Ed's House Northumberland Hospice Care Centre Foundation is delighted to announce the return of the annual Hike, Bike and Bark for Hospice event, to take place October 1 in Cobourg's Victoria Park.
It's a one-day event designed to bring the community together to celebrate, remember and raise funds for Ed's House, with the focus on flexibility and fun.
You can participate as an individual, a family or a team, and you can choose your activity – hike, bike or walk the dog, on your choice of a one-kilometre or five kilometre course.
And being back in Victoria Park for the big day is a bonus. With the COVID-19 pandemic, the Hike, Bike and Bark events have been hybrid affairs that were nonetheless well supported and quite successful. Now that an in-person event is possible again, participants can collect their registration kits the day of the event – just sign in and register at 9 a.m. Each registration kit includes a snazzy T-shirt, a scrumptious cookie from Roda's Kitchen, and other goodies and surprises.
“This event holds a special place in our hospice-community hearts as a long-standing fundraising and awareness event,” Community Care Northumberland Chief Executive Officer Trish Baird said in the announcement.
“Supporting people and their families in the community who are facing a life-limiting illness is key to offering a full spectrum of hospice services.”
Since the opening of Ed's House in September 2020, the foundation has formed to support Community Care Northumberland's hospice services in the community – including the Palliative Care Community Team and Volunteer Hospice Visiting program that operates alongside the 24/7 end-of-life care provide at Ed's House, all offered at no cost to the client.
Organizers of this event extend heart-felt gratitude to signature sponsors Tina Hubicki and Lee Caswell of Bosley Real Estate Ltd., as well as their other community sponsors whose unwavering support fuels this important work.
