Walk in the Park

On June 8, 2013, London, Ontario held its 4th annual Walk/Run in the Park for Scleroderma. Although it threatened to rain we were fortunate that it stayed dry and it was a perfect day for a walk/run along the Thames.  Present total stands at $24 000 with a few more donations to come in. More pictures here.

Scleroderma Walk/Run 2011

Well, we did it. We pulled off another successful awareness/fund raiser event surpassing our goal of $20 000 and almost doubling last year's total of $11 000. And there's still the online donations and BBQ to be aded to the $21 000 we've already tallied.

Thanks to everyone who helped make it all worthwhile.

Walk a Huge Success

Dr. Janet Pope cutting the ribbon to begin the walk.

Well it's been almost a week since the walk and concert, the dust has settled and we just got our final tally today which stands at $13 163.49. Because this was the first walk we have organized, we really had no idea how it would go but, needless to say, this far exceeded any expectations we may have had. A great deal of the credit and a huge thank you goes out to our members, especially Angela Lavis and Stephanie Doyle and their families who came on board part way through the process. Their enthusiasm and energy made all the difference.

On a not so happy note, I just received word this evening that my brother, who also has scleroderma, died today. A timely and poignant reminder that we need a cure for this disease.

Busy Times

Bea and I have been busy organizing our first Walk in the Park for Scleroderma these past few weeks. My tasks have been mostly computer related - writing letters, making posters and drawing up pledge sheets. We are also doing the concert again and I started working on that poster today as well. The bands aren't finalized yet so I won't finish it until everyone is confirmed.

Details for the walk are as follows:

Gibbons Park, London, Ontario on Saturday June 5 from 10:00 - 2:00

and the concert:

Same day at the

East Side Bar & Grill

750 Hamilton Road, London

3:00 - 7:30

Tickets at the door $10.00 or a donation of $10.00 or more at the walk.

Contact me for pledge sheets and more details.