Pine Tree Hospice unveils new website
DOVER-FOXCROFT — Pine Tree Hospice strives to be barrier-free to people in need of our services. The new website, www.pinetreehospice.org, was designed to be simple, clean, and clear with the goal of making it easy for people to learn about what we offer and to reach out to us for more information. The website breaks down our services based on who is in need; an individual, a caregiver, or someone grieving. Friends, family, or professionals can also navigate with the person they are supporting in mind.
While our mission is providing non-medical support, education, and resources to those with life-limiting conditions, caregivers, and those grieving, the website has to reach community members that enable us to meet our mission.This includes potential volunteers and donors.
Pine Tree Hospice’s Executive Director Kristen Wortman says, “This work would not be possible without volunteers or the individuals, businesses, and grantors that financially support this non-profit. It was important to include space on our website for those groups to see how they can contribute and learn how they are a part of the impact.”
The website was also designed with volunteers in mind — easy access through a volunteer portal provides a protected area for reporting and sharing information while not bogging down the public facing side.
In 2021, Pine Tree Hospice, with a grant from the Plummer Memorial Foundation, hired a facilitator and asked board members, volunteers, and staff to meet and outline what the needs and wants of the organization were at the time, and going forward. The group spent time preparing a strategic plan with significant goals to be implemented over four years. In just two years, Pine Tree Hospice carried out several objectives that were outlined in the strategic plan, and one of the most pressing was a new website.
While a part of a Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion training, offered by the Red Empress Foundation, the opportunity to apply for a grant was introduced. Pine Tree Hospice was awarded a grant to support the building and maintenance of a new website that would be more accessible.
As Pine Tree Hospice enters its 39th year, we are celebrating our new website and all our partners have made it possible! This accomplishment allows us to move onto other strategic projects so that Pine Tree Hospice remains strong, able to further its mission, and help area families and individuals in need.
If you want to learn more about our services, are interested in becoming a volunteer or would like to support our work please visit our website at www.pinetreehospice.org, call us at 207-802-8078, or email info@pinetreehospice.org.