Come Fly A Kite At Exeter Hospital’s Annual Kites Against Cancer Event Sunday

EXETER, NH – Exeter Hospital’s annual Kites Against Cancer event takes to the sky from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. on Sunday, May 18, at Hampton Beach, near the Oceanfront Pavilion.

This uplifting family event invites community members to spend an afternoon at the beach surrounded by family, friends and neighbors in support and in memory of those affected by cancer.

The event is free and open to the public to attend. As in past years, kites will be available to decorate and personalize in memory or in honor of a loved one for a $10 donation apiece.

Donations will support Exeter Hospital’s Beyond the Rainbow Fund, which provides financial assistance to cancer patients in need to help with expenses such as groceries, utilities, gas and rent/mortgage payments, as well as other practical needs that may become unmanageable during treatment.

This community event would not be possible without the support of Newburyport Bank, the event’s Platinum Beyond the Rainbow Sponsor, and the Hampton Area Chamber of Commerce.

“Kites Against Cancer provides our community with a way to honor and remember their family and friends who are affected by cancer, as well as being a truly uplifting day for people currently undergoing treatment,” Eileen McDonald, senior director of Exeter Hospital’s Michael & Jeanne Falzone Center for Cancer Care, said. “Additionally, event proceeds support the Beyond the Rainbow Fund, which provides financial assistance for urgent non-clinical needs so that cancer patients and their families may focus on what’s most important: getting better.”

For more information on Kites Against Cancer and opportunities to get involved, visit exeterhospital.com.

About Exeter Hospital

For more than 125 years, Exeter Hospital has been integral to the health and wellness of communities in the Seacoast Region. The hospital opened in 1897 as a small cottage hospital on Pine Street in Exeter with accommodations for 10 patients. Since then, Exeter Hospital has grown into a 100-bed community-based acute care hospital that also provides extensive outpatient services. For more information about Exeter Hospital, visit exeterhospital.com.

Exeter Hospital is part of Beth Israel Lahey Health, a health care system that brings together academic medical centers and teaching hospitals, community and specialty hospitals, more than 4,700 physicians and 39,000 employees in a shared mission to expand access to great care and advance the science and practice of medicine through groundbreaking research and education. For more information about Beth Israel Lahey Health, visit bilh.org.

Submitted by Exeter Hospital