Volunteers first, 1979
Before Medicare paid for hospice, Enid nurses, ministers and farm wives formed the Cherokee Strip Hospice Volunteers to sit with dying neighbors so families could rest.
Our story
How we got here
Nurses, ministers and farm wives, sitting up with neighbors since 1979.
Our story
Forty-six years on the Strip
Named for the land run
On September 16, 1893, a hundred thousand settlers raced into the Cherokee Outlet to claim land. Our founders' grandparents were among them.
Medicare certification, 1984
When Medicare's hospice benefit arrived, we were among the first Oklahoma programs certified. Paid nurses joined the volunteers.
Four offices, 2001 – 2012
Families in Alva, Kingfisher and Medford were driving an hour to reach us. So we opened offices there, with nurses who live in each town.
The comfort kit, 2009
After a family near Cherokee waited an hour for medicine in the night, we started leaving an emergency comfort kit at every home.
Still neighbors, today
Forty-six years later, we're still nonprofit, still local and still sitting up with neighbors when it's hard.
- 1979among Oklahoma's first hospices
- 4offices across the Strip
- 7counties of wheat country
- 13 mo.of grief support afterward
Ratings & recognition · sample
- Readers’ Choice · Best Senior Care
- Community Choice Awards · Winner
- Regional Business Journal · Top Workplaces
- County Chamber · Small Business of the Year
- Family Caregiver Alliance · Partner
- Local Hospital System · Preferred Partner
Neighbors since 1979.
Call or text with any question. A hospice nurse will answer, and nothing is decided until you're ready.