Skip to main content

Help Gayle raise money

For participating in Sporting Life 10k Virtual Run

Gayle Tipold

Raised: $1,196.01
Goal: $600.00
100.00% raised
100%
Register for event View leaderboards

Lenczner Slaght

Total raised: $4,565.42

Goal: $4,000.00

Visit team page
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/9098227

My Story…

First of all, thank you for your donation to Camp Ooch! When Gerry asked me to join him in the "run" for Camp Ooch this year I couldn't say no, even though I've never run a 10k in my life. I listened in on a conference call with the Lenczner Slaght team and Nate, a Camp Ooch leader working with paediatric oncology patients at the Hospital For Sick Children in Toronto. I felt so much gratitude for the joy and laughter he brings to these young people and their families in the midst of the challenges they face every day. Did you know Camp Ooch run their camps and programs completely free of charge? (thanks to donors like you!) The ability to connect with other "campers" and leaders who are facing or have faced the same challenges is truly priceless. I ran my 10k on Friday May 8, 2020. Gerry ran with me and encouraged me and pretended to be the cheering crowd at the end, giving me an extra energy boost. Thanks Ger! xoxo, Gayle

Description

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
Jun 08 Lola & John Macanowicz Undisclosed amount
May 14 Barbara Gal-jagielski Gayle, sending you love and light for taking the time to giving others a moment of happiness. $54.24
May 12 Rosemary Bain $107.91
May 12 Josie O'Connell Way to go Gayle. Undisclosed amount
May 11 Susen and Jamie Anderson Thrilled to sponsor you for this worthwhile event! $54.24
May 11 Joanne Becke Way to go Gayle! $54.24
May 11 Jonathan and Deb Stephenson Love that you are doing this! Undisclosed amount
May 10 Michelle De Marco Way to go Gayle. Great accomplishment for a great cause. Undisclosed amount
May 10 Doris Story Undisclosed amount
May 10 Anonymous Undisclosed amount