Hospice to Kick Off of the 16th Annual Face to Face Campaign
As you know, the annual Face to Face campaign asks people in Windsor and Essex County to ask 10 friends for $10 .
For 45 days, people throughout Windsor and Essex county ask friends, co-workers, neighbours and family members for a $10 donation to Hospice.
However, this isn’t just a door-to-door campaign; in the past, some of our canvassers have hosted barbeques, held bake sales, work dress down days, company lunches and special office coffee events and created friendly competitions as their way of getting ‘face to face’! People have even chosen not to receive gifts for a birthday or anniversary celebration, instead asking everyone to bring a donation to be put toward the campaign.
“Never in my wildest dreams could I have imagined this would be the 16th year for the Face to Face Campaign,” said Carol Derbyshire, executive director of The Hospice. “This was the ‘little campaign that could’ when John Fairley first started it and to see it blossom into what it’s become is a testament to his commitment to helping our community.”
On average, Hospice provides over 9,000 rides per year at no cost to patients and their families.
Each $10 contributed helps to provide one ride. The campaign goal is $90,000 to cover the annual expenses of the transportation program.
Proceeds from the Face to Face Campaign directly support the Fairley Family Hospice Transportation Program.
Volunteer drivers help to sustain the transportation program, each day picking patients up and bringing them – along with a family member or caregiver – to and from medical appointments, therapy sessions or the Hospice Wellness Centre for day programming.
Hospice has more than 50 wellness programs including children’s programming, support groups, art and music therapy, yoga and Tai Chi.
The 16th Annual Face to Face Campaign begins Wednesday, August 15th and ends Sunday, September 30th.
Last year, the Face to Face campaign raised just over $118,000.
In 2014, the Hospice honoured the Fairley family by naming the transportation service after John’s late parents who both used the services and received care from the Hospice of Windsor and Essex County. The transportation program throughout Windsor and Essex County is now called “The Fairley Family Transportation Program”
