Non-Profit Spotlight: Comfort House

NON-PROFIT SPOTLIGHT

In 1989, Comfort House Services, Inc. (CHSI) began its ministry to the dying under the auspices of the Diocese of Brownsville. Volunteers signed on to provide care in a threebed home near downtown McAllen. In 1992, the Diocese transferred oversight to a new community organization, Comfort House Services, Inc. (CHSI). Building programs in 1994 and 1997 increased our capacity to ten beds. However, we retained our homelike atmosphere, and volunteers are still the heart of CHSI.

Comfort House is a community-wide ministry of compassion to our residents whose mission is to provide a peaceful, home-like environment where a person may die in peace and with dignity while surrounded by loved ones. Our staff of committed, loving caregivers and volunteers assist residents and give hospitality to families. Our Caregivers provide twenty-four-hour palliative care for our residents. We do our best to ensure that no resident is left alone during this transitionary phase of their life. We have proudly housed over three thousand individuals in the past thirty-three years. Our volunteers have been a big factor in assisting us throughout these years, as they are the heartbeat of CHSI. Volunteers are always welcome. Many come to cook for our families, read, sing, or play musical instruments for our residents, and some come to provide comfort by holding a stranger’s hand while they are in their last phase of life.

CHSI does not bill for services; the residents’ families are asked to make donations as they can. Additional support comes from the community, memorial gifts, fundraising activities, and foundation grants.

We are licensed as a 501C3 non-profit Special Care Facility for the terminally ill with a prognosis of four months or less to live.

617 Dallas Avenue, McAllen, Texas, 78501 Tel (956) 687-7367 Fax (956) 630-6423