A group of Sioux City volunteers and donors is working to build the first hospice facility in the area. An article in the Sioux City Journal reports that construction on the Mitchell House is expected to begin next spring, with doors open by next October.
“The house will have room for six hospice residents to live in a home-like environment,” writes reporter Mason Dockter. “Two-and-a-half acres of vacant land, the site of a long-ago orphanage near Military Road and Ross Streets, was donated by the Diocese of Sioux City to the nonprofit Mitchell House group.”
According to Dockter, fundraising for the Mitchell House began a month ago and the group has raised $1.5 million of their $4.5 million goal, which will fund the construction of the facility and provide an endowment.
“There will be a play room for children, a family room and a large outdoor patio,” writes Dockter. “Pets would be allowed to pay visits. A staff of two will be on site at all times to monitor and tend to patients, who will also be cared for by caregivers they already had rooms, the facility could be enlarged.”
