Community Hospice & Palliative Care of Northeast Florida cut the ribbon June 11 on its $6 million Dorion Family Pediatric Center, a facility built to care for children with life-threatening illnesses and to support their families.
The project fulfills the dying wish of philanthropist George Dorion, who died in 2021. The center, in the Earl B. Hadlow Center for Caring at 4266 Sunbeam Road, is named for him and his widow, Dorothy “Dottie” Dorion. The Dorion family declined to disclose the amount of its donation.
“Their generosity has never been about recognition. It has always been about people,” said Mayor Donna Deegan, who said she has known Dottie Dorion for years.
When a child is diagnosed with a life-threatening illness, it affects the entire family, said Phillip Ward, president and CEO of Community Hospice & Palliative Care of Northeast Florida…