HOW YOU CAN HELP

We invite you to join us as a walker, sponsor, or donor. Hip Hip Hooray! is a golden opportunity to celebrate what patients, surgeons, and health care professionals have accomplished, and what we can look forward to in the future: excellence in bone and joint health for all Canadians.

Walk with us … because you CAN!
If you or a loved one have benefited from surgery to your bones and joints, you know the independence orthopaedic surgery brings. You’re invited to join Hip Hip Hooray! Lower Mainland and celebrate your new mobility. Hip Hip Hooray! Lower Mainland is for people like you and is attended by patients, their families and orthopaedic professionals. You can participate in short walk and celebrate mobility on the last Sunday in May (May 25, 2008). There will be food and music, and an invitation to join in events such as a silent auction, prize draws and kids’ activities.

Since 1992, thousands of Canadians across the country have walked together to show off their new mobility and to raise almost $18 million dollars for improved bone and joint health.

Local and national impact
Supporters of Hip Hip Hooray! Lower Mainland make a special investment in their own backyards – funds raised are typically used to supply clinics and diagnostic and operating room facilities with the best equipment, patient information and services and other local priorities. The greatest improvements start at home. Supporters also invest in national research and education of orthopaedic professionals and patients.

Hip Hip Hooray! Lower Mainland serves as a reminder that Canadians have an important health issue to address. With our aging population, demand for orthopaedic surgery outweighs the health system’s ability to supply it, evidenced by the lengthy wait lists for surgery. One of the Foundation’s national priorities is to work with stakeholders to effect timely access to quality orthopaedic care.

Join our mission as a walker, sponsor, or donor. Hip Hip Hooray! Lower Mainland is a golden opportunity to celebrate what patients, surgeons, and health care professionals have accomplished, and what we can look forward to in the future: excellence in bone and joint health for all Canadians.

Walk with us because you CAN!

Set yourself a challenging fundraising goal. Talk it up and collect sponsorships from your family, neighbours and friends. Print the Sponsors Sheet and get started today. Your workplace and businesses in your neighbourhood may be interested in supporting you too. Raise up to $75 and you will receive a special token of appreciation to celebrate your mobility. Raise $75 or more and receive a Hip Hip Hooray! Lower Mainland t-shirt!
In order to receive your gift, you must attend the event – so plan to be there!”

Please mail back the Response/Donation Sheet so we will know you are coming as this saves time at registration on walk day. If you can’t join us, why not use the Form to make a personal donation to support a great cause? Or perhaps you could encourage your surgeon to participate by offering to sponsor him or her as a walker. We look forward to seeing you there!