Stronger 2gether: Celebrating Two Years of Compassion and Care

Two years ago, Caring Hearts and Hands of Columbia opened its doors with a simple mission: to provide compassionate, dignity-filled end-of-life care in a home built on love. Since then, we’ve had the honor of serving over 100 guests, each one embraced as part of our extended family.

Since then, we’ve walked alongside countless families through their most vulnerable moments—offering peace, presence, and a place where no one dies alone.

As we mark our second anniversary, we’re launching our Stronger 2gether campaign to honor the strength we’ve built through community and care—and to invite you to be part of the future we’re creating.

This year, we’re asking supporters to mark the occasion with a gift that reflects both where we’ve been and where we’re going.

Here’s how you can be part of CHHC’s Stronger2gether celebration and help ensure this work continues for years to come. Whether it’s a small gesture or a lasting commitment, your support makes all the difference:

Give a one-time donation of $222
Or commit to $22/month recurring donation

Your support ensures we can continue to provide 24/7 personalized care, warm meals, and a loving home for those at the end of life—regardless of their ability to pay. Every dollar helps keep the heartbeat of this mission strong.

We’ve made it this far because of you. Let’s keep building, keep loving, and keep showing up—Stronger 2gether.

Come celebrate with us!

Caring Hearts and Hands is turning one! You’re invited to celebrate with us on April 28 from 2-5 p.m. at Waves Cider Company (604 Nebraska Avenue). Join us for finger foods, live music by Zamboni Funk, and a silent auction. Purchase your tickets today!

  • One ticket, including two drink tickets: $30
  • Two tickets, including four drink tickets: $50

Visit here for more details!

A Look Back to the 2022 Lights for Love Event

These beautiful images show the sweetness of the 2022 Lights for Love Memorial Event. This year, Caring Hearts and Hands of Columbia is honored to host the luminary event again on Saturday, Oct. 28 in Cosmo-Bethel Park at 6 p.m. Purchase a luminary in memory of someone you love now or on the day of the event. Musical Entertainment includes Harry Beckett, Ranan Reis Leme, Olivia Swanson & Bill Kollars, Giving Song Singers, and The Threshold Choir.

Sponsorship opportunities are still available at caringheartandhands.org/luminary/. All proceeds will be used to support CHHC for those who are under hospice care.

Lights for Love

Join us for our third Lights for Love Memorial Event on Oct. 28, 2023 at Cosmo-Bethel Park. This beautiful evening is an opportunity to honor and remember someone you love while giving back to those in hospice care in our community.

Luminaries will be available for purchase now and at check-in the day of the event. All proceeds will be used to support our home in Columbia for those who are under hospice care, in the last 30 days of life, and in need of caregiver support.

We are also looking for businesses and community members to sponsor the event. Visit caringheartandhands.org/luminary/ to give today, or reach out to info@caringheartandhands.org with questions.

Lights for Love Recap

Inaugural event raises more than $8,000

More than five hundred lights brightened the night on November 6. More than a hundred donors purchased luminaries to memorialize their loved ones.

Lighting the night with love

With donor support, we can light up the night at Stephens Lake Park on Nov. 6 as part of its inaugural fundraising event – Lights for Love: A Memorial Event.

This memorial event gives people an opportunity to purchase a luminary to honor their loved one and help raise funds to open a home in Columbia for those who are under hospice care, in the last month of life, and in need of caregiver support.

Lights for Love November 6

“We wanted to put together a fundraiser for the community that could be meaningful,” said Jackie Reed, treasurer, and co-founder for Caring Hearts and Hands of Columbia. “This is an opportunity to heal as a community after nearly two years of extremely difficult times for many of us.”

Community members can purchase a luminary to display at Stephens Lake Park on Nov. 6 at 5:30 p.m. Each luminary can be purchased for a minimum donation of $10.

The event will include music and will allow loved ones to spend time with others who have lost loved ones and remember their influence in our lives.

Lights for Love Memorial Event
Saturday, Nov. 6, 2021
Gordon Shelter – Stephens Lake Park

Check-in: 5:30 p.m., Gordon Shelterhouse
Luminaries on Display: 5:45 – 6:45 p.m.
Program & Music: 6 p.m.