COLUMBUS, Ind. – The annual Our Hospice Summer Concert is almost here. Its new location, the Circle K Fieldhouse at NexusPark, guarantees a rain-or-shine event on Saturday, August 31, with doors opening at 4:30 p.m. The concert will feature a variety of musical acts, including soul-blues singer Jennie DeVoe, a Journey tribute band, and The Woomblies Rock Orchestra. Tickets are only $10 each and are available online at ourhospice.org/concert.
“The concert is Our Hospice’s biggest fundraiser of the year, supporting compassionate care for 300 patients in South Central Indiana,” said President Steph Cain. There is also a $10,000 raffle drawing that night. $10 raffle tickets are available from Our Hospice or Palliative Care team members, at the Hospice Inpatient Facility, the upcoming drive-thru event at the Lincoln Ball Diamonds Parking Lot, and the Fish Fry at the Elks Lodge.
The Drive-thru Cookie, Raffle Ticket, and T-shirt event on Tuesday, Wednesday, August 20 and 21 is from noon to 5 p.m., at the Lincoln Ball Diamonds parking lot off of 25th Street. Raffle tickets will be available for $10, boxes of cookies for $20, and t-shirts for $20.Assistance will be given at the drive-thru to help navigate how to purchase concert tickets or answer questions.
Concert T-shirts can also be ordered online at ourhospice.org/concert, and they can be picked up at the Hospice Center at the front desk during concert week from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. at 2626 E 17th Street, in Columbus. T-shirts will also be sold at the show.
The Elks Lodge 521 is hosting a Fish Fry Fundraiser to benefit Our Hospice and Turning Point Domestic Violence Services on Friday, August 23, at 4664 Ray Boll Boulevard in Columbus. Drive-thru or dine-in from 10:30 a.m. to 8 p.m. Free will donations will be accepted. ($10 meal value).
Concert Supervisor Julie Davis said, “We are thankful to our Title Sponsor, Dunlap General and Mechanical Contractors, and Columbus Regional Health, our partner sponsor for their commitment and support of the 2024 Hospice Concert. We are encouraged that the community will further support our mission by purchasing raffle tickets, cookies, and T-shirts, joining us at the Fish Fry, or donating directly at ourhospice.org/concert.”
