Our Impact
Our Vision:
A world where every person facing end-of-life can find comfort, connection, and greater joy in their final days.
Beyond the basket:
The return isn't just a patient's better day - it's grief that feels lighter and memories that the family carries forward, shaping their well-being long after hospice ends.
The gap we close:
Hospice centers manage pain and medical needs, but they are not built, financially or logistically, to meet the human-scale wishes critical to coping with end-of-life.
Cost and Capacity
Hospice centers are often not equipped to fulfill individual patient requests — a book, a small party, a bouquet of flowers...
Family Strain
Families already stretched thin by caregiving and grief carry the added burden of trying to meet these wishes themselves.
Isolation
Small comforts-teddy bears, lockets, handwritten cards-are missing, even when they matter most.
In 2025-2026, we...
Delivered 400+ Care Baskets
We delivered 50 Care Baskets a month over 8 months to patients under the care of Liberty Hospice in Durham, NC.
Every basket was packed with hand-written cards, blankets, fuzzy socks, legacy activities, and much more.
Obtained 501(c)(3) Status
In Fall of 2025, Bring Happiness for Hospice became a nationally-recognized nonprofit organization.
Fulfilled 20+ Wishes
We delivered $400 in Thanksgiving meals, hung up posters of favorite bands, hosted a Wicked-themed party, delivered art supplies, and fulfilled many more wishes of hospice patients and families.
Delivered 50+ bouquets
Each month, we delivered 12 beautiful bouquets of flowers, donated by our parter in Durham, Bowerbird Flowers and Apothecary.
How we measure impact
It's not just about a patient's better day. It's about the lightened grief and lasting memory a family carries forward, long after hospice ends.
Phase 1 - Story & Anecdote Collection
Underway
We're collecting short, open-ended reflections from patients (where appropriate) or families after they receive a basket or wish fulfillment. These stories help us understand how we can improve and best support them through our efforts.
Sample prompt: "What did receiving this [gift or wish] mean to you or your family?"
Phase 2 - Survey Administration
The next 12 months
Once funding supports it, we'll introduce a brief, validated survey to measure impact more formally — not just whether a wish was fulfilled, but how it shaped a family's wellbeing during and after hospice.
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Tool: CQLI-R (Caregiver Quality of Life Index–Revised), a short, hospice-validated caregiver wellbeing measure.