On June 10, access to the Front Royal arm of Blue Ridge Hospice will get a bit easier when new
office space and counseling services open on Second Street.
The new space, purchased from the Calvary Episcopal Church, will house the hospice's Center
for Hope counseling services and administrative and clinical staff. Sally Gascoigne, coordinator
for the Center for Hope, said the move to 13 West Second Street has been in progress since
March or April.
"We're expanding our space for social workers, and also our counseling center," Gascoigne said.
In Front Royal, the services had been located next door to the new location. There was a back
room they shared for offices, and the church library was used as a counseling area.
Blue Ridge Hospice, founded 27 years ago in Winchester but since expanded to eight counties,
serves around 180 patients a day, according to a press release. They also offer bereavement
counseling to 2,000 people each year. The new office location, Gascoigne said, is a way to
establish more of a presence in Front Royal.
"It will streamline things," she said, and allow the staff to spread out and help more patients.
At 10 a.m. on June 10, there will be a ribbon cutting to celebrate the new office location.
The Center for Hope, in addition to providing bereavement counseling, will be open to the
general community. An expansion of the hospice's grief and loss counseling, Gascoigne said it
will feature two adult counseling centers and a play therapy room for children.
To contact the Center for Hope, call 877-210-4673. The hospice can be reached at 800-238-5678.
Both numbers are toll free.
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