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June 10th, 2018

It's About Hospitality: Jack's Caregiver Coalition

  1. It's About Hospitality: Jack's Caregiver Coalition Christopher MacLellan "The Bow Tie Guy" on the Whole Care Network 35:51

As consumers we often measure our stratification through the lens of hospitality and service. How many times have you said… “The hospitality was great and the service was even better, I’ll definitely go back again.” Until today, I’ve never, EVER heard the word Hospitality and Caregiving intertwined and I must say, these two actions together are a prefect fit.

On this episode of Healing Ties, we visit with Kyle Woody from Jack’s Caregiving Coalition. ” Jack’s Caregiving Coalition mission is “To improve the way men think, feel, and act in their role as a Cancer caregiver.”
The mission of Jack’s Caregiver Coalition is accomplished by hospitality and service.

But there is much more to the story…

Listen in and learn how Kyle Woody and Jack’s Caregiving Coalition is taking Hospitality and Service to caregivers in Minneapolis (and beyond) while creating Healing Ties all around us.

You Might Know Me As The Bow Tie Guy - "Wearing a bow tie is like wearing two smiles."

When people ask me, "why did you create the Whole Care Network"... I always come back to our caregiving experience and how fortunate I was to find resources that helped me and my partner Richard Schiffer manage our caregiving journey. Every caregiver has a story; through our stories, we find validation, resources, and respite to help manage our caregiving day.

We were fortunate to have our story chronicled in a 2015 Pulitzer Prize-nominated 3-part story, “In Sickness and In Health: A Couple’s Final Journey,” which told our journey of caregiving. The story told of the challenges LGBT partners have in dealing with the medical and legal system, but it also told of the love and joy my partner Richard's last years had on our relationship.