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A First Look At First Of Its Kind Children’s Hospice In Florida

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The Bailey Family Tree of Wonder graces the hallway in The Foundation of Community Hospice & Palliative Care’s new Dorion Family Pediatric Center at 4266 Sunbeam Road, Jacksonville. The $10 million center was built within Community Hospice’s Earl B. Hadlow Center for Caring and is named in honor of the Dorion family, led by Dorothy “Dottie” Dorion and her late husband, George Dorion, longtime Community Hospice supporters.

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Annie Tuttle, vice president of philanthropy & community impact for The Foundation of Community Hospice & Palliative Care, admires The Bailey Family Tree of Wonder in the new Dorion Family Pediatric Center in Jacksonville. The facility will have a ribbon-cutting on June 11, 2026, and support children living with serious and complex illnesses and the families who care for them. It is the first of its kind in Florida and one of only a few in the U.S. The $10 million center was built within Community Hospice's Earl B. Hadlow Center for Caring on Sunbeam Road. The 6,500-square-foot center is named in honor of the Dorion family, led by Dorothy "Dottie" Dorion and her late husband, George Dorion, longtime Community Hospice supporters.
Annie Tuttle, vice president of philanthropy & community impact for The Foundation of Community Hospice & Palliative Care, shows the theme in the music therapy room while giving a tour of the new Dorion Family Pediatric Center on Sunbeam Road on June 3, 2026.
Annie Tuttle, vice president of philanthropy & community impact for The Foundation of Community Hospice & Palliative Care, talks about the large butterfly that allows a small child to walk or roll up in a wheelchair for a photo op during a tour of the new Dorion Family Pediatric Center at 4266 Sunbeam Road on June 3, 2026, in Jacksonville.
A contractor walks by a wall of artwork and a whimsical fireplace in the new Dorion Family Pediatric Center at Community Hospice.
The Bailey Family Tree of Wonder rises at the end of a hallway in The Foundation of Community Hospice & Palliative Care’s new Dorion Family Pediatric Center in Jacksonville. The first of its kind in Florida facility is having a ribbon-cutting on June 11, 2026.
A contractor installs a fountain in the courtyard area of the The Foundation of Community Hospice & Palliative Care's new Dorion Family Pediatric Center in Jacksonville ahead of its 2026 ribbon-cutting.
Contractors put a canopy on a swing that accommodates children in wheelchairs at the new Dorion Family Pediatric Center as part of Community Hospice ahead of the June 2026 ribbon-cutting.
A inspirational quote can be found on numerous outdoor walls as a worker installs a fountain in the courtyard area of the new Dorion Family Pediatric Center at The Foundation of Community Hospice & Palliative Care in Jacksonville.
Annie Tuttle, vice president of philanthropy & community impact for The Foundation of Community Hospice & Palliative Care, plays a xylophone-type instrument in the Adventure Playground at The Foundation of Community Hospice & Palliative Care's new Dorion Family Pediatric Center in Jacksonville. The facility will have a ribbon-cutting on June 11, 2026.
Syndra Mayes cleans windows in the Adventure Playground at The Foundation of Community Hospice & Palliative Care's new Dorion Family Pediatric Center in Jacksonville. The facility will hold a ribbon-cutting on June 11, 2026.
A recording studio is part of the music therapy room at The Foundation of Community Hospice & Palliative Care's new Dorion Family Pediatric Center on Sunbeam Road in Jacksonville.
Contractors install a book case in the child life specialist room at The Foundation of Community Hospice & Palliative Care's new Dorion Family Pediatric Center ahead of its 2026 ribbon-cutting in Jacksonville.
A worker cleans the cabinets in the child life specialist room at The Foundation of Community Hospice & Palliative Care's new Dorion Family Pediatric Center ahead of its June 11, 2026, ribbon-cutting.
Landscapers spread mulch at The Foundation of Community Hospice & Palliative Care's new Dorion Family Pediatric Center at 4266 Sunbeam Road on June 3, 2026, in Jacksonville.
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