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August 10, 2010 • The Windsor Star • Dylan Kristy
HOSPICE RAISES FUNDS $10 AT A TIME
The Hospice of Windsor and Essex County is inviting community members to contribute $10 each to its eighth annual Face to Face Campaign.
The campaign’s goal is to recruit 500 people from Windsor and Essex County as “ambassadors” and have each person collect 10 pledges of $10
in the hope of raising $50,000.
Hospice communications coordinator Kathy Vincent said The Hospice of Windsor and Essex County affects many people. “Unfortunately here in Windsor we have a huge cancer affliction rate but we take care of everyone,” Vincent said. “We see patients that have a disease like heart disease, cancer, multiple sclerosis, pretty much all life-threatening illnesses.”
John Fairley, founder of the Face to Face Campaign, said the goal of the campaign is one that can be easily accomplished. “We’re not asking people to get dressed up for a gala or go rollerblading or anything else you can think of that people do for fundraisers,” Fairley said. “You can easily ask 10 people you know, work with, go to church with or the neighbours for $10 and when you have had the services at Hospice and have seen what it has done it’s life changing.”
The campaign runs from Aug. 15 to Sept. 30 and officially gets underway with a barbecue on Aug. 16.
The barbecue runs from noon to 2 p.m. at The Hospice Village at 6038 Empress St. and will allow interested participants the chance to see the facility.
The orientation and barbecue are free.
New to this year’s campaign is a social media element that will allow ambassadors to canvass with social networking tools to obtain pledges |
