KELSEYVILLE, Calif. – Worldwide Healing Hands (WHH) is preparing for the second annual “Hike 4 Healing” on Mount Konocti’s Wright Summit Trail on April 25.
The yearly trek is a fundraiser to support the work of Worldwide Healing Hands.
Hike participants and sponsors are sought for the event. This year WHH is encouraging “virtual” hikers, those who cannot make it to the Mount Konocti hike, to join the event via Facebook.
Hike participants will traverse a little more than 6 miles round-trip, with an elevation gain of 1,600 feet, along the trail. Entrance fee for the hike is $25 per person. There is no charge for children under the age of 12 to participate.
Participants may register at the office of Dr. Paula Dhanda, medical director for WHH, at 5685 Main St., Kelseyville.
Individuals may also register online by visiting the WHH’s Web site, www.worldwidehealinghands.org , or EventBrite ( https://eventbrite.com/event/15794115625/ ).
Facebook participants in the “Virtual Hike 4 Healing” will receive WHH visors and will be urged to post pictures of their hikes while wearing the visors. Find out more on the Facebook page, https://www.facebook.com/events/898827700140409/ .
WHH seeks sponsors for the event and for hikers. Sponsors will be recognized in print and broadcast releases about the event as well as acknowledged on information available at the hike.
All donations will help support the WHH’s goals and missions to provide quality health care to women and children, especially those who do not have access to such care.
The Hike 4 Healing was launched last year as a fundraiser for Worldwide Healing Hands’ missions, according to Hike 4 Healing coordinator Anthy O’Brien, a WHH board member and supporter.
WHH provides health care services to women and children in underserved areas of the world. WHH teams have traveled to Nepal, Chad and Haiti to deliver health services. WHH volunteer medical teams have also provided free health screenings to homeless in Lake County.
“Please join us on our Hike 4 Healing this year so that we may help many more women and children with the care they need and deserve,” O’Brien said.
For more information about the Hike 4 Healing, call 707-279-8733.
Visit WHH’s Web site, www.worldwidehealinghands.org , to read more about the organization.