Guthrie to Host Walk of Remembrance

The Guthrie First Impressions Birthing Center at Guthrie Robert Packer Hospital is hosting its 4th annual Remembrance Walk. The walk will take place on Sunday, Oct. 21 at 4 p.m. and will leave from the Patterson Auditorium on the Guthrie Sayre Campus in Sayre, Pa.

The event is free and open to individuals and families who have experienced the loss of a child during pregnancy or shortly after birth. The event will include candle lighting, a walk and a rose ceremony. Families are invited to bring memorabilia of their loved one for display on a table of remembrance. 

To register, please visit www.Guthrie.org/RemembranceWalk, or call 570-887-5034. To donate to the Ceremony of Remembrance, visit www.GuthrieGiving.org.

Guthrie is a non-profit integrated health system located in north central Pennsylvania and upstate New York, serving patients from an 11-county service area. Guthrie is a member of the Mayo Clinic Care Network and is the first health system based in Pennsylvania and New York to join this network. Guthrie is comprised of a research institute, home care/hospice, hospitals in Sayre, Pa., Corning, N.Y., Towanda, Pa., and Troy, Pa., as well as a multi-specialty group practice of more than 325 physicians and 210 advanced practice providers in a regional office network encompassing 47 sub-specialty and primary care sites in 21 communities throughout Pennsylvania and New York. In addition, Guthrie offers home medical equipment and respiratory therapy products at six convenient Med Supply Depot locations. Guthrie provides a wide range of services and programs to enhance the health and well-being of those it serves.