"Connecticut Hospice is not only America’s first Hospice, it is the strongest form of Patient Advocacy for Life in the face of its greatest challenge for life."

Hospital Hospice
Rosemary Franco, R.N.

Inpatient Care
Bernice Batson, R.N., B.S.N.
Sally McMahon, R.N., B.S.N.
Walter Burns, R.N., B.S.N.
Mary DeLeo, R.N., M.S.N.
Nancy McGinley, R.N.
Corrinda Soares, R.N.
Jane Stikkel, R.N.
Brenda Cowan, C.N.A.
Helen Perry, C.N.A.

Home Care
Leona Wilneff, R.N., B.S.N.

Branford Patient Service Office
Doreen Gallagher, R.N.
Daniel James, R.N., B.S.N.

Farmington Patient Service Office
Jeffrey Mendenhall, R.N., B.S.N., C.R.N.H.

Norwalk Patient Service Office
Marianne Treantofilos, R.N., B.S.N.
Bridgitte DeBartolomeo, R.N.

Shelton Patient Service Office
Soozi Flannigan, R.N., M.S.N.
Sherra Steward-Rego, R.N., B.S.N.

Wallingford Patient Service Office
Heather Brander, R.N., B.S.N.
Georgia Adelman, R.N., B.S.N.

Other Institutions
Nancy Baranowski, R.N., B.S.N.

Home Health Aides
Lauren Brown, R.N., M.S.N.

Monastery
Betsy Mohr, R.N., B.A., M.S.N

The Thirtieth
Reverend John Abbott
Diane Puzycki, R.N.

PATIENT ADVOCATE FOR LIFE LEADERSHIP AWARD RECIPIENTS:
BOARD
Frederick J. Mancheski
Wayne O. Southwick, M.D.
Anthony Colavolpe

PATIENT ADVOCATE FOR LIFE LEADERSHIP AWARD RECIPIENT:
NATIONAL
Val J. Halamandaris, Esq.

PATIENT ADVOCATE FOR LIFE LEADERSHIP AWARD RECIPIENTS:
COMMUNITY
Michael Lynch
George Waldron, Esq.
John “Swede” Lindquist
Teresa Scarpellino

PATIENT ADVOCATE FOR LIFE LEADERSHIP AWARD RECIPIENT:
PATIENT/FAMILY
Peter Rouse

PIONEER AND PHILANTHROPIST OF HOSPICE CARE IN AMERICA
The Honorable Daniel P. Cosgrove

OPENING PRAYER
Rabbi Yaffé
Reverend Charles Woody
Father Robert Heffernan

SONG
God Bless America (audience participation requested)
Katherine Blossom-Mascagna, Arts Director, Pianist
Reverend Charles Woody

WELCOME
Judge Donald Pogue
Anthony “Unk” DaRos

INTRODUCTION of the ATTORNEY GENERAL
Frederick J. Mancheski

OPENING REMARKS
Attorney General Richard Blumenthal

KEYNOTE ADDRESS
Val J. Halamandaris, Esq.

PRESENTATION OF AWARDS

THE VOICES OF ZION
St. Stephen’s A.M.E. Zion Church

PRESENTATION OF AWARDS (cont.)

SONG
"Oh Danny Boy"
Paul Scanlon -Tenor, Director of West Haven High School Chorus
Katherine Blossom-Mascagna, Arts Director, Pianist

DEDICATION TO - HONORABLE DANIEL P. COSGROVE
Frederick J. Mancheski

CLOSING PRAYER
Rabbi Eric Silver, D.D.
Reverend Charles Woody
Father Robert Heffernan

SONG
"The Wind Beneath Our Wings" (refrain audience participation requested)
Marcy Conway - Guitar & Vocals

Mission Statement:
To listen to our patients and families, our teachers, 30 years of wisdom.

To give the best palliative and hospice care and through research, educate other professionals through education and training.

Master of Ceremonies:
Rosemary Johnson-Hurzeler, R.N., M.P.H., H.A., President and C.E.O.

Acknowledgments:
Patients and families -- 30 years of wisdom
John BiMonte
Marcel Blanchet
Paul Giamattei
David Goldfarb
Richard Jackson
Vera Klapp
Ronny Knight
Robert Martin
Iris Mirles
Patricia Nowak-Corradino
Sister Eleanor Perfetto
Gary Sullivan
The Benedictine Sisters of the Monastery of the Glorious Cross, for the Interfaith service held at the Monastery of the Glorious Cross
The Children of our Hospice Staff

List of the Inductors:
Val J. Halamandaris, Founder, Hospice Association of America

Frederick Ulbrich, President of Ulbrich Steel

Todd Cote, M.D., Chief Medical Officer

Mark Shiffrin, Senior Adviser and Legal Counsel,
Former Commissioner of Consumer Protection

Congresswoman Rosa DeLauro

Senator Martin Looney

Luis Gonzalez, Vice-President, Institutional Advancement