Lopez Island Hospice and Home Support invites everyone to bring family and guests to the fourth annual Jingle Bell Dinner Saturday, Nov. 24, 6 p.m. at the Lopez Center for Community and the Arts.

Experience elegant food and wine by The Bay.  Make your shopping easy this year with exciting gifts and experiences created by local artisans and businesses. Holiday entertainment will be provided by The Lopez Tap Company, and Gary Alexander and Ginni Keith.

Tickets are $50 at Paper Scissors on the Rock and the Hospice and Home Support office, 178 Weeks Road. All proceeds from the event will benefit Lopez Island Hospice and Home Support.

“The Jingle Bell Dinner is our major fundraiser for the year,” said Trevor Bryant, president of the LIHHS board of directors. “We hope to attract a lot of people who are in a festive and generous holiday mood.”

Lopez Island Hospice and Home Support has provided the Lopez community with professional case management, chore and respite service, caregiver and loss support groups, durable medical equipment loans, and a resource library for caregivers since 1997.  Lopez Island residents with medically-based needs are eligible to be assessed for hospice and home support services, regardless of age, gender, race  or religion. Those with short-term, long-term, or life-limiting illness or disabilities qualify for Lopez Island Hospice and Home Support care.  All services are offered without charge to the client.

“We want to make it as easy and comfortable as possible for Lopezians to stay in their homes among family and friends as they recover from accident or illness, and as they approach the end of life,” said Mary O’Bryant, case manager.

Lopez Island Hospice and Home Support receives no government support.  All income comes from contributions, grants and fundraisers like the Jingle Bell Dinner.

Lopez Island Hospice and Home Support is part of a Lopez Island network of social support organizations: The Thrift Shop provides ongoing grant funds; the Lions Club gives grants for durable medical equipment; and the Birthday Club, the oldest social service club on Lopez Island, gave $900 this year as it marked its 90th birthday.

For more information or if you’re interested in volunteering, contact Lynne Keeley at the LIHHS office, 468-4446, admin@lihhs.org.