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East End Hospice Workers Leave Their Mark On New Inpatient Facility

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East End Hospice volunteers and employees gather around the final beam that will be used to build the Kanas Center for Hospice Care on Tuesday morning in the parking lot of the East End Hospice office on Old Riverhead Road. KYLE CAMPBELL

East End Hospice volunteers and employees gather around the final beam that will be used to build the Kanas Center for Hospice Care on Tuesday morning in the parking lot of the East End Hospice office on Old Riverhead Road. KYLE CAMPBELL

East End Hospice President and CEO Priscilla Ruffin signs the final beam that will be used to build the Kanas Center for Hospice Care on Tuesday morning in the parking lot of the East End Hospice office on Old Riverhead Road. KYLE CAMPBELL

East End Hospice President and CEO Priscilla Ruffin signs the final beam that will be used to build the Kanas Center for Hospice Care on Tuesday morning in the parking lot of the East End Hospice office on Old Riverhead Road. KYLE CAMPBELL

East End Hospice President and CEO Priscilla Ruffin signs the final beam that will be used to build the Kanas Center for Hospice Care on Tuesday morning in the parking lot of the East End Hospice office on Old Riverhead Road. KYLE CAMPBELL

East End Hospice President and CEO Priscilla Ruffin signs the final beam that will be used to build the Kanas Center for Hospice Care on Tuesday morning in the parking lot of the East End Hospice office on Old Riverhead Road. KYLE CAMPBELL

Chairman of the East End Hospice Board of Directors Michael Pitcher signs the final beam that will be used to build the Kanas Center for Hospice Care on Tuesday morning in the parking lot of the East End Hospice office on Old Riverhead Road. KYLE CAMPBELL

Chairman of the East End Hospice Board of Directors Michael Pitcher signs the final beam that will be used to build the Kanas Center for Hospice Care on Tuesday morning in the parking lot of the East End Hospice office on Old Riverhead Road. KYLE CAMPBELL

East End Hospice Medical Director Louis Avvento s

East End Hospice Medical Director Louis Avvento s

authorKyle Campbell on Feb 10, 2015
While many have left their figurative mark during East End Hospice’s long journey to open an inpatient care facility on the South Fork, the nonprofit’s employees made literal marks on... more

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