- Bequests
- Volunteers
One of our most cherished volunteers, Dr. Larry Hill recalls that he first became intimately acquainted with JFCS eight years ago when he picked up a brochure at Congregation Emanu-El after services one evening, called the number on the back, and asked if there was a role for him.
His timing could not have been more fortuitous. JFCS’ Redwing Keyssar, the director of our Palliative Care and End of Life program, had just begun asking her contacts if they knew a doctor who could help.
At the time the program was still in its planning stages and she saw the need for someone who had experience in oncology. Larry, who has worked in the Peace Corps, foreign service, and as Chief Resident of Internal Medicine at San Francisco General, also happened to have started the first hospice program in Humboldt County, where he raised his son and daughter with his wife, Terry.
Retired and living back in San Francisco with his wife, he helped get the Palliative Care program off the ground by meeting with the interdisciplinary team, speaking at volunteer trainings, and meeting clients face to face to answer their questions.
Having seen the great work JFCS does, Larry felt tremendously confident about remembering the agency in his estate plan. “My wife and I were re-working our will with our attorney, and I thought what better way to give than to an organization you’ve worked with. You get to see if they are a worthy one and JFCS is certainly a worthy one.”