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Town of Leesburg
News Release
For Immediate Release
Blue Ridge Hospice Opens New Leesburg Office in Cornwall
Medical Pavilion
Open house and ribbon cutting planned for Wednesday, August 27, 2014
Leesburg, VA (August 18, 2014) –
Blue Ridge Hospice, a not-for-profit
hospice serving Loudoun and eight
surrounding counties, will celebrate
their new Leesburg office with a
public open house and ribbon
cutting ceremony on Wednesday,
August 27, 2014. The open house
will begin at 5:00pm. Mayor Kristen
Umstattd, other Town of Leesburg officials and Loudoun County Chamber of Commerce
representatives will hold the ribbon cutting at 6:00pm. The Blue Ridge Hospice’s Leesburg office
is located in the Cornwall Medical Pavilion at 224A Cornwall Street NW, Suite 200A, on the
Inova Leesburg Hospital campus.
The Leesburg office, which will be staffed by Blue Ridge Hospice clinical professionals, is the
third office for Blue Ridge Hospice in Loudoun County. The other two Loudoun County locations
are in Purcellville and Middleburg. Blue Ridge Hospice also has offices in Winchester, Front
Royal, Berryville, Woodstock, and Luray.
“Over the past two to three years, more Loudoun residents have chosen Blue Ridge Hospice as
their provider of hospice care, resulting in our decision to open the Leesburg office,” said Blue
Ridge Hospice Executive Director Ernie Carnevale.
“We are pleased to respond by effectively meeting the need for quality, not-for-profit hospice
care,” he added.
Blue Ridge Hospice is celebrating its 33rd anniversary of serving the counties of Loudoun,
Fauquier, Clarke, Shenandoah, Page, Rappahannock, Warren, and the City of Winchester. Last
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year, Blue Ridge Hospice cared for 1,133 patients and assisted more than 2,000 family members
through its grief and loss services. $367,900 was provided in charity care to the communities it
serves. For more information, visit www.blueridgehospice.org or call 540-536-5210.
Contact:
Doug Parsons
Business Development Manager
dparsons@leesburgva.gov
703-771-6530
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