Honor The Journey Gala

Honor the Journey Gala 2021

Sunday September 12th
5:00 PM
Join us in Honoring the Journey
of Hospice Patients through Gifted Wishes!

The evening includes live and silent auctions, full seated dinner with wine, and dancing, as well as presentation of the Edward E. Rosenbaum Hospice Life Award to
Dr. Yolanda Suarez,
Medical Director of Signature Hospice.

Honor the Journey 2021!

Have YOU Been Dreaming of Traveling!?!

The winner of the Honor The Journey 2021 Raffle will get to choose between these two amazing holidays!
What a way to shake the dust off 2020 and 2021: with a fabulous experience!
The $100 Raffle winner will choose between The Golden Buddha Resort in Bali, OR, a stay in Tuscany, Italy. Both properties sleep three. Proceeds from Raffle sales support the work of Gifted Wishes and allow us to grant final Wishes of patients in hospice.

Casa Alice in Tuscany, Italy
2 Bedrooms, 1 Bath, Sleeps 3
PACKAGE INCLUDES:

Historic apartment nestled in a palazzo
One week stay Saturday-Saturday at the beautiful Casa Alice
Expert assistance planning your stay in Tuscany and complimentary concierge service
Accommodations are based on availability
Package is valid 2 years from the date of purchase
Airfare is not included

Vertical Divider

Golden Buddha Resort, Bali, Indonesia
1 Bedroom, 1 Bath, Sleeps 3
PACKAGE INCLUDES:
Seven-night, Saturday-Saturday stay at Golden Buddha Resort for 2-3 people

Airport transport to and from Golden Buddha Resort (airfare not included)
Daily breakfast for up to two people
Complimentary bottled water
Two full body massages at our on-site spa
One special dinner prepared for everyone and served at Golden Buddha Resort
Daily housekeeping service
One diving or snorkeling excursion accompanied by a master diver, for two people. All equipment is included.

BUY YOUR RAFFLE TICKET HERE:

Edward E. Rosenbaum Award Recipient: Dr. Yolanda Suarez

Dr. Suarez’s path to medicine was along a circuitous path by way of civil engineering. She decided that boredom, evidenced by snoozing through her Environmental Engineering PhD classes, was the sign she needed to pursue her dream of studying medicine. She attended Western University of Health Sciences in California, then went on to complete a Family Medicine Residency at USC. It was at the end of her final year in residency that she discovered hospice. It was a transformative moment that led her to redesign curriculum at USC, making hospice a core rotation rather than an elective one. Later, her hospice training came from the talented nurses with whom she had the privilege of working and that exceptional education made it possible to become board certified in Hospice and Palliative Care Medicine. In 2017 she took a year off to pursue a fellowship in geriatric medicine at UNR School of Medicine in Reno, becoming board certified in Geriatric Medicine—an educationally and financially humbling experience.
She feels blessed to be on a team that shares similar visions and the determination to find creative alternatives to care for, as one team member said, “humans.”

Being a hospice physician has spoiled it for other jobs. She was privileged to be at the bedside of a beloved patient who requested her presence while actively dying. She lay on the floor, comforting a patient whose husband had just died and grandson was missing as she herself neared death. She held a dying patient because his exhausted wife had let go. So many other stories. It has been an enriching ride.
She is now pursuing a Healthcare MBA at OHSU to develop the financial expertise and accompanying voice that it will take to develop a community hospice house. As medical director of Signature Hospice, she and her leadership team are exploring ways to help people in need. She feels blessed to be on a team that shares similar visions and the determination to find creative alternatives to care for, as one team member said, “humans.”
Additionally, Dr. Suarez travels and has backpacked through amazing countries. She creatives mosaic art and beads jewelry. Her daughter is her proudest accomplishment and is herself a physician.