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News and Events
2011 Stroll for Hospice
sponsored by
Sunday, May 1, 2011
Registration 12:00 noon
Stroll steps off at 1:00 pm
Special thanks to our 2011 Stroll for Hospice sponsors
Gold
Sponsor
Benefactors
Emerson
Industrial Automation
Patrons
Burns
Funeral Home
Tudor
Carpet One
Gifts in Kind
Subway
The
Visiting Nurse Association's ninth annual Stroll for Hospice
will kick off at 1:00 p.m. on Sunday, May 1st. The
Stroll will begin and end at the VNA Phoenix Center at
501 Marquette Street in Valparaiso. Advance registration is
available, or you can register on the day of the event beginning
at 12:00 noon. Registration is $10; there is no fee for
participants under the age of 18. Teams of 6 or more may register
for a team fee of $50. "Stroll for Hospice" T-shirts are available
for an additional $15.
The route is approximately three
miles, and the pace is slow and easy. This year, in addition to the route
through the neighborhood between Valparaiso Street and Campbell Street,
the walking path on Vale Park Road and Valparaiso Street will be
incorporated to serve as a “memory lap”. For donations and/or pledges
totaling $100 or more, participants will receive a memory sign honoring
their loved one(s). The signs, memory banners and sails from previous
Strolls will be placed around the walking path.
After the
stroll, walkers are invited to stay for entertainment, a cookout,
raffle and award presentation. The "Stroll for Hospice" brings
people together to remember their loved ones while supporting the
mission of the VNA Hospice Program. Individuals of all ages are
invited to participate, along with business, church, and school
teams. This is a family-friendly event; wheelchairs, strollers and
well-behaved pets on leashes are welcome! Participants may walk in
honor or memory of a loved one, neighbor, friend or co-worker and
collect pledges from sponsors to support the VNA Hospice Program.
Teams and individuals will be eligible to receive "Top Donor"
prizes, engraved bricks placed in the "Walk of Friends" at the
Arthur B. & Ethel V. Horton VNA Hospice Center, in addition to
keepsake bricks.
Another
exciting new feature this year will be the “Stroll Boutique”! Friends of
Hospice will be hosting a boutique at this year’s Stroll for Hospice. The
boutique will be held in our new VNA Phoenix Center (501 Marquette Street)
from 12 p.m. – 4 p.m. It will be open to the participating walkers (250
last year), volunteers, as well as to the public who will be invited to
view the handcrafted goods at our “Stroll Boutique”. A raffle will also be
featured. Proceeds from the boutique and raffle will benefit the VNA
Phoenix Center.
For more
information, contact Jen at (219) 531-8049.
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