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The Great Wall of China Challenge for Dr. Kershaw’s Hospice

An intrepid group of volunteers from Dr. Kershaw’s Hospice are embarking on their biggest challenge yet – a fundraising trek of the Great Wall of China.

Dr. Kershaw’s Hospice, in partnership with Springhill Hospice in Rochdale, will be taking the group on the five day trek in October 2010. The trek will include challenging climbs through picturesque scenery, taking in several of the Great Wall’s impressive Watchtowers. 

They will follow old sections of the Great Wall, as well as restored sections with smooth flagstones and lots of steps! It will be demanding but also very rewarding, particularly on a clear day when they can look at the vast and beautiful mountain ranges. After five days of demanding trekking, the group will be allowed to rest briefly in Beijing before returning home.

The volunteers are putting themselves through all of this to raise much needed money for their local hospice.  Dr. Kershaw’s Hospice requires £4,400 per day in order to continue providing specialist care and support to patients and their families in Oldham. Each participant will raise a minimum of £2,900, more than half of which will go towards supporting the specialist services of the hospices.

Dr. Kershaw’s Hospice’s Community Fundraiser, Allegra Holbrook, said: “We are extremely impressed with the dedication of our volunteers in taking on this challenge.  The trek will be hard work, but also incredibly rewarding, both in terms of the experience and in how valuable the money raised will be.  We are all very excited to get started.”

Please make a donation via this fundraising page if you would like to sponsor the Dr. Kershaw’s Trek Team (rather than an individual Team member).

All donations are greatly appreciated.

Thank you for your support.

Brian Hurst
Appeals Manager

If you would like to find out more about Dr. Kershaw’s Hospice, please visit our website at http://www.drkershawshospice.org.uk