Grace Cottage welcomes new patient resource advocate

Jocelyne Smith, CAC, has joined Grace Cottage Family Health & Hospital as a full-time Patient Resource Advocate, a position she previously held at Brattleboro Memorial Hospital. Jocelyne is available to help patients estimate upcoming medical expenses at Grace Cottage, set up payment plans, and help eligible patients apply for free or reduced fee care. As […]

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Help Celebrate 70 Years of Grace Cottage!

The 69th Annual Grace Cottage Hospital Fair Day will be held on the Townshend Common on Saturday, August 3rd. This free all-day, family-friendly event runs from 9 am – 4 pm. This year, in celebration of Grace Cottage Family Health & Hospital’s 70th Anniversary, a special presentation will be held on the Gazebo on the […]

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Beautiful backroads bicycle rally to benefit Grace Cottage returns June 29

Registration is open for the Tour de Grace Bicycle Rally – a unique, family-friendly ride held on Saturday, June 29th to benefit Grace Cottage Hospital. The scenic ride is 19 miles, mostly all downhill, from Stratton Mountain Resort to Grace Cottage Hospital in Townshend. The route goes down country roads, through Jamaica Village, on the […]

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HuffPost features Grace Cottage in recent story on cell coverage

On April 16, the national news website HuffPost published a video segment on the negative impact of limited cell service in rural Vermont. We are thankful to Vermont Representative Laura Sibilia for her focus on gaining better cell service for the region, and hopeful that the national attention will help in efforts to solve the […]

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“Run for your life!” with Marathon Champion Amby Burfoot

Just a day before the Grace Cottage Hospital 5K walk/run, and a week before the Southern Vermont Girls on the Run 5K, former Boston Marathon champion Amby Burfoot is speaking on Friday, May 10th from 5:30 – 6:30pm, at the Brooks Memorial Library in Brattleboro. Burfoot won the 1968 Boston Marathon and hasn’t stopped running […]

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Grace Cottage CEO DiVello receives national leadership award

Just two weeks after celebrating his first anniversary as President and CEO of Grace Cottage Family Health & Hospital, Douglas F. DiVello was recognized by the American Hospital Association (AHA) as the Vermont recipient of the 2019 Grassroots Champions Award. Every year, one health system leader from each state is honored for his or her […]

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Free Tobacco Cessation Group in March and April

Ready to quit smoking or chewing tobacco for good? The Grace Cottage “Quitters Win” tobacco cessation group can help. The free group will run for eight weeks, from March 4 – April 22 on Mondays from 4:00 – 5:00 pm. If you want to enjoy the health, social and economic benefits of being tobacco-free, get […]

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Grace Cottage Family Health Welcomes Dr. Ted Lefer

Dr. Ted Lefer is now accepting new patients at Grace Cottage Family Health in Townshend. For the past three years, he has been a family medicine physician in Talent, Oregon. A native of New York City, Dr. Lefer graduated from Vassar College in 1998 and received a Certificate in Premedical Studies from Mills College in […]

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