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Agrace Invites Public to 40th Anniversary Celebration Event

Friday, August 3, 2018

Agrace HospiceCare is turning 40! A public celebration of this milestone is being held August 14 in Madison. Anyone who has used Agrace’s compassionate care for their family, or simply wants to ensure Agrace is available for generations to come, is welcome to join the party.

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Dean-o Trevino Golf Outing

Friday, August 3, 2018

Dean Frederickson, beloved husband, father, grandpa, and friend, passed away from cancer in September 2017 surrounded by his family at the Agrace Hospice facility in Fitchburg, Wisconsin. Not only was Dean blessed with such wonderful care in his final month, but the support and care given to the family will never be forgotten.

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Agrace Adds Members to Foundation Board

Thursday, July 26, 2018

Agrace Hospice & Palliative Care has appointed Karen Christianson, Judith Martinez, Terry Murawski and Bill Schendt to its Foundation board. Agrace is Wisconsin’s largest nonprofit community hospice and palliative care agency, providing end-of-life care and related services to people in southern Wisconsin and northern Illinois. The Agrace Foundation Board guides fundraising, helping to meet the current and future needs of the organization.

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Hospice fundraiser held under big top

Friday, July 20, 2018

As reported by Ben Bromley at the Baraboo News Republic

Hospice advocates want to fill a gap in the health care system by filling a circus tent.

Agrace Hospice will hold its second annual Night at the Circus fundraiser Aug. 4 at Circus World. Proceeds will go to the nonprofit’s charity care fund.

Agrace development manager Tracy Buglass said the Care for All fund covered $750,000 in end-of-life services last year in southern Wisconsin and northern Illinois. This included help for 20 Baraboo patients.

 

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“A Night at the Circus” Event to Benefit Families Facing Serious Illness

Monday, July 16, 2018

On August 4, Agrace Hospice & Palliative Care will host an evening of thills, chills and sensational style at the 2nd annual A Night at the Circus event at Circus World in Baraboo. Proceeds from this special evening will support Agrace’s nonprofit mission of bringing compassionate care into the homes of people living in Sauk county and surrounding communities. This includes support for Care for All—a program that provides free or discounted services to patients who cannot afford quality end-of-life care.

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Decades of change and compassion

Tuesday, June 26, 2018

As reported in Madison Magazine by Joel Patenaude

Madison Magazine is hardly the only 40-year-old business in Madison. Many area businesses have lasted just as long, if not longer. Although they represent different industries, legacy companies are not unlike this publication in that their dramatic evolution was driven by personalities whose influence can still be felt.

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Virtual Dementia Tour visits Janesville

Tuesday, May 22, 2018

As reported by the Janesville Gazette

Azura Memory Care and Agrace Hospice and Pallative Care will sponsor a virtual dementia tour from 4:30-6 p.m. Thursday, May 31, at Agrace Hospice and Palliative Care, 2901 N. Wright Road, Janesville.

The virtual dementia tour uses patented devices to alter the senses to imitate the effects of Alzheimer’s and dementia. The sensory experience lasts 10 minutes and gives understanding to the difficulties of living with the disease.

Reservation for the tour is required. Call Amy Cowan at 608-575-0579 to reserve a spot.


“A Round with Agrace” Golf Outing to Benefit Families Facing Serious Illness

Tuesday, May 8, 2018

On June 19, Agrace Hospice & Palliative Care will host the 3rd Annual A Round with Agrace golf outing at Trappers Turn Golf Club in Wisconsin Dells. Event proceeds will support Agrace’s nonprofit mission of bringing compassionate care into the homes of people living in Sauk county and surrounding communities. This includes support for Care for All—a program that provides free or discounted services to patients who cannot afford quality end-of-life care.

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Volunteers bring salon services to hospice patients

Thursday, May 3, 2018

Reported by Madalyn O’Neill of Channel 3000

Many hairstylists would consider it a day of work, but those who spend Thursday mornings at Agrace HospiceCare in Fitchburg think it’s a day of magic.

“I love it,” Cost Cutters volunteer Angela McIntosh said. “It’s definitely the highlight of my week to come in.”

“This is my day off every week,” volunteer Beth Anderson said.

The volunteers wash, blow-dry and curl patients’ hair, all before the clock strikes noon.

“It’s that comb and that hand, that magic hand,” a hospice patient named Mary said.

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