Mountain Valley Hospice & Palliative Care is a nonprofit organization serving the terminally ill in Surry, Yadkin and 12 other counties. Through its team of trained specialists, health-care professionals and volunteers, Mountain Valley Hospice addresses the growing need for compassionate hospice care through offices in Yadkinville, Elkin, Mount Airy and Galax, Va. In October, 2007, Mountain Valley Hospice & Palliative Care broke ground on a state-of-the-art hospice home, the Joan and Howard Woltz Hospice Home, scheduled for completion in December 2008.