Community Foundation of Northern Illinois Awards Grant to Serenity Hospice For Music Therapy

Serenity Hospice and Home is proud to announce it has received a $15,000 grant for music therapy to benefit hospice patients. The Dr. Louis & Violet Rubin Fund of the Community Foundation of Northern Illinois’ Community Grants Program awarded the grant.

The grant supports Serenity Hospice and Home’s ongoing music therapy program, which is conducted in partnership with Safe In Sound Music Therapy, LLC. This program provides social, emotional, physical, cognitive, and spiritual benefits to terminally ill patients and their families. From reducing pain and anxiety to recording a patient’s heartbeat for legacy benefits, music therapy can uniquely help patients in familiar yet profound ways.

“We are thrilled to receive this generous grant, as it allows us to enhance our music therapy program, offering hospice patients a powerful tool for emotional expression, comfort, and healing, as well as an effective means of pain and symptom management during a critical time in their lives.” shares Serenity’s Integrative Therapies Coordinator, Cori Gale.

About Serenity Hospice and Home:
Serenity Hospice and Home is a five-star nonprofit hospice and palliative care organization serving nine counties in Northern Illinois for 40 years. Serenity has been dedicated to comfort, respect, and dignity for patients and their families at the end of life. Learn more about Serenity at www.serenityhospiceandhome.org

About the Community Foundation of Northern Illinois:
The mission of the Community Foundation of Northern Illinois is to inspire endowment and promote philanthropy for the current and future needs of the people of Northern Illinois. Since founding in 1953, CFNIL has granted more than $90 million for charitable purposes. Learn more about CFNIL’s history, grantmaking, and commitment to endowment at www.cfnil.org.