The Week Ahead - Lake County

MONDAY

National Healthcare Decision Day just around the corner

GARY | Smith Bizzell & Warner Funeral Home, along with Hospice of the Calumet Area and Spring Mill Health Campus, is sponsoring National Healthcare Decisions Day on April 16. The free program will be held beginning at 5:30 p.m. at Spring Mill Health Campus, 101 West 87th Ave., in Merrillville.

National Healthcare Decision Day set for April 16

MUNSTER | Hospice of the Calumet Area, along with Smith Bizzell Warner Funeral Home and Spring Mill Health Campus, is highlighting the importance of advance healthcare decision-making by participating in National Healthcare Decisions Day on April 16.

Creativity benefits Hospice patients and families

MUNSTER | Hospice of the Calumet Area is pleased to announce the 2012 donation of more than $36,000 from its Hospice Artisans, volunteers who use their creative talents to benefit the local non-profit agency.

Highland women help hospice

Organization reaches out to mend hurting hearts

Hospice of the Calumet Area is offering needed consolation and providing a shoulder to lean on through a special program for teens.

Community organizations build a future without brick and mortar

Labor Day is a celebration of all that we have created with our minds as well as our muscle. From small dreams and inspirations, we have created monuments to U.S.A. design and ingenuity.

LAKE WEEK AHEAD

WEDNESDAY

Free program offers information on health directives

MUNSTER | Hospice of the Calumet Area, along with other local, state and national organizations, is highlighting the importance of advance health care decision-making by participating in National Healthcare Decisions Day on Monday.

Restaurant Scene: Disney-themed eats come to Ivy Tech

There are still a couple of weeks left to try creative, delicious dishes crafted by Ivy Tech Community College Northwest students.

Hospice introduces We Honor Veterans campaign

MUNSTER | Hospice of the Calumet Area has become a partner of We Honor Veterans, a campaign developed by the National Hospice and Palliative Care Organization in collaboration with the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs.

Gift shop needs volunteers

MUNSTER | Care To Share Gifts, the gift shop operated by Hospice of the Calumet Area at 1842-45th St., Munster, is in need of volunteers to work in the store 3-1/2 hours a week.

FROM THE FARM: Good cookie news all around

Phil Potempa's daily entertainment news column.

FROM THE FARM: Hospice Holiday Cookie Walk a sweet idea this weekend

Phil Potempa's daily entertainment news column.

Educational seminar focuses on grieving teens

MUNSTER | Hospice of the Calumet Area is sponsoring a free social work conference focusing on the needs of grieving teenagers Nov. 8 at Franciscan St. Margaret Health in Dyer.

OFFBEAT: Region offers array of social ops for great causes

Phil Potempa's daily entertainment news column.

Monsignor Joseph Semancik and members of the Hospice of the Calumet Area Board

Hospice of the Calumet Area Board Members, as well as members of the gala committee, gather around Msgr. Joseph Semancik, founding member of the organization.

OFFBEAT: Hospice of the Calumet Area 30th Anniversary Gala includes names and memories

Phil Potempa's daily entertainment news column.

Hospice marks 30-year anniversary

The Hospice of Calumet Area celebrated its 30th anniversary with a black-tie gala Saturday at Avalon Manor.

Hospice marks 30-year anniversary

Monsignor Joseph Semancik gave opening remarks at the Hospice of Calumet Area gala celebrating its 30th anniversary. Semancik is one of the hospice's founding members.