Acara Hospice Foundation improves the lives of hospice patients and their families through compassionate, accessible support during life's most tender season.
Your donation stays right here in our community — supporting terminally ill patients and their families with comfort, care, and peace at the end of life.
Local hands. Local hearts.
"Improving the lives of hospice patients through compassionate, accessible support when it matters the most."
Practical help, real experiences, and a place to belong — for patients with terminal illness and the people who love them.
One-time grants for urgent needs — groceries, rent, utilities, comfort items like blankets and music — and special wishes like a family outing that becomes a lasting memory.
Advance care planning, grief support resources, hospice access information, and caregiver training — through community events and materials families can actually use.
An eight-bed residential hospice home in a peaceful country setting, for patients who can't receive hospice care at home.
In development — help us build it
Not everyone has a home where they can be cared for at the end of life. We're building an eight-bed hospice house in a quiet country setting — a place of dignity, comfort, and family — right here in the Brazos Valley. Every gift, every thrift-store find, every volunteer hour brings it closer.
Our 100% nonprofit thrift store, run entirely by volunteers. Every dollar you spend at Brightside goes directly toward building the community hospice house. Hunt for a hidden gem, donate your gently-used treasures, or join the volunteer crew behind the register.
Volunteer-run and community-funded — Acara runs on people like you.
Recurring gifts provide steady, year-round support that lets us meet urgent needs the moment they arise — a patient wish, a utility bill, a family's groceries.
Become a monthly donorSort donations, greet shoppers at Brightside, help at community events, or lend a hand behind the scenes. There's a place for every pair of hands.
Sign up to volunteerBring your gently-used items to Brightside Thrift and shop for treasures — every purchase funds hospice care for a neighbor.
Visit Brightside ThriftWhere your gift goes: granting patient wishes · grief support services · family education & resources · basic-needs assistance · patient outings and gifts · and the future Community Hospice House.
408 N. Bryan Ave., Bryan, TX 77803
PO Box 101, Bryan, TX 77806