{"id":9177,"date":"2014-05-07T17:30:22","date_gmt":"2014-05-07T09:30:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/?p=9177"},"modified":"2015-02-01T11:03:58","modified_gmt":"2015-02-01T03:03:58","slug":"come-hike-with-us-chpca-celebrates-12th-hike-for-hospice-palliative-care","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/2014\/05\/07\/come-hike-with-us-chpca-celebrates-12th-hike-for-hospice-palliative-care\/","title":{"rendered":"Come Hike with us! CHPCA celebrates 12th Hike for Hospice Palliative Care"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_9183\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-9183\" style=\"width: 1000px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/hiking.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-9183\" src=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/hiking.jpg\" alt=\"ShutterStock image\" width=\"1000\" height=\"563\" srcset=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/hiking.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/hiking-300x168.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-9183\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><em>ShutterStock image<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>OTTAWA (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) &#8212; On May 4, 2014, thousands of\u00a0Canadians of all ages will gather on walking paths, parks, and hiking\u00a0trails across Canada to celebrate the 12th Annual Hike for Hospice\u00a0Palliative Care. Although organized as a national event, each Hike is\u00a0hosted locally.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We created this event so that local hospice palliative care programs\u00a0across the country without the capacity or staff to organize an event of this scale on their own are able to raise much needed funds,&#8221; stated\u00a0Sharon Baxter, Executive Director, Canadian Hospice Palliative Care\u00a0Association (CHPCA). &#8220;In May 2013, over 100 hike sites participated\u00a0across Canada and raised almost $2 million, with 100% of those funds\u00a0remaining in their local communities.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;With an aging population in Canada, the demand for hospice palliative\u00a0care services will continue to increase. Events like the hike help us\u00a0raise awareness for quality hospice palliative care,&#8221; stated Laurie\u00a0Anne O&#8217;Brien, President, CHPCA, &#8220;Become a voice! Hike with your local community this Sunday.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>It is currently estimated that only 16% to 30% of Canadians who die\u00a0currently have access to or receive hospice palliative and end-of-life care services &#8211; depending on where they live in Canada. With a\u00a0predicted increase in deaths to more than 330,000 by the year 2020,\u00a0access to hospice palliative care is becoming more critical with every passing year.<\/p>\n<p>As in past years, 100% of the funds raised through the Hike remain in the local community, thanks to funding provided by Hike for Hospice Palliative Care founding sponsor, The GlaxoSmithKline Foundation, and our national partners Bayshore Home Health and Arbor Memorial.<\/p>\n<p>A complete list of all participating Hike sites and additional\u00a0information is available on the CHPCA website at www.chpca.net.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; OTTAWA (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) &#8212; On May 4, 2014, thousands of\u00a0Canadians of all ages will gather on walking paths, parks, &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":44,"featured_media":9183,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[105],"tags":[2959,2960],"class_list":["post-9177","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-events","tag-chpca","tag-hiking","mauthors-press-release-2"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9177","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/44"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=9177"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9177\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/9183"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9177"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=9177"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=9177"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}