support. She had a fantastic life married to my grandfather, Amritlal and they were able to spend time together at the hospice which meant everything to us. She had a massive family that supported her as she had supported us her whole life 4 children, 3 daughters in-laws,
1 son-in-law, 15 grandchildren and 4 great grandchildren!” So how did the family decide on doing the Scafell Pike walk to raise money? Manesh explains: “As a family we do a challenge a year to help give us goals to achieve so Scafell Pike was a great choice. We knew there was only one charity that we wanted to support and that was Cynthia Spencer as it was the least we could do after they did everything for our family.”