HOME & HOSPICE CARE OF RHODE ISLAND
TO HOLD 12th ANNUAL CHARITY REGATTA

Event to benefit Home & Hospice Care of Rhode Island

Pawtucket, RI – June 10, 2004….Home & Hospice Care of Rhode Island’s 12th Annual Hospice Regatta will take place the weekend of September 10 – 11th in the waters off Newport, Rhode Island.

Hospice Regatta Weekend, the major fundraising event for Home & Hospice Care of Rhode Island, kicks off in grand style on Friday night, September 10, with a sponsor appreciation party to thank HHCRI’s prominent patrons and corporate supporters. Howard Sutton, publisher of The Providence Journal, and his wife Kim are hosting the party at their beautiful Bristol home.

On Saturday, first gun is at 1100 hours and will include one-design circles for J105’s, J30’s, J24’s – others invited by Home & Hospice Care of Rhode Island and the organizing authority, Atlantic Race Management. A distance race will also be run for other PHRF rated boats, both spinnaker and non-spinnaker. Sailors interested in racing are still eligible to register. Log on to www.hhcri.org and click on Hospice Regatta for more details.

After the race on Saturday, sailors and merrymakers will meet at the Museum of Yachting at Fort Adams for cocktails, dinner, dancing and awards. The “Lobster Boil” is open to the public. Tickets are $60 per person and must be purchased in advance by calling HHCRI’s Development Office at 727-7035.

“Each year the support for our Regatta grows. This year we anticipate surpassing all previous years in the number of boats participating and in dollars raised,” states Carole Sheehan, Director of Development. All funds raised from the Regatta support the care of our patients and their families and help to bridge the gap between the cost of services and insurance coverage.”

If you want to learn more about Hospice Regatta 2004 - sponsorship opportunities, lobster boil tickets or race specifics - please call Carole Sheehan at 727-7074 or log onto www.hhcri.org/regatta.

Home & Hospice Care of Rhode Island is a non-profit, statewide, independent hospice agency, fully licensed by the State and by Medicare as both a home care and hospice agency. The staff and volunteers of HHCRI provide medical, emotional and spiritual care and support for patients with life-threatening illnesses at home, in nursing homes, and at the Philip Hulitar Center, our 10-bed inpatient hospice facility.