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MEDIA RELEASE

CONTACT:
Marla Dais
Phone: (810) 606-6270
Fax: (810) 606-6279
mdais@genesys.org

09/06/2007

5K run/walk raises money for Genesys Hospice

(GRAND BLANC, MI) Genesys Home & Hospice Care will host its seventh annual 5K Run/Walk. Proceeds from the event will be used for renovations of patient rooms at Genesys Hospice Care Center.
The fundraising event will take place Saturday, Sept. 29, on the Genesys Regional Medical Center Health Park trails. Registration begins at 8:30 a.m., at the Genesys Athletic Club (on the Health Park campus). The 5K Run competition starts at 10 a.m., followed by the 5K Walk at 10:05 a.m. Ronald McDonald will facilitate a kids one mile fitness run which will start at 10:45 a.m., and an indoor kids fitness fun run (1/4 mile) will start at 11 a.m. The outdoor course winds through the Mayapple and Heron nature trails, located on Health Park's 478 acres of woodlands and wildlife. The indoor kids fitness run will be in the Genesys Athletic Club indoor track. The top three finishers in each adult age group will receive awards; all participants of the kids races will receive a finishers award.

To register on-line, visit www.active.com or www.genesys.org; or call Genesys Hospice at (810) 636-5000. Applications can also be picked up at the Genesys Athletic Club, Genesys Regional Medical Center, Genesys West Flint Campus, Genesys Hospice Care Center, and Bauman's Running and Walking Shop. Participants can pre-register at the Genesys Athletic Club on Friday, Sept. 28 from noon - 6 p.m. Save time by downloading our online registration form and fill it out the night before!

On the day of the race, childcare is available for children ages 2 - 10 years old; advance registration is required by calling (810) 606-7534.

Genesys Home & Hospice Care provides hospice care wherever a patient lives, whether it be home, nursing home, assisted living facility, or at Genesys Hospice Care Center in Goodrich. Genesys Hospice is dedicated to providing comprehensive care and support to enhance quality of life through expert pain control, symptom management, psychosocial and spiritual support in accordance to individual patient wishes. The Genesys Hospice team uses a holistic approach tailored to the needs of the patient in providing the services of nurse, home health aide, social worker, therapists, volunteers and clergy, under the direction of the primary care physician. Hospice physicians monitor patient care and are available for consult. Genesys Hospice staff are available 24 hours a day to ensure patients needs are met as soon as they arise. Genesys Hospice Care Center offers a peaceful, homelike environment for those patients in need of acute symptom management, respite to relieve caregivers, or need for alternative living arrangements.


For more information on Hospice services at Genesys, call (810) 636-5000 or access the 5K Run/Walk online information.

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