By Ethan Ready

2nd Colour Walk

PG Hospice challenges public to walk 100km for month of May

Apr 27, 2020 | 12:51 PM

PRINCE GEORGE – “We came up with the 100 K for the month of May”

Executive Director of the Prince George Hospice Society, Donna Flood excitingly explained their approach to the 2nd annual Hospice Colour Walk in an interview with CKPGToday.ca.

“It’s about people going out as families or individuals and go for a walk. Even if it’s just the work you do in your house, around your favourite park, or even around your neighbourhood, and maybe get some pledged from family and friends in support of Hospice.

“The 2nd Annual Hospice Colour Walk was originally scheduled for May 24th; however, due to imposed COVID-19 restrictions, we have gotten creative with this year’s fundraiser to avoid a complete cancellation, especially after our Antique Fair and High Tea fundraisers were cancelled, alongside the closure of our retail store,” adds Flood.

Not wanting to lose the importance and meaning of the Hospice Colour Walk, the organization has decided to go ahead with a modified safe physical distancing-friendly Hospice Colour Walk.

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With the 100km commitment, Hospice also is encouraging people to share their stories on why and who they are walking for. People can choose to walk while wearing a certain colour in memory of a loved one.

Due to the economic impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, donations are desperately needed for the Prince George Hospice Society right now, especially after the loss of important fundraising dollars from the cancellation of other major events.

“The thing with COVID, it doesn’t stop the fact that people have serious illnesses and are dying, so we continue to provide that service. That doesn’t stop. For our community programs, we’ve gone virtual and by telephone, we’re finding that there are more and more people – because of isolation – requiring those compassionate phone calls, so really our work has expanded. With that, our costs remain the same.”

With this year’s event, Flood says she’s excited to see the creativity of people as they embrace this new approach on the event.

“Every Friday, we’re going to have a colour scavenger walk so people can look for certain things that we mention and see if they can find something of that colour,” explained Flood, encouraging people to follow their Facebook page to not only participate in those challenges but also share the stories of loved ones.

Flood says the 100 kilometres over the span of the month is perhaps an easier challenge than some may think.

“If you think about it, everybody does their 10,000 sets (per day). In order to get 100 kilometres done, that’s only 13 days. People are doing it already, it’s less than five kilometres a day. There are lots of creative ways to do it.”

Flood just hopes people get in on the event together, get outside, stay safe, and stay kind to one another.