Albemarle Hospice Regatta and Party

Archer Farmer Cup

August 23, 2008

History of the National Hospice Regatta

 

 

The National Hospice Regatta Alliance (NHRA) is a national network of charity sailing regattas which raise money and community awareness for hospice care for individuals facing a terminal illness and the people who care and grieve for them. There are twenty three NHRA Regattas along with the National Hospice Regatta Championship.

 

The first hospice benefit regatta began in 1982 by Virginia Brown, as a fundraiser and forum for raising community awareness about the nature of hospice care for Hospice of Northern Virginia. The concept has since been adapted by volunteers around the country for their own communities.

 

Each individual Regatta serves as a qualifying race for the National Hospice Regatta races the following spring.