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Anne's 3rd Great Bicycle Adventure
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Anne Cowan at Niagara Falls |
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Anne at the end of her 1st Adventure! |
About Anne's Adventure
Two years ago, Anne Cowan rode 3293 miles across the country in 58 days, from San Diego, CA to St. Augustine, FL and raised over $40,000 for the Wellmont Hospice House. Last year, she made her second cross country bicycle trip from South to North, leaving Mobile, AL and riding 38 days and 2000 miles to Niagara Falls in Ontario, Canada. Anne has now raised over $68,000 for Hospice!
This year, July 31 - August 30, 2009, Anne plans a 1500 mile ride called the Northwest Loop, riding through Oregon, Washington, and Idaho. She will ride with 29 other women supported by WomanTours, the same group Anne rode with last year. 100% of your donation will go to support the Hospice House expansion and renovation plans. Thank you so much for your support.
If you would like to read about Anne's journey please visit her online journal at http://annebikes.blogspot.com/
Give online to this fund.
To learn more about Anne Cowan and why she rides, visit her Online Journal FAQ page.
To learn more about her route, visit WomanTours' Northwest Loop
Make a Donation
You can make an online donation in honor of Anne by using this online donation form link. We notify Anne as donations come in and share with her your supportive comments. If you would prefer to mail in your donation, you may wish to use this printable donation form - it allows you to type in information and print it out (your information never leaves your computer) or you can print out the blank form and write in your information.
Or if you would just like to mail in a donation without using a form, you can mail it to:
Wellmont Foundation - Anne's Ride
P.O. Box 1069
Kingsport, TN 37662
About Hospice House
When Bristol Regional Medical Center’s Hospice House opened its doors in 1996 it totally changed the face of hospice care in the region by offering a level of dignity and care at death that only an inpatient hospice house can provide. It is an accomplishment we all can be very proud of because community donations helped build it. Hospice care is rooted in key principles such as the affirmation of dying as a normal process, integration of spiritual, emotional, and psychological aspects of care for both patient and family, and focusing on relief of pain and preservation of dignity as intrinsic goals. Palliative care is a more recent extension of this care concept which serves patients with long-term, often terminal, illnesses which cannot expect to be cured. Palliative care patients face much of the same challenges of hospice patients but over a longer, less intense period of time. Wellmont Hospice has excelled in providing hospice and palliative care to the patients in our region, but there is still much more to be done. Your gift to the Hospice House at Bristol Regional Medical Center will help maintain and grow this special area of service
Learn more about Wellmont Hospice