Hospice hosts remembrance gathering

Editor, Index-Tribune:

Local nonprofit healthcare provider Hospice By The Bay will host its annual Service of Remembrance interfaith gathering at Trinity Episcopal Church in Sonoma on Sunday, April 27, starting at 4 p.m.The community is invited to participate in music, prayers and messages from a variety of spiritual traditions. Doors open at 3:30 p.m. Refreshments to follow.The names of loved ones can be read aloud during the Service of Remembrance. To request reading of one or more names, call 935-7504, visit the calendar section of the website, hospicebythebay.org, or email your request to cblood@hbtb.org by Monday, April 21.Nonprofit Hospice by the Bay is the second oldest hospice in the nation and the first in California. We provide compassionate end-of-life care for patients, support for their families and grief counseling to anyone coping with loss in Marin, San Francisco, N. San Mateo and Sonoma counties. For more information about Hospice by the Bay’s care, or to make a donation to support our work, call (415) 927-2273, or visit hospicebythebay.org.Mark ClarkCommunications SpecialistHospice by the BayLarkspur