Press Releases

MADISON, Wis. – The Brothers of the Third Wheel Trikers will be having a fundraiser for Agrace HospiceCare. at their 11^th Annual Sugar River Wisconsin State Rally, being held September 16, 17 and 18. The rally will held at Sweet Minihaha Campground in Brodhead and will feature games, music, food, bake sale, silent auction and fun runs. Proceeds from the bake sale and silent auction will be donated to Agrace HospiceCare. Individual donations are also welcome.

A representative from Agrace HospiceCare. will be on site on September 17 from 1:00 p.m. – 4:00 p.m. to answer any questions attendees may have about Agrace HospiceCare services. A fun run ride to Evansville for the David Allan Coe concert will follow. The public is welcome.

Campground fees are $2.00 per person with an overnight camping cost of $7.00. Call (608) 862-3769 for reservations.

Contact: Linda Massey, (608) 882-6493

Agrace HospiceCare. is a nonprofit, community-based hospice dedicated to providing physical, emotional and spiritual support to patients and families dealing with life-limiting illnesses. With offices in Madison and Janesville, Agrace HospiceCare serves residents in Dane, Green, Jefferson, Rock and Walworth counties.

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MADISON, Wis. – Agrace HospiceCare. has appointed Michael F. Fitzpatrick, CPA and Brian L. Happ to the Agrace HospiceCare. Board of Directors.

Fitzpatrick is a partner with Baker Tilly Virchow Krause, LLP in Madison. He has been with the firm since 2000. Fitzpatrick provides New Markets Tax Credit (NMTC) consulting services to Community Development clients. Fitzpatrick also has experience working with the private equity, mergers and acquisitions and due diligence practice groups.

Happ is the executive vice president and chief operating officer of Cogdell Spencer ERDMAN in Madison. He has been with the company since 1998. Happ is active in the community, serving as a director for Shared Imaging, as well as for the non-profit organization Tomorrow’s Hope. He is also on the advisory board of the University of Wisconsin James A. Graaskamp Center for Real Estate.

Contact: Dan Chin, Vice President of Public Affairs
Office: (608) 327-7196   Cell: (608) 438-2600


Agrace HospiceCare. is a nonprofit, community-based hospice dedicated to providing physical, emotional and spiritual support to patients and families dealing with life-limiting illnesses. With offices in Madison and Janesville, Agrace HospiceCare serves residents in Dane, Green, Jefferson, Rock and Walworth counties.

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MADISON, Wis. – Agrace HospiceCare. is pleased to announce that growth has allowed for the promotion of Marcia Whittington as vice president of the Agrace HospiceCare Foundation and Holdings and the addition of Dr. Suzanne Howard as medical director.

In her new role as vice president of the Agrace HospiceCare Foundation and Holdings, Whittington will continue to lead the Foundation in all areas of fundraising and donor relations. These fundraising efforts help Agrace HospiceCare defray costs for services that are not reimbursed by Medicare, Medicaid or private insurance such as grief support, community education, clinical education and volunteer training as well as patient-care services provided to uninsured or underinsured patients. She will also lead the Holdings area of Agrace HospiceCare., which consists of facilities management, purchasing and food services. Whittington has been with Agrace HospiceCare. for more than seven years. Starting her career in 2002, she left in 2007 to serve as the CEO of Gilda’s Club Madison and then returned in the fall of 2009 to lead the Agrace HospiceCare Foundation once again. Whittington has more than 18 years of experience in development, fundraising and leadership in the Madison community.

Dr. Suzanne Howard has been named as a Agrace HospiceCare. medical director. Howard joins a team of medical directors in providing medical services to patients with life-limiting conditions. These services are provided to patients in their homes throughout Dane, Green, Jefferson, Rock and Walworth counties as well as at the Agrace HospiceCare. inpatient unit in Madison. With the addition of Howard and five other medical directors since June of 2010, Agrace HospiceCare. will have the ability to expand community-based visits and lend more support to existing programs, such as the Palliative Care Fellowship, a program that was developed in 2009 in partnership with the VA Hospital and UW Hospital & Clinics.  Dr. Howard brings to Agrace HospiceCare her training and experience as both a registered nurse and a physician. Most recently, Dr. Howard worked as an internal medicine physician in Grand Rapids, Michigan. Prior to that, she served as medical director for Spectrum Health Hospice, Grand Rapids, and as a palliative care physician for St. Mary’s Healthcare, also in Grand Rapids.

Contact: Dan Chin, Vice President of Public Affairs
Office: (608) 327-7196   Cell: (608) 438-2600

Agrace HospiceCare. is a nonprofit, community-based hospice dedicated to providing physical, emotional and spiritual support to patients and families dealing with life-limiting illnesses. With offices in Madison and Janesville, Agrace HospiceCare serves residents in Dane, Green, Jefferson, Rock and Walworth counties.

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MADISON, Wis. – July 10 was a lucky day for Bruce Knoble of Deerfield, whose name was drawn as the winner of the 2011 Agrace HospiceCare Auto Raffle Sponsored by Zimbrick Honda. Knoble’s prize is a three-year lease of a 2011 Honda CR-V LX 4WD from Zimbrick Honda. The raffle raised nearly $25,000 to support the patients and families served by Agrace HospiceCare.

The 2011 Agrace HospiceCare Auto Raffle Sponsored by Zimbrick Honda began May 22.  The prize drawing was held July 10 during the seventh-inning stretch of the Madison Mallards baseball game. Knoble purchased the winning ticket while attending Brat Fest in Madison over the Memorial Day weekend because he “wanted to support Agrace HospiceCare.” He said, “My stepmother was served by Agrace HospiceCare and I wanted to give back to them after all that they did for my family.” Knoble and his wife, Diane, will drive away from Zimbrick Honda in their brand new, 2011 CR-V on July 22.

Agrace HospiceCare thanks the partners that made this event possible: Zimbrick Honda Fish Hatchery Road, Adams Outdoor Advertising, Capital Newspapers, the Madison Mallards, Mid-West Family Broadcasting and Monarch Media Designs.

Contact: Dan Chin, Vice President of Public Affairs
Office: (608) 327-7196   Cell: (608) 438-2600

Photo caption:  Bruce Knoble (right) of Deerfield won the 2011 Agrace HospiceCare Auto Raffle sponsored by Zimbrick Honda. Knoble and his wife, Diane, are pictured with the winning ticket.

Agrace HospiceCare. is a nonprofit, community-based hospice dedicated to providing physical, emotional and spiritual support to patients and families dealing with life-limiting illnesses. With offices in Madison and Janesville, Agrace HospiceCare serves residents in Dane, Green, Jefferson, Rock and Walworth counties.
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