Fall 2003 - Hospice of the Rapidan

Hagerty worked tirelessly until he found Rappahannock Cellars willing to work with us on providing
wine for our guests. Mike Nelms took time away from his busy car dealership to meet with us to get
ideas on what he might speak about, and charmed and moved us with his story of his own hospice
experience. Pat’s Floral Designs in Madison had already created lovely table arrangements before we
got the word on Friday afternoon that the country club was inaccessible and powerless, and Pat was able
to give a few of those arrangements to others over the weekend.
Our raffle prize packages were made possible by generous donors as well. Nancy Garrett, Ann
Mattingly, and Claire St. Jacques had once again donated great seats for Redskins games for us to
raffle. Due to the delay, the two winners will only have three games left to choose from: New Orleans
Saints, November 30; Dallas Cowboys, December 14; and Philadelphia Eagles, December 27.
Mary Ann Kuhn, one of our Board members and the owner of the Middleton Inn Bed & Breakfast in
Washington, donated a night’s stay at that historic bed-and-breakfast. This prize was combined with a
generous gift certificate for dinner for two at nearby Blue Rock Inn.
We had over 20 artists provide us with a wide variety of artwork for the Art Show and Sale. Charlie
Robson rounded up boy scouts to help hang the aforementioned artwork; however, when we moved the
date, it was to a date for which his scouts already had camping plans. So Sunithi Gnanadoss
volunteered her husband, coordinator of student activities at Woodberry Forest School, to round up some
willing helpers.
And of course, the planning and implementation would not have been possible without our sponsors!
Gold Sponsors ($1,000) – Solutions Recruiting and Capital Assets Financial
Silver Sponsors ($500) – Jefferson Homebuilders, Mason Insurance, Anonymous, and Hilary Parker
Bronze Sponsors ($250) – Jim Nelson/Scott & Stringfellow, Rappahannock Electric Cooperative, Butch
Davies & Marty Moon, Kathy and Paul Clements
Other – Maloney and Ward Insurance, Anonymous