Maine
Hike for Hospice raises more than $32,000 for Hospice of Southern Maine
Hospice of Southern Maine raised a complete of $32,679 throughout the month of October on account of its third annual Hike for Hospice occasion. After being held nearly for the previous two years, contributors had been capable of stroll in individual this 12 months on the neighborhood occasion hosted in Scarborough.
Held throughout the month of October, Hike for Hospice was open to anybody locally, encouraging contributors to run, stroll, or hike as a optimistic and wholesome exercise to reaffirm life, bear in mind family members who’ve been touched by hospice, and lift consciousness for this high-quality end-of-life care. Along with the in-person occasion, contributors had the choice to stroll nearly on their very own timeline all through the month.
Impressed by different Hike for Hospice walks all over the world, Hospice of Southern Maine launched the occasion in 2020 as a manner for neighborhood members to return collectively, even nearly, throughout a 12 months through which occasions have been notably difficult to carry. The profitable inaugural occasion resulted in fundraising on the extent of different Hike for Hospice occasions which have taken place for greater than a decade.
“After two years of internet hosting this occasion nearly, we had been so excited to have the ability to collect in individual this 12 months,” mentioned Daryl Cady, CEO of Hospice of Southern Maine. “We’re grateful for all the contributors who confirmed up not solely to assist Hospice of Southern Maine, but in addition to assist one another in no matter their cause for strolling was. We’re already wanting ahead to subsequent 12 months!”
Subsequent 12 months’s occasion can be held on Saturday, Oct. 14, 2023.
Hospice of Southern Maine’s Hike for Hospice occasion has raised a complete of $185,316 since its inaugural occasion in 2020. Proceeds raised from the occasion will assist Hospice of Southern Maine’s Gosnell Memorial Hospice Home and House Hospice Program, in addition to the nonprofit’s general mission to supply compassion, care and luxury via finish of life.
Hospice of Southern Maine is a non-profit group with the mission to supply compassion, care, and luxury via finish of life. Shaped via a collaborative effort amongst York and Cumberland County leaders and well being care suppliers, Hospice of Southern Maine (HSM) organized in 2001 and started offering direct affected person companies in 2004. Right now, HSM cares for practically 2,000 sufferers yearly, on the affected person’s house, present care facility, and Gosnell Memorial Hospice Home, an 18-suite inpatient facility in Scarborough. HSM admits sufferers with quite a lot of diagnoses, together with Alzheimer’s; coronary heart, lung, and kidney ailments; stroke; Lou Gehrig’s illness; and most cancers. Care is patient-centered with household assist and offered by a complete interdisciplinary staff of physicians, nurse practitioners, nurses, social staff, aides, chaplains, grief counselors, and volunteers. Hospice of Southern Maine is a non-profit 501(c)3, Medicare licensed state licensed company, and the biggest unbiased supplier of hospice companies in Southern Maine. To study extra, go to http://www.hospiceofsouthernmaine.org.