EDMONTON – Cross-Canada runner Ann Keane – who is raising money for the Hope Foundation – will visit front-line health care workers from the Alberta Union of Provincial Employees when she jogs through Edmonton Aug. 14.

Keane is running from coast to coast to raise money for the Edmonton-based foundation, which was set up a decade ago to study the effects of hope in health care, education and other fields.
The foundation, affiliated with the University of Edmonton, also runs a "hope-focused" counseling program.

Keane, a 38-year-old Edmonton nurse, started her cross-country run in Newfoundland in April and hopes to complete it in British Columbia next month. She reached Calgary on Aug. 7, expects to pass through the Red Deer area on Aug. 11 and to arrive in Edmonton on Aug. 14.

She will be at the Hope Foundation’s headquarters at 11032 89th Ave. on the University of Alberta campus at about 11 a.m. on Aug. 14.

Around 1 p.m., she plans to visit front-line AUPE health care workers who will be holding a barbecue at the Capital Care Group Lynnwood facility, 8740 165th Street, to draw attention to funding needs in continuing care.

"We certainly admire the heroic effort of Ms. Keane in her support for this cause," said AUPE President Dan MacLennan. "AUPE will be showing our support of her effort with a donation to the Hope Foundation."

Anyone interested in Keane’s run can visit her web site at www.PowerofPeopleRun.com (the capital letters are required to reach this Web address). Donations can be made on-line at that site.

For more information, contact:
Dan MacLennan, President, AUPE, 780-930-3301 or 780-910-8392 (cellular phone)
Sean Carter, Membership Services Officer, AUPE, 780-930-3375 or 780-231-4553 (cellular phone)
John Duke, Hope Foundation, 469-5094
David Climenhaga, Communications Director, AUPE, 780-930-3311 or 780-717-2943 (cellular phone)

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