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For participating in Sporting Life 10k Virtual Run

Indira Guevara

Raised: $50.00
Goal: $1,000.00
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St. Pius X Fights Cancer

Total raised: $3,864.45

Goal: $4,000.00

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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/8260487

My Story…

As you may know, my daughter Maya was diagnosed with Neuroblastoma cancer at the age of 4. Our world as we knew it was turned upside down. We spent countless days, weeks, months in hospitals rooms fighting cancer. Maya was often in isolation due to her low immune system. Ooch volunteers would gown up and come to visit Maya, they would do crafts, sing or just talk. I could see joy in Maya's eyes. During those dark days, I lived to see her smile Later, she started to attend Ooch’s overnight summer camps. Maya LOVED CAMP. Ooch is staffed with doctors, nurses and Ooch volunteers. Maya knew most of them from her long stays at SickKids hospital. Even though Maya was away at camp, we felt at peace as we knew she was well taken care of. At Ooch Maya could be herself, she was at home, her home. Maya is 14 now, and continues to attend Camp Ooch every summer. She Has made great friends. Please sponsor the team so other kids like Maya experience the Magic of Ooch!

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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
Nov 21 Sun Life Financial Matching gift of George Charalabopoulos $50.00