This August over 80 kind supporters from all over the country participated in our 40 Memory Mile Challenge.
The group combined have managed to walk an outstanding 3500 miles and have raised over a phenomenal £16,000 for Salisbury Hospice Charity!
The idea of the challenge was to encourage participants to explore the great outdoors, get fit, and take time to remember treasured moments of lost loved ones, whilst raising money for Salisbury Hospice.
This year we celebrate 40 years of providing outstanding end of life care to patients. The Hospice has cared for up to 1000 patients and their families every year for the past 40 years, that is an enormous 40,000 families in total.
In honour of our special birthday we asked supporters to get moving and complete 40 Miles, that’s one mile for every one thousand patients supported each year.
The challenge was open to everyone and participants were encouraged to take it at their own pace. Participants included Ann Currie, 86 who walked 70 miles in loving memory of her husband and raised over £2,500 for the hospice and Brian Allen, 82 who walked 82 miles in Spain – one mile for every birthday!
Long-time supporter Steve Smith, had this to say about the challenge, “After missing the last two Midnight Walks it was great to have an opportunity to both remember my wife Heather, and the excellent care she was given by the Hospice, and to raise both funds and awareness for this amazing charity. 40 miles didn’t seem far enough, so I trebled that and achieved it with a day to spare.”
We are so grateful for the amazing efforts of this fabulous group of fundraisers, they have truly gone the extra mile for the hospice and we couldn’t be more thankful for their generosity.
