Step Back in Time with Hospice At Home
This October, Hospice at Home will host a truly memorable fundraiser, to celebrate 30 years of providing care in west Cumbria.
Throughout 2017, Hospice at Home West Cumbria (HHWC) is celebrating 30 years of caring in the local community. To mark this momentous milestone, the charity have a number of events planned that will bring the public together in support of the integral services the hospice provide.
The 80s themed, Moonlight Memories Walk on Friday 6 October, is just one of the events that will take place this year.
Hundreds of people are set to take part in the unique, night time stroll. Many will walk in memory of a loved one or because the hospice has supported them personally, while others take part for a fun night out and to raise money for their local hospice. Along the route there will be an opportunity for those walking in memory of a loved one to have a quiet moment and to attach a personal message on a special memory board located on Whitehaven Harbour.
The walk will follow a 6 mile well-lit, route through the streets of Whitehaven, following the call of DJ Robbie Dee from CFM Radio Roadshow. There will also be a variety of entertainment from 7pm in Tesco car park, where the walk will start and finish, including a fun warm-up session by the Xtreme Fitness Team to get participants ready for the walk to commence at 10pm.
As this year’s event is an 80s extravaganza, participants are encouraged to go all out, dress up and make this a night to remember. There will be a number of prizes on the night, for the best 80’s costume, best-dressed group and best decorated t-shirts.
All entrants will receive a goody bag containing a special Moonlight Memories Walk t-shirt, a drink and snack, a rain poncho and a glow necklace. At the end of the walk everyone will receive a medal to commemorate the event.
Marketing and Media Coordinator for HHWC, Deana Grills said: “Hospice at Home West Cumbria relies on the support of the local community, through fundraising events, to reach the £1.2 million needed each year to run the services. By taking part in the Moonlight Memories Walk and raising sponsorship money, each person will help HHWC to continue to provide high quality palliative and end of life care to people living in West Cumbria.”
She added: “The Moonlight Memories Walk would not be possible if it was not for the generous support of our sponsors. We are extremely grateful to Coombe & Sharpe Landscaping, Morgan Sindall and Tesco’s Supermarket in Whitehaven, for their help in making the event possible.”
Entry is £15 per person and is open to everyone 14 years and over. (The £15 registration fee covers the logistics of running the event). HHWC does not ask for minimum sponsorship, only that in taking a valuable place in the walk, participants do their best for a very worthwhile cause. In previous years the charity have raised an average of £100,000 from each of the Midnight walks.
For tickets and more information visit www.hospiceathomewestcumbria.org.uk or contact 01900 873173. Pick up a leaflet from any hospice fundraising shops in Workington, Whitehaven and Cockermouth.
