15th Annual Suncoast Hospice Beach Stroll offers a time to Stroll, Stop, & Reflect

CLEARWATER, Fla. - April 22, 2015 - PRLog -- 15^th Annual Suncoast Hospice Beach Stroll offers a time to Stroll, Stop, and Reflect for lost loved ones

May 2, 2015 8 a.m., Clearwater & St. Pete Beaches

(Clearwater/St. Pete Beach, Fla.) - In the news each day we learn of a tragedy or illness that takes the lives of loved ones. All too often family members struggle to find a way to honor their loved one, find healing and peace.

Suncoast Hospice, a member of the Empath Health integrated network of care, offers a way to do just that while also raising much needed funds to help those being cared for through hospice programs. The Suncoast Hospice Beach Stroll is an event designed to ‘stroll, stop and reflect’ and is on the beaches of Clearwater and St. Pete Beach. The stroll is a three-mile beach walk, memorial, and a time for peace for anyone of all ages to attend.

“Suncoast Hospice supports  thousands of patients and families across the community each year and, as a non-profit, events as special as the Beach Stroll offer a time to reflect while raising funds to help others,” says Rafael Sciullo, president & CEO of Empath Health. “One couldn’t ask for a more genuine act of kindness.”

Both locations will have food and music. Registration begins at 8 a.m. and the stroll begins at 9 a.m.

The Beach Stroll is free to register with encouraged donations. Those who raise $35 will receive a beach stroll t-shirt, $50 a t-shirt and CoolFiber small cooling towel, and $100 the items listed above along with a golf cooler.  All donations will benefit Suncoast Hospice and all Empath Health members.

The Suncoast Hospice Beach Stroll is organized to celebrate life and provide strength to individuals in need. Participants who wish to honor and celebrate the life of someone close to them have the opportunity to bring a photo to add to the memory wall at the stroll.

Locations:

·       Clearwater Beach – Palm Pavilion, 10 Bay Esplanade, Clearwater Beach 33767.

·       St. Pete Beach – Sirata Beach Resort, 5300 Gulf Blvd., St. Pete Beach 33706.

“You can make a difference in your community. Chances are that your family or someone you know has already benefited from services offered by Suncoast Hospice,” says Sciullo.
About Suncoast Hospice: Suncoast Hospice is a not-for-profit organization committed to serving those living with chronic and terminal illnesses, nearing the end of life, or experiencing grief. Suncoast Hospice cares for patients and helps to guide their families as they provide care and make decisions. Suncoast Hospice is community based, offering comprehensive hospice and palliative care, caregiver education, individual and group counseling, spiritual support and many other programs to those it serves regardless of race, age, faith, diagnosis or financial circumstances.

About Empath Health:Empath Health is a non-profit integrated network of care that provides expert, life-changing health care to those with chronic and advanced illnesses. Empath Health includes hospice, palliative home health and physician services, independent living assistance and day care for seniors, HIV services and advance care planning. Contact Empath Health at 727-467-7423 or empathhealth.org (http://www.empathhealth.org/).