After raising $13,000 during the first annual 5 km Moccasin Walk For Hospice Fundraiser, Six Nations Health Foundation and Six Nations Health Services (SNHS) have increased this year’s fundraiser goal to $20,000 for the second annual event.
Chasity Vanevery, SNHS health communications officer, says with no current hospice facility within Six Nations, community members need to go off-territory in order to receive those services. The funds raised from this year’s event will go directly to building a hospice facility that’s planned to be constructed on Fourth Line.
Vanevery says with the event taking place during Six Nations’ Community Awareness Month, she’s confident the event can reach it’s goal of $20,000 with the community’s support.
The event will take place May 11 at the Six Nations Blue Track located at 1738 Fourth Line in Ohsweken.
