VNA Hospice NWI’s 2024 “Hops for Hospice”

“Individually, we are one drop. Together, we are an ocean” This saying can take on multiple meanings when related to the VNA Hospice NWI’s 2024 “Hops for Hospice” event in mid-June. This was the 4th annual “Hops for Hospice”, which brought together 40 local & national breweries, with all proceeds benefitting the VNA Hospice NWI, and their mission of providing quality end-of-life care. Attendees were treated to over 100 different beverages to choose from, local food, games, raffles, and music by local favorites The Crawpuppies.

It was an honor to be invited to help pour beer for Porter County’s own Hunter’s Brewing. With so many local breweries one might assume there would be an air of competition, but instead there was a sense of collaboration, all of us working towards a common goal of supporting an amazing cause. In addition to the brewery staffs there was also a large contingent of volunteers on site. Being a part of such an outpouring (literally and figuratively) of positivity was refreshing.

VNA Hospice NWI is one of the few remaining nonprofit hospices in Indiana. Starting in the 1980’s as the first hospice center in Indiana, they continue to lead the way today with non-profit hospice care. They provide hospice care, palliative care, VNA Meals on Wheels of Porter County, the Medical Guardian alert system, grief support for anyone who has lost a loved one, grief support for children at the Phoenix Center, and a We Honor Veterans Program. I’m already looking forward to supporting them at next year’s event.
-Bryan Sumney