To the Editor,

On behalf of all of Grace Cottage Hospital’s patients and employees, we would like to express our sincere appreciation to the residents of the towns in Windham County who voted in support of Grace Cottage Hospital’s funding requests at their March Town Meetings.

This extremely important town funding helps Grace Cottage Hospital continue to fulfill its mission of “excellence in health care, putting people first” as we provide inpatient and outpatient health care services to the residents of Windham County. Town funding also helps Grace Cottage continue to provide medical services for uninsured and under-insured patients.

Our thanks go to the people of the towns of Brookline, Dover, Dummerston, Grafton, Jamaica, Londonderry, Marlboro, Newfane, Stratton, Wardsboro, Windham, and Winhall for their generous support of Grace Cottage Hospital, as voted on at Town Meetings across Windham County. The amount approved by all of these towns this year totals $19,800.

Not to go unmentioned is Grace Cottage’s exemption from property taxes as a nonprofit hospital – a significant annual savings provided by the town of Townshend for the past 60 years.

In addition, we’d like to take this opportunity to thank individual supporters who are so generous with their gifts to this nonprofit hospital – every penny adds up and helps each and every patient treated here.

Andrea Seaton

VP, Planning & Development

Townshend