“Bless this place with peace.”

This was one of the many messages written in black Sharpie along the exposed studs and beams at the Hospice House in Kennewick on Aug. 29.

Tri-Cities Chaplaincy invited the community to stop by the facility to see the progress on the renovation and to leave their mark by writing positive notes, verses, quotes, blessings or cherished memories on the bones of the building.

When the Hospice House was originally built nearly 30 years ago, volunteers who helped build it left their signatures, quotes and personal notes on the beams. This event honored that tradition.

Tri-Cities Chaplaincy encouraged visitors to write positive messages on the exposed studs and beams of the Hospice House at 2108 W. Entiat Ave. in Kennewick. One reads, 

| Photo by Nathan Finke

The $3.5 million renovation project includes an improved family kitchen and dining area, a new fireside room for families to relax, reflect and gather, quiet reflective space, updated technology and nurses’ station and private meeting space.

The Hospice House is a 10-bed inpatient facility that provides general inpatient care and respite care for hospice patients at 2108 W. Entiat Ave.

Bouten Construction Co. is the general contractor

Go to: TCCBestLife.org/hospice-house-renovation-project.