More than $128,000 raised to support end-of-life care for those who need it
VermontBiz The community showed strong support for UVM Health Network – Home Health & Hospice at its annual Jiggety Jog 5K fundraiser last month, helping to beat the goal and raise over $128,000 to ensure more community members receive high-quality, compassionate end-of-life care from highly skilled practitioners.
This annual fundraising event is the single largest fundraiser for the McClure Miller Respite House, Vermont’s only Medicare-certified inpatient hospice residence. Every dollar raised goes directly toward providing services for neighbors at end-of-life, regardless of their ability to pay.
“Community members, neighbors, friends and more came together to make a difference for the McClure Miller Respite House, raising a record-breaking $128,000. We are proud to partner with Presenting Sponsor NorthCountry Federal Credit Union and all our incredible event sponsors,” says Maya Fehrs, Director of Development for Home Health & Hospice.
Top Fundraisers for the 2024 event were two long time event participants, Carol Bitter and Alice Christian. The top fundraising team was Legacy of Love, which was created in memory of former state Sen. Dick Mazza, who passed away earlier this year at the Respite House. Mazza was a longtime supporter of the UVM Health Network – Home Health & Hospice.
“Our promise to our community is to be here when families need us, regardless of their ability to pay. Our generous community makes it possible, through events like the Jiggety Jog 5K, for us to keep that promise for everyone who comes to the McClure Miller Respite House seeking high quality care and supportive services so they can focus on what matters most,” says Annie Meredith-Mitchell, Director of Hospice and Palliative Care.
Additional sponsors include Pomerleau Foundation, Vermont Mutual Insurance Group, New England Air Systems, Vermont Funeral Homes, WCAX, 98.9 WOKO, KOOL 105.1, AM 1230 WJOY, Hanson + Doremus, Guided Wealth Advisors, Claussen’s Florist, Greenhouse & Perennial Farm, Bergeron, Paradis & Fitzpatrick, SymQuest and Paul Frank + Collins.
This year’s winning runner was Parker Haddock.
The University of Vermont Health Network - Home Health & Hospice
The University of Vermont Health Network - Home Health & Hospice is a 118-year-old organization dedicated to delivering health care to patients wherever they call home in Chittenden or Grand Isle counties. Providing care in the familiar, comfortable, convenient home environment not only meets patients’ and families’ preferences, it is also cost effective and ensures the greatest level of safety.
Our visiting nurses, physical, occupational and speech-language therapists, licensed nursing assistants and personal care attendants bring high-tech professional clinical care directly to patients’ homes. Compassionate end-of-life care is provided at Colchester’s McClure Miller Respite House, Vermont’s only Medicare-certified inpatient hospice facility.
Home Health & Hospice is a member of The University of Vermont Health Network, an integrated health system established to deliver high-quality academic medicine to every community it serves.
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