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For participating in 2019 Toronto Sporting Life 10k

Our story…

Please donate or join our team to come run from Marky! Let's give his mom Heidi a Mother's Day to remember. On May 12th, 2019 lets have a sea of people running for Marky! Moms, dads, sisters, brothers, grandparents lets all come out and run! Marky's Story: On May 21st 2016, sweet Marky was diagnosed with Leukemia. He has fought hard through too many months of intense rounds of chemo. After relapsing in the summer he underwent a bone marrow transplant this past fall. On March 22nd, 2019 the day after Marky's 5th birthday, they got the worst possible news that Marky's cancer has returned and so the fight continues.

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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.

Team members

Click on one of our team members below to make a donation.

Recent donors

Donation date Donor name Donation amount
Mar 29 Melissa Zuker Undisclosed amount
Mar 29 Amy Platt So much support and admiration for Heidi and all the moms who help her each day. $54.24
Mar 29 Elise Pulver, Joshua and Brayden Dlin Keep fighting Marky xo Undisclosed amount
Mar 27 Anonymous $15.00
Mar 23 Michele Orr $25.00
Mar 21 Anonymous $20.00
Mar 20 Anonymous Undisclosed amount
Mar 20 Radhika Sikka $10.00
Mar 12 Marcia Matteis $22.03
Mar 12 Jason and Janet Good Luck Robyn! As agreed willing to donate a further $10 for each minute sub one hour on your 10k run ;) Undisclosed amount