Building Hope: Jackson Construction Brings Joshua’s House Hospice to Life

After years of planning and perseverance, Joshua’s House Hospice is finally taking shape thanks to the incredible work of Jackson Construction. We’re honored they’ve joined the team to help bring this visionary project to life.

Jackson Construction, a staple in the Sacramento region for more than 50 years, was introduced to Marlene Fitzwater and the Joshua’s House team at a pivotal moment. After learning about the deeply personal mission behind the hospice and its importance to the community, Jackson Construction was selected to complete the project following the initial site work phase.

While the path to building Joshua’s House has not been without its challenges, Jackson Construction is committed to delivering on time and within budget to ensure we can soon fulfill our mission of compassionate care. As can be seen in the photos below, the Jackson team is currently installing underground utilities and laying foundations to prepare for the placement of the six modular structures this February. Once the buildings are in place, paving, landscaping, fencing, and final commissioning will follow. Jackson’s onsite superintendent is dedicated to maintaining daily progress and ensuring the project runs smoothly to ensure Joshua’s House is on track to open and begin serving the community by Spring.

“It’s rare to work on a project with such deep meaning,” said John Grey, Senior Vice President, Director of Construction for Jackson Construction. “We’re proud to help build a place where lives will end with dignity and care.” 

Joshua’s House is far more than a construction project – it represents the power of compassion, resilience, and collaboration. For the community of Sacramento, it will stand as a beacon of hope and humanity for those most in need.

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Everyone Deserves Hospice Care When Needed

by Marlene Fitzwater

As work begins on the property for Joshua’s House, a handful of NIMN protestors, teachers and parents of Garden Valley Elementary School and leaders of the Twin Rivers School District began shouting obscenities at the workers, destroyed part of the construction fencing and spray painted “kids’ lives matter” on the fencing.

We have worked for two years to address neighborhood concerns by attending and hosting more than six community meetings to clarify those concerns and developing a comprehensive Good Neighbor Policy; restructuring our Board of Directors to add eight Natomas community and business leaders; and holding several meetings and phone conversations with Twin Rivers School District leaders.

Sadly, our efforts have not satisfied some folks who continue to spread lies about what Joshua’s House will be like and what residents will be allowed to do – such as walking naked in the neighborhood handing out drugs to children!

Adults – teachers and parents – who continue to lie about the purpose of Joshua’s House and attempt to create fear in the community are denying hospice care to individuals who will then die alone and in pain on the streets. Such behavior only teaches children to hate and ignore those in most need, to ignore laws and encourages illegal activity.

The residents of Joshua’s House will be terminally ill, homeless men and women, discharged into Joshua’s House by one of the four local health systems in our community (Sutter Health, Dignity Health, UC Davis Health, Kaiser Permanente) and will be in their final days of life. Most will be bed-ridden. They will not be allowed to roam outside of Joshua’s House.

People die every day in their homes from terminal diseases and this is true in Natomas and all of Sacramento! They all have access to hospice care if they wish to have it because it is offered to everyone in their homes. Thus, children are walking past houses every day where people are dying!

No one else can die for us, but we don’t have to die alone. Hospice care is about more than helping people die with dignity, it’s about helping them live out life with love.

Joshua’s House Volunteer Hospice Corporate Sponsors

Joshua's House Hospice Thank You!

Please join us in providing the ongoing funding to make much-needed comfort and hospice care services available to eligible terminally ill, homeless men and women, including veterans, who would otherwise die on our streets and along our rivers.

Our sponsors will help us support the first such facility on the West Coast, one of only a few in   the country – and one of the first to offer trained and certified End of Life Doulas to serve those who opt for such services.

Thank you!

If you are interested in learning more about sponsorship opportunities, please contact Marlene von Friederichs-Fitzwater at m.fitzwater@thehcri.org.

Annual Sponsorships

Diamond Level: $100,000

Gold Level: $75,000

Platinum Level: $50,000

Silver Level: $25,000

Joshua’s House Volunteer Hospice provides free quality comfort care, comfortable shelter, meals, clothing and activities while local health systems provide quality hospice care. Join us in supporting Joshua’s House – the first such facility on the West Coast serving terminally ill, homeless men and women.