Hospice Care of Southwest Michigan launches its17th Annual Take Off with Hospice raffle.

Top prizes include a Lake Michigan getaway with a two- night stay at the Carriage House Bed and Breakfast in South Haven (sponsored by Matthew V. Cripe, DDS); a Harbor Country getaway with a two-night stay at the Rabbit Run Inn in Sawyer; and the traditional hot air balloon ride for two.

There are many more prizes available and only 2,500 tickets will be sold.

Winning tickets will be drawn at the Dowagiac Summer in the City Festival at noon, Saturday, July 31.

Ticket holders need not be present to win. Tickets are still just $5 each or six for $25 and are available in Dowagiac at The Marshall Shoppe, The Hairitage, Wood Fire Italian Trattoria, Imperial Furniture, Curves and the Dowagiac Area Federal Credit Union and in Paw Paw at the Community Thrift Sho and the Hospice Care of Southwest Michigan office.
Proceeds from this annual fundraiser help Hospice Care of Southwest Michigan continue its mission of caring for all those in southwest Michigan counties who are coping with serious illness, with dying and with loss.

As a non-profit community agency, Hospice Care of Southwest Michigan accepts clients based on their need for care, not their ability to pay. For further information on this event or hospice services please call (269) 345-0273. For more than 29 years, Hospice Care of Southwest Michigan has served the community as a private, nonprofit health care agency committed to caring for individuals and families who are confronted with serious illness and loss. The agency offers comprehensive hospice care, emotional counseling, spiritual support and other services to residents of Cass, Kalamazoo and Van Buren counties, as well as parts of Allegan, Barry, Berrien and Calhoun counties.