Spokane Shriners Hospital Employees Walk for Kids

Hospital Employees Get Active to Raise Funds for Hospital

To promote healthy lifestyles for children and raise money for children’s orthopaedic health care, the Spokane Shriners Hospital has launched ‘Reach the Beach,’ a 400 mile “virtual” walk across the state of Washington.

More than half the hospital’s employees are participating by tracking their individual exercise and recording their miles. In the first week of the event, participants logged a collective total of more than 1,000 miles. The campaign, which began in late September, continues throughout October. All of the funds raised locally will benefit the Spokane Shriners Hospital.

Reach the Beach effort is being done in partnership with Together for Kids, a national alliance of more than 50 children’s hospitals.

About Together for Kids
Together for Kids (www.togetherforkids.org) is a national alliance of children’s hospitals and other hospitals serving children, dedicated to building a healthier future for America’s kids. The organization provides an urgently needed national fundraising mechanism for its member hospitals, helping them care for seriously ill children and tackle the toughest health issues facing all kids, with a focus on childhood obesity and injury prevention. The organization was established in 2007 and consists of 53 hospitals in 47 U.S. cities.