Community Hospice has local roots. We are an organization that was started by the community to serve the community. In 1985, a group of local health professionals began discussing the hospice movement and planted the seed that launched Hospice of Tuscarawas County, Inc. A year later, a volunteer board was formed and the organization became incorporated by the state of Ohio as a private, nonprofit 501 (c) (3) organization with by-laws and policies and procedures. With no affiliation to a larger organization, the community was asked for financial support to make hospice services available. This grassroots effort made Hospice of Tuscarawas County, Inc. a reality.

We served our first patient in 1987 and were able to touch the lives of 26 patients and families that year. Having served our community for over 26 years, we have served over 12,000 patients and families to date.