Holiday pop-up shop funds grief services for the community

As reported by WMTV15

As the holiday season gets underway, Agrace’s annual Holiday Pop-up Shop is back with items for entertaining, decorating, and gift giving, and every purchase you make supports a good cause.

This is the 7th year the nonprofit is holding the pop-up shop. Continue Reading…

As reported by WiscNews

When a loved one shows signs of dementia, families often face difficult questions about care, decisions and costs. Continue Reading…

As reported by Channel 3000

Agrace Thrift Stores’ annual Holiday Pop-up Shop will open Thursday, October 30, selling a mix of donated new and gently used items for holiday entertaining, giving and decorating.

Located inside Madison’s East Towne Mall, the store will be open until November 29, Tuesdays through Saturdays, from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. The temporary store is located near the center of the mall, most easily be accessed using the entrances at the mall’s food court or Flix Brewhouse. Continue Reading…

As reported by WisBusiness

Agrace has awarded its 2025 Future Nurses Scholarships to six staff members who show outstanding care for patients, support health equity and build strong connections with patients and families.

Each year, the Agrace Future Nurses Scholarship Program helps certified nursing assistants (CNAs) and licensed practical nurses (LPNs) pay for nursing school. These scholarships are funded through the generosity of community donors who want to strengthen the future of nursing. Continue Reading…

Local adults living in Wisconsin who are grieving can find hope and healing with the help of grief support specialists at Agrace.

This October, Agrace is offering a six-week grief support group for adults who have experienced the death of a spouse or partner. The Spouse/Partner Loss Group meets in-person on Thursdays, October 9 through November 13, from 5:30 p.m. to 7:30 p.m., at the Agrace Grief Support Center in Fitchburg. Continue Reading…

As reported by PR Newswire

Agrace continues its rapid growth across the state of Wisconsin with the opening of a new office in La Crosse, a western-Wisconsin city of 52,000 located along the Mississippi River. Since its founding in Madison, Wis., in 1978, Agrace has provided exceptional care for the state’s residents who are in the final months of life.

The new Agrace location gives residents of La Crosse County greater choice for high-quality, in-home hospice care. County residents can enroll with Wisconsin’s largest nonprofit hospice to receive hospice care that comes to them where they live—in private homes, long-term care facilities or any other place they call home. Continue Reading…

For more than 45 years, Agrace has provided exceptional care for people throughout Wisconsin in the final months of life. Today, residents of La Crosse County have a new choice for high-quality, in home hospice care. Agrace has expanded its services so people in La Crosse can enroll with Agrace to receive hospice care that comes to them where they live—in private homes, long-term care facilities or any other place they call home. Continue Reading…

As reported by the Wisconsin State Journal

Compared with 100 years, 15 minutes is no time at all. But for two Madison-area World War II veterans, 15 minutes on Tuesday meant the world.

Preflight, U.S. Marine veteran Henry “Hank” Long and U.S. Army veteran Lew Harned shook hands, exchanging brief biographies lives and memories from the warthey have in common.
This was Long’s second Dream Flight and Harned’s third, so when the two aged warriors were wheeled into the hangar Tuesday, their expectations were cut and dried— a short safety discussion with the Dream Flights crew and their families, followed by two 15-minute flights over Dane County. Continue Reading…

Local adults and children living in southern Wisconsin who are grieving can find hope and healing with the help of grief support specialists at Agrace.

This July, grief specialists at the Agrace Grief Support Center, 2906 Marketplace Drive in Fitchburg, will host groups for adults who are grieving the death of a person. Groups provide emotional and peer support in a professionally led group setting and require advance registration. Continue Reading…