2024 Hike for Hope Results
Hikers at the scenic lookout from the Hetch Hetchy/Ridgeline loop.
About 600 individuals braved heavy rain on Saturday, May 4, to attend Hope Hospice’s annual Hike for Hope fundraiser at Del Valle Regional Park in Livermore. The 14th annual event raised over $100,000 for the nonprofit’s patient care needs and community services including grief support, dementia education, and family caregiver programs. Hope serves nearly 2,000 people each year through end-of-life medical care and family support.
“While half of our registrants understandably chose to stay home because of the spring storm, seeing 600 people show up in ponchos and other rain gear is a testament to how much our East Bay community is connected to our organization,” says event chairperson Kendra Strey. “Our staff cared for the loved ones of many of our event attendees, and the annual gatherings serves as a bit of a reunion for those who seek to reconnect with members of the patient care and bereavement teams who helped their families through a difficult time.”
As hikers navigated portions of the East Shore, Hetch Hetchy, and Ridgeline trails, event sponsor MCE Corporation prepared a complimentary barbecue lunch. The storm hit heaviest in the event’s final hour, so most patrons took their lunch to-go this year.
Sales of raffle tickets and silent auction items pushed Hope Hospice just over the $100K mark – funds that will go a long way in ensuring family caregiver support programs remain available at no charge, even to those who don’t yet have a loved one under Hope’s hospice care.
In January 2024, Hope Hospice became an affiliate of By the Bay Health. Although the funds raised by the Hike for Hope remain in Hope’s traditional East Bay territory, the combined organization now provides hospice services, palliative care, and bereavement throughout the greater Bay Area. Learn more at HopeHospice.com/merger.
ABOUT HOPE HOSPICE
Hope Hospice is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization that has served the Tri-Valley and neighboring East Bay cities since 1980. Tax ID 94-2576059. HopeHospice.com; (925) 829-8770. Hope Hospice is an affiliate of By the Bay Health.
ABOUT BY THE BAY HEALTH
For nearly 50 years By the Bay Health, a nonprofit affiliate of UCSF Health, has been a progressive and innovative leader in hospice, skilled home health care, palliative care, grief support, and pediatric care in the counties of Marin, San Francisco, San Mateo, Sonoma, Alameda, and the cities of American Canyon, Napa, and Vallejo. In January 2024, By the Bay Health merged with Mission Hospice & Home Care and Hope Hospice to extend services into the South Bay and East Bay, becoming the largest independent nonprofit hospice organization in Northern California. For more information about our service call (415) 927-2273 or visit ByTheBayHealth.org.
