Powerful Personal Choice is on the Rise Thanks to You!

We know from Vermont Department of Health data and from our own helpline experience, that the number of people who are considering or using medical aid in dying in Vermont has tripled over the past two years.

This is not news about more people dying. This is news about a blossoming of choice. More people who might otherwise be entering a phase of fear, pain and trauma for themselves and their loved ones are free to step off that path and make a conscious choice about where, when, and with whom they will make their farewell. We think this note of gratitude sums it up well:

“Thank you deeply for the quality & depth of the information on your website. Its clarity and palpable respect for life, patients and the challenge it is to die has provided comfort, hope, and peace. I can plan knowing freedom & options are possible.”

​With your support, our work is bringing the option of a graceful exit and peace of mind to ever more people.

Patient Choices Vermont (PCV) is the only organization focused on ensuring that aid in dying is a viable and accessible option
in Vermont for the long term.

Please consider a donation of $60 or,
​if you are able, $200, $500, or 1,000.

​Your support helps:

• Expand the number of experienced medical providers.
• Promote best practices with tools and resources.
• Seed and nurture diverse networks of people who provide critical support. 

Those exploring medical aid in dying in Vermont now include people from all over the country. It will be another two years before we have official updated numbers, but we know from our own website traffic that interest is high.

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Click to Support Patient Choices Vermont

Or mail a check to:
Patient Choices Vermont
PO Box 671
Shelburne, VT 05482
PCV is a 501(c)(3) non-profit. Your contributions are tax-deductible.

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14,000 people have already viewed the PCV non-resident information page, This carefully-crafted guide helps people through conversations with their own doctors while laying out the practicalities of seeking aid in dying in Vermont. 

With your help, Patient Choices Vermont serves many thousands of people:

• Our videos have been viewed 90,000 times. 
• 20,000 people per year consult PCV’s website to learn and plan.
• More than 3,000 people have consulted our Clinician’s Guide to Medical Aid in Dying, which provides guidance to doctors, hospice staff and medical support people. 
• Our Helpline Team is fielding 800 calls per year. 

 
Behind each of these clicks and calls, is a real person seeking honest, accurate information about critical life decisions. Just having the option of aid in dying opens a whole new level of sensitivity to personal choice and autonomy.

Our small staff and growing team of volunteers is very strategic. Still, we know that there are many people in our community who don’t know or have misinformation about aid in dying. Together, let’s make sure that everyone has access to the kind of end-of-life care they want. Your gift will have a ripple effect across the community.

With appreciation,
Betsy J. Walkerman, Esq., President