The organizers behind the Hummel Family Healing Cycle have announced that this year’s fundraiser has exceeded its $60,000 donation goal, raising a grand total of $64,685 for Niagara-on-the-Lake Community Palliative Care.
Going into the Healing Cycle, executive director Bonnie Bagnulo said she was hoping to reach $25,000, making $50,000 with a matched amount from the Hummel family, who match donations up to that amount.
As of Nov. 19, this amount was well surpassed.
“We are so incredibly blessed by the many people who believe in the services that we provide here in our hometown and showed their support. Both the town’s people and the sponsors generously pushed us beyond our set goal of $60,000,” Bagnulo said in an email.
Donations were matched up to $25,000 from the Hummel family, along with another generous donation from the Goettler Family Foundation.
All funds raised will be used to cover all bases at NOTL Palliative Care.
“General donations are needed across the board, for equipment, for programs,” Bagnulo said in a past interview.
Thanks to the numerous donations, NOTL Palliative Care is going to continue its free services and programming this fiscal year with a little more relief, she said.
“This year’s donation amount is the largest to date,” she said.
The marathon, held on Sept. 22 this year, could be completed as a five-kilometre, 10-kilometre or 25-kilometre bike, run or walk.
Of all the hospice palliative care organizations that held a Healing Cycle, NOTL’s team was the highest fundraiser for the fifth year in a row.
“We all came together to serve the people of our beautiful town who are experiencing any life-limiting illness, they are not alone,” Bagnulo said.
