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Compton Hospice supporters set for midnight Halloween walk
Supporters of Wolverhampton's Compton Hospice are hoping to provide a fundraising treat for the charity with the hospice's first midnight walk, during the darkest hours of Halloween.
Lady walkers are set to take over the ghostly night time streets following a nine-mile course along roads around the hospice during the bewitching hour between Saturday October 30 and Halloween on Sunday October 31.
Groups of walkers hope to banish the ghoulish spirits from the city centre for the women only evening by dressing in distinctive Halloween fancy dress. The fun trek will raise funds for the hospice’s £1m Raise the Roof appeal, to redevelop patient facilities at the Compton Road West site.
But there are sure to be a few bumps in the night with some guaranteed tricks and treats along the way. Walkers will complete two circuits of a 4.5 mile route through the city’s streets starting and ending at the hospice.
“We’re asking ladies to dust off their witches costumes and broomsticks, or whatever Halloween fancy dress they have, and join together for some great fun and high spirits walking through the night for Halloween and Compton Hospice,” said Michelle Price, events fundraiser at Compton Hospice.
“It’s the first time we’ve organised an event like this. But by getting together we hope all the ladies can ward off the evil spirits in the darkest hour of Halloween with laughter, lots of make-up and some garish costumes.”
For more details contact Michelle Price 0845 2255 497 or sign up at the fundraising events page on the hospice website www.compton-hospice.org.uk.
Photo courtesy of the Express & Star: (L-R) Lisa Bockhoefer, Katie Love and Jackie Sturmey (front) - Compton Hospice fundraisers.
If you have any further questions about Compton Hospice and Fundraising, please call 0845 225 5497 or contact us. We will do our utmost to help with your enquiry.
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