Media Release
Held on Sunday, May 25, 2025, at the Collingwood Curling Club
May 27, 2025 – COLLINGWOOD – The Hospice Georgian Triangle Foundation is proud to announce that over $271,000 was raised at the Hike & Bike and counting! Funds raised support hospice palliative care for patients with life-limiting illnesses, and their families. Donations will still be accepted until June 15.
The 2025 annual Hike & Bike for Hospice was the biggest success yet with over 713 participants who hiked and biked the trails of Collingwood, ensuring the programs and services of Hospice Georgian Triangle are provided at no cost to patients and families.
Participants hiked 6 km or biked 6 km / 20 km. The event kicked off at the Collingwood Curling Club with a sendoff from the Beinn Gorm Highlanders and traveled through the Collingwood trails and along the shore of Georgian Bay. At the finish line there was music and entertainment provided by DJ Nation and vintage cars from the Wasaga Beach Cruisers were on display.
On the leaderboard for fundraising was Myke Dyer, PSW with Hospice Georgian Triangle. Myke raised an impressive $4,160.
Team fundraising was a highlight this year, with the Collingwood Curlers Care team raising an incredible $37,000+, with Margot’s Motivators a close second at just over $20,500. Thanks to the Given to Fly Charitable Trust, both teams will have their funds matched—doubling their impact. Thank you for your outstanding support!
“On behalf of the board of directors and leadership of Hospice Georgian Triangle and the Hospice Georgian Triangle Foundation, we would like to thank all the participants, volunteers, donors, and sponsors of the Hike & Bike for Hospice. Our community raised the bar once again! We are overwhelmed with gratitude”, said Sandra Sullivan, Executive Director of the Hospice Georgian Triangle Foundation.
Special thanks to presenting sponsor Blue Mountain and silver sponsors Kelly Financial Services Inc./ The Cooperators, Chatterson Funeral Home & Cremation Services, Affordable Cremation Services, Carruthers & Davidson Funeral Home Ltd., and Precision Septic Service.
Thank you to bronze sponsors, Fawcett Funeral Homes, Walker Aggregates, Collingwood Toyota, Royal LePage Locations North, and RBC Wealth Management Dominion Securities: Todd and Riley Christensen. Friend sponsors include: Baker Tilly International, NFP, and Reinhart Foods.
Other gift-in-kind sponsors include: Kamikaze, Andrew’s Copy and Print, Town of Collingwood, Happenings Party Rentals, Chartwell Balmoral, and Roger Robinson CHS Productions.
This event also relies on more than 120 volunteers and many amazing local businesses contributing to a massive success!
For links to all the generous sponsors please visit the event landing page at https://hospicegeorgiantriangle.com/
Hospice Georgian Triangle provides compassionate care at Campbell House and in the community for individuals with life-limiting illness and their families in the Town of the Blue Mountains, Collingwood, Clearview Township, and Wasaga Beach. Care programs come at no cost and focus on the physical, emotional, and mental well-being of the patient, family and caregivers, enhancing quality of life.
Hospice Georgian Triangle Foundation’s purpose is to raise the funds that allow Hospice Georgian Triangle to provide exceptional hospice palliative care and community programming.
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Media contacts:
Trish Rawn, Executive Director, Hospice Georgian Triangle, 705-444-2555 ext. 7520 | RawnT@HospiceGeorgianTriangle.com
Sandra Sullivan, Executive Director, Hospice Georgian Triangle Foundation, 705-444-2555 ext. 7521 | SullivanS@HospiceGeorgianTriangle.com
Photos: Official event photos, courtesy of Dave West Photography, are available on MyCollingwood.ca at: https://mycollingwood.ca/galleries/hike-bike-for-hospice-2025.html
