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Help Kara raise money

For participating in 2019 Toronto Sporting Life 10k

Help me raise money to send kids with cancer to #CampOoch through the #SL10K https://raceroster.com/events/2019/19641/2019-toronto-sporting-life-10k/pledge/participant/5574712

My Story…

This will be my third time participating in the Sporting Life 10K and this year it holds lots of extra special meaning. My son, Sebastian will be running the race with me and together we are hoping to raise $2500 for Camp Ooch! We get our inspiration from our friend and neighbour, Henry who has been receiving treatment for leukemia over the last three years. This year's 10K run also happens to land on Henry's birthday!! We can't think of a better way to support our friend than to run for him and kids with childhood cancer who attend Camp Ooch. The I'm With Henry team has a big fundraising goal this year - if we raise $19,166 then we'll have raised $50,000 over the past three years!! Sebastian and I hope you'll help us support our team's big goal to support Camp Ooch and kids with childhood cancer.

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Help send kids affected by childhood cancer to Camp Ooch!

A diagnosis of childhood cancer is a big, scary, sudden swerve in the road, changing life in an instant. 

For affected families, it can feel like everything is about cancer. Simple, childhood joys like friendships, birthday parties, or sports teams are left behind in the need for medical appointments, hospital stays, and long absences from school.

For over 35 years, Camp Ooch has offered a different path – the healing power of fun, friendship and self-confidence, and the joy of kids getting to just be kids! 

Often referred to as the social cure for cancer, Ooch provides programming at an overnight camp in Muskoka, at SickKids in Toronto, in specialized paediatric centres and in communities across Ontario. Camp Ooch is the only overnight camp in Canada to offer onsite IV chemotherapy and blood transfusions. 

Camp Ooch is a privately funded, volunteer-based organization that relies exclusively on the generous support of fundraisers, corporate donors and individuals, like you.

Ooch changes the lives of over 1,500 kids affected by childhood cancer every year. However, almost 80% of kids with cancer in Ontario don’t have access to the wonders of camp. You can help change that.

Cancer changes a child's life.  So does Camp.  And so can you.

Achievements

Recent donors

Donation date Donor name Donation amount
May 16 Larissa Mohan $54.24
May 12 Mairi McKenna Go team!!! Undisclosed amount
May 11 KSA Personal Training Undisclosed amount
May 11 Noelle and Annika $161.58
May 11 Megan McIntyre $161.58
May 07 Sarah Sanford $54.24
May 06 Tanis Darling Go Kara! $54.24
May 02 Tomas Filipuzzi $32.77
May 01 Liann Bobechko Go Kara! Go Sebastian! $54.24
May 01 Anita and Gal $54.24