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Help Barb raise money

For participating in Sporting Life 10k Virtual Run

Help me raise money to send kids with cancer to #CampOoch through the #SL10K https://raceroster.com/events/2020/27499/sporting-life-10k-virtual-run/pledge/participant/7881555

My Story…

This is my 11th year of being part of the Ooch year-round volunteer team and it would have been my 11th summer spending time at camp with our amazing, inspiring campers! Although, sadly we can’t run camp this year due to COVID-19, Ooch is still reaching out to campers with virtual camp programs and busy planning for the future when we are all able to physically gather again. It is truly life changing to experience the magic of Camp Ooch and see our campers challenge themselves, nurture old and new friendships, and just be a kid. I’m honoured to continue to be part of their journey. This is my 8th year running the Sporting Life 10K. Except in these unusual times, instead of running en masse down Yonge St, Dave and I will be charting our own virtual 10K course. I’m also fundraising to ensure that as many kids as possible are able to be part of Camp Ooch. If you are able, any amount you can give to my fundraising efforts is much appreciated.

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Kids affected by childhood cancer still need the chance to just be kids!

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 powers 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 1,900 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.

We still run for Ooch!

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Recent donors

Donation date Donor name Donation amount
May 20 Anonymous Undisclosed amount
May 13 Thomas Straum $54.24
May 10 Jen Mann $107.91
May 10 Shirley Robertson Good luck!! Hope you can finish your virtual run in record time! Love Shirl $107.91
Apr 24 Betty Robertson Undisclosed amount
Apr 24 Dave Mann Looking forward to doing the SL10K with you again this year but it will be different without the crowd! Undisclosed amount