Buffalo Hospice Memorial Walk

Support A Needed Cause This Weekend in Buffalo

This Sunday May 23rd brings the 14th annual Hospice Memorial Walk to Buffalo.   These walks have raised raised $1.9 million so far for Hospice and thousands are expected to participate. 

As with every walk Hospice Buffalo hopes to "pay special tribute to those loved ones that are no longer with us and honor our current and future Hospice patients."

The walk startes at the  Erie Canal Harbor Central Wharf (near the HSBC Arena and the Naval Park) at 11 AM.   The 5K walk (3.1 miles) will take walkers through Buffalo's scenic waterfront and historic Downtown. 

Hospice is also offering a one-mile fun walk saying, "it's just right for wheelchairs or families with small children."

Follow this map to the starting location. 

Check in/registration starts at 9 AM sharp. There will be refreshments and first aid along the way.

After the walk ends, there are numerous activities for walkers and supporers to enjoy.  Hospice will provice  games, activities, face painting, special guests and prizes.  Keep an eye out for the special "Kids Corner" as well.  In addition Wegmans and Wardynski's will cater a picnic.  

The West Herr Auto Group is proud to be involved with the Hospice Walk again.  Associate Nate Wintringer is organizing the West Herr team and is working hard to break last year's totals.    

"We want to help raise money for an outstanding local organization that has touched so many lives," Wintringer says.  The West Herr Hospice Walk donation page can be seen here.

While registration is officially closed, there's still time to donate.  Click on any of the following links to get started:

Donate

Spread The Word

Sponsorships

Update on Tuesday, May 25, 2010 at 10:10AM by Josh Kruk

A sincere thank you to all employees who donated time and money to the 2010 Hospice Memorial Walk. It was a record year for Hospice, with the most ever walkers in attendance - over 3,000! This year Hospice raised an additional $20,000 over last year's total.

We are pleased to announce that the West Herr Automotive Group was again the Top Fundraising Team! We raised $9,109 for Hospice.

The Hospice walk is just one of the many examples of how our employees are committed to the communities we work with.  Thank you for ALL that you do, for ALL the charitable and philanthropic activities supported by West Herr.

We look forward to another outstanding show of support for next year's walk.

Hospice Buffalo Annual Boquet Sale

The Hospice Buffalo 24th annual boquet sale is now underway.  From now until Saturday March 6th, boquets are available for $7 at select locations in the Buffalo area. All proceeds go to to Hospice.

According to Hospice, 90% of local florists will be selling boquets for the event.  Dunkin Donuts, Bank of America and local hospitals are among the other participating locations. 

Vice President John Wabick is proud to announce that West Herr was the highest selling corporate location in Western New York for the 7th year straight, thanks to the hard work of the employees and their families. Mr. Wabick is also personally involved with Hopsice Buffalo on the Foundation Board of Directors. 

There are multiple ways to purchase a boquet.  Visit the Hospice Buffalo website for a full list of public locations and participating florists.  Those interested can also purchase a virtual boquet to send to the person of their choice.

Upcoming WNY Events

Upcoming WNY Community Events

As summer quickly approaches the three Community Organizations that West Herr and many of you have so generously supported over the last several years will be holding their major fundraising events of the year. All three of these organizations provide an invaluable service to our community that we cannot afford to lose. They are again this year hoping for our support, below is a brief description of each of the organizations upcoming events.

 

Hospice Walk.....Sunday, May 17th

The walk begins at 11AM, this year we will be meeting at the all new Erie Canal Harbor Central Wharf (near HSBC Arena and the Naval Park) at around 10-10:30, look for the West Herr tent. We take a short walk through downtown Buffalo which usually takes about 30 minutes to complete and is followed by lunch. Each of your stores has a walk captain that can help you with registration and provide you with additional information. If you don’t know who your stores walk captain is just see your GM and they will be able to help you. West Herr has for the last three years been the #1 fundraiser for this event and we’re looking to keep that streak alive!

Ride for Roswell.....Saturday, June 27th

We will again be manning one of the many support stations along the route for the Ride. This is a morning event and we are usually done by noon. We prepare and distribute drinks, fruit and sandwiches to the riders as they pass our location.

Gus Macker.....Wednesday, June 24th –Sunday, June 28th

This is a 3 on 3 basketball tournament which takes place downtown in front of City Hall. This is an event that relies heavily on West Herr’s support from a people perspective. With over 1000 teams participating in the Event it requires over 500 volunteers to be successful. As in years past your GM’s will have a signup sheet in their office in early May with all the times and jobs listed.

We would like to Thank you all in advance for any help you might be able to provide any or all of these great organizations. Your continued support makes a tremendous difference in ensuring the success of each of these events!

Scott, Brad, John & Bill

Update on Monday, June 29, 2009 at 5:25PM by Kevin Leigh (West Herr)

West Herr's Hospice Memorial Walk Team PhotoThank you for supporting the 2009 Hospice Memorial Walk! The Walk was held on Sunday, May 17 at the Erie Canal Harbor Central Wharf and with the help from our Walkers, Teams and Sponsors, the Walk raised over $225,000 for Hospice services in Erie County.

Please check our site in January 2010 for updated information and online fundraising tools fornext year's Walk.

Save the date ~ 14th Annual Hospice Memorial Walk ~ Sunday, May 23, 2010!