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Help Melody raise money

For participating in Sporting Life 10k Virtual Run

Melody Khodaverdian

Raised: $692.73
Goal: $2,000.00
35.00% raised
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Ooch Dream Team

Total raised: $34,816.68

Goal: $20,000.00

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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/8439337

My Story…

Dear Friends, I am running the Sporting Life 10K in memory & in honor of one of the most amazing kids I have ever met --- Jadyn AKA SuperGirl Jadyn. Her positivity and outlook on life was truly remarkable and she was an inspiration to all who knew her. When she was just five years old, Jadyn was diagnosed with a form of cancer called childhood Ependymoma, which manifests itself in the brains of children. In 2013, SickKids dubbed Jadyn the most radiated child in Canada, having received a total of 123 doses of radiation as part of her treatment for cancer. That's the maximum anyone is allowed for life. Jadyn passed on March 6, 2018. She was 15 years old. Her memory goes on through each person who was lucky enough to know her. I am proud to run in memory and in honor of Jadyn and please ask that you generously support my fundraising efforts to send kids with cancer to Camp Ooch, where they can focus on being a kid.

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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!

Achievements

Recent donors

Donation date Donor name Donation amount
May 18 Jamie Moore Thank you for sharing this opportunity to give to a beautiful cause $161.58
May 18 Megan & Terry Kavanagh Undisclosed amount
May 17 Jennifer Murray $215.26
Apr 29 Gloria Lee Good luck, Melody. You are an inspiration to all! Undisclosed amount
Apr 28 Melissa Schwartz $30.00
Jan 31 Shazya Ladak Undisclosed amount
Jan 30 Jess MacInnis Excited to co-captain this with you! $27.41