The warmth of a handmade item: “Sunshine around my neck”

February 19, 2026

The warmth of the holiday giving season is lasting long into the new year, thanks to Full Life Care’s generous donors and supporters. This winter, hundreds of clients across Full Life’s array of home and community-based programs and services received gifts including:   60 prefilled gift bags from Lutheran Community Services Northwest’s Santa for Seniors… Read More

Gratitude and the Gift of Community

February 19, 2026

Full Life Care kicked off a special start to its holiday giving season, commemorating its 30th Annual Thanksgiving Delivery event on Thanksgiving day. Full Life’s Beacon Hill headquarters transformed into a sea of yellow as over 50 volunteers filed through, packaging brightly colored tote bags to deliver to homes of over 80 clients in the… Read More

Full Life Care – The Power of Connection

October 15, 2025

Full Life Care Service Coordinators provide critically important outreach services to our clients who reside in Public Housing environments. Many of these individuals struggle to maintain basic necessities, while struggling with numerous disabilities or physical illnesses.  Much of the work Full Life Care provides to public housing residents is intended to improve their access to… Read More

Creative Movement and Connection with SilverKite Community Arts

October 15, 2025

On a sunny Saturday in September, participants in Full Life’s Volunteer-Based Programs gathered at the Beacon Hill headquarters for a last hurrah to summer. Routinely, the ElderFriends and Care Teams programs come together for community events typically held in the summer (and winter) months and this year’s party date fell on September 13th. With the… Read More

Reflections from our Summer Intern at Adult Day Health

September 23, 2025

Hi! I’m Ridhi and this summer, I had the wonderful opportunity to serve as an intern for the Adult Day Health program at Full Life Care through the Teens in Public Service (TIPS) program. Even before my first day at Full Life Care this June, I found myself unsure of what exactly I’d be doing.… Read More

Care Teams Success Story: A Tale of Two Jackies

August 13, 2025

The willingness and compassion of the volunteer’s heart is truly amazing, it can even be life-changing for both the volunteer and the recipients of their service. When an enthusiastic volunteer teams up with another and visits a frazzled Caregiver and their loved one, there is a possibility of powerful connection. When volunteers Katie Mahaffey and… Read More

WinterFest 2025: A Celebration of Connection and Community

February 24, 2025

By volunteer Virginia    As a volunteer at Full Life Care for over two years, I’ve seen how Full Life is committed to the spirit of community and uplifting its clients, mainly elders and people with chronic or terminal illnesses and disabilities. This year, I had the pleasure of being part of the Social Committee that… Read More

Holiday Gratitude

January 23, 2025

The spirit of community was strong this holiday season as Full Life Care supporters shared generously with our clients.  Our wonderful community and volunteer partnerships resulted in an outpouring of 75 prefilled gift bags from Lutheran Community Services Northwest’s Santa for Seniors program and over 65 handmade lap quilts from University Presbyterian Sewing Group, Quilters Anonymous and Gloria Dei Lutheran Church quilters. We received over 120… Read More

A Conversation With Founder Nora Gibson

October 15, 2024

FLC: Can you tell us a bit about your background and what inspired you to start Full Life Care? Nora: I hold an MS in Social Work and have always been committed to working with elderly and disabled adults. I saw a significant need for support services to help people stay out of skilled nursing… Read More