MARQUETTE — In 2023, U.P. Home Health, Hospice & Private Duty will celebrate serving Marquette County for 50 years. Founded in 1973, the agency is Marquette County’s only comprehensive provider of Home Health, Hospice, and Private Duty services.

In describing what it is like to reach such an important business milestone, founder and president, Cindy Nyquist stated, “I have been fortunate to have had such strong support from my family, my friends, and my community for this important mission. U.P. Home Health, Hospice & Private Duty has been a way for me to live my passion/vocation, and we’ve been doing it now for quite some time. Our goal has always been to help our friends and neighbors regain their independence, to live their life the way that they want to. But the agency isn’t just me. It is so many people over the years. We know that we cannot ever forget our roots in this community, so every decision we make is meant to support and empower our community. We live here, we work here, we raise our families here, sometimes for generations. We are loyal to this community because we are a part of it.”

Executive Director/Administrator, Jennie Garrett-Bureau, agreed.

“Fifty years is quite a special milestone for a small, locally owned business. I’m proud to be part of an agency that focuses on helping our patients, who are our friends and neighbors, as well as our team, which is like a big family. It hasn’t been easy to be a healthcare agency during the COVID-19 pandemic of the last few years, but it’s times like these where we are reminded of the need to take care of one another and come out the other side happier and healthier.”

Throughout 2023, U.P. Home Health, Hospice & Private Duty will be hosting a number of anniversary celebrations including ’50th Birthday Party’ for staff, ‘Golden Anniversary’ parties with community organizations, dedicated philanthropy, snapshots of then and now and more.

Visit www.uphomehealth.org for more information or follow them on Facebook to stay up to date on their anniversary events.