Our story…
Hello
We are a group of walkers and runners raising awareness of pancreatic cancer, inspiring hope for survivors, and raising money for pancreatic cancer (PC) research at The Ottawa Hospital (TOH).
Most of us will be training for one of the events (2k, 5k, 10k, 1/2 marathon, marathon) at Ottawa Race Weekend (ORW) on May 25 and 26, 2024.
Sindy's team, now MEMC Crew, has participated in ORW nine times and raised $447,556. Our goal this year is to top $500k!!!!
We are supporting our captain, Sindy Hooper, now living with metastatic stage IV pancreatic cancer. She was diagnosed with PC (adenocarcinoma) Jan 2, 2013 and extremely fortunate to be a candidate for the potentially curative Whipple surgery. She had the 10 hour surgery, and then 18 rounds of in hospital IV chemotherapy (Gemcitabine) and 28 days radiation with oral chemo. She defied the odds and had 9 1/2 years of cancer free living before the first metastasis to her left lung in August 2021. She had surgery to remove that met + 3 rounds of chemotherapy. Unfortunately, a year later September 2022, she had more mets; to her left lung pleura, t5 spine and a rib. No longer a candidate for surgery and now in stage IV, back on chemotherapy, Sindy was told she (realistically) had 1 year to live. September 2023 she reached that one year survival mark but the cancer in her pleura began to spread. A new chemotherapy was started, a PleurX catheter inserted into her left lung, and an updated prognosis of 6 months is what she's now living with.
Sindy lives each day with gratitude and does her best to make every moment count. She's giving back, encouraging others to be active, inspiring hope for other PC survivors, raising awareness and generating more funding for cancer research ...... being part of a movement that will ultimately help find a cure or (at the very least) effective treatments for those of us with pancreatic cancer.
We are asking for your help to take a moment and give from your heart to help find better treatments for pancreatic cancer (which would also extend to other cancers), to give people hope of surviving this devastating cancer. Every dollar that you give ensures that researchers at The Ottawa Hospital can continue working to improve outcomes for cancer patients like myself.
If you'd like to join our team or donate, please find the links below (just off to the right).
If you'd like to read more about Sindy's story or donate directly to her fundraising page you can find that link off to the bottom right under "donate to a team member".
Make every moment count!
Team MEMC Crew
Team members
Click on one of our team members below to make a donation.
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Sindy Hooper
Raised: $33,357.86
Team captain
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Janet McKeage
Raised: $4,347.20
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Jane Waterfall
Raised: $2,272.13
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Cynthia Field-Rose
Raised: $2,115.18
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Laurie Shusterman MEMC
Raised: $1,541.39
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Sheldon Bussey
Raised: $1,336.78
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BJ Thompson
Raised: $1,218.45
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jordi vered
Raised: $869.78
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Alexandra McCabe
Raised: $815.00
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Shelley McLean
Raised: $710.63
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Pauline Kerr
Raised: $705.95
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Rosa Pool
Raised: $691.80
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Chris Dobson
Raised: $540.00
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Liz Southcott
Raised: $538.14
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Michelle Stewart
Raised: $500.00
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Nick MacCordick
Raised: $469.78
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Nancy Fleming
Raised: $435.04
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Jodi Kathron
Raised: $406.74
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Mary Bellefeuille
Raised: $400.00
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Daphne Southcott
Raised: $269.78
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Pamela Cameron
Raised: $269.78
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Grace Magee
Raised: $256.68
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Michael Hartwick
Raised: $250.00
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Erin Malley
Raised: $182.79
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Ashley Kokelj
Raised: $163.85
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Maximus Kokelj
Raised: $163.85
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Molly Halpin
Raised: $155.09
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Alison Lecours
Raised: $108.76
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Janet McKeage
Raised: $108.76
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Lynn Douglas
Raised: $108.76
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Richard Coburn
Raised: $108.76
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Marshall Hartwick
Raised: $100.00
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Mason Hartwick
Raised: $100.00
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Michael Fillmore
Raised: $100.00
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Adam Wilkinson
Raised: $55.09
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Alex Hoerdt
Raised: $55.09
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Alex Pennell
Raised: $55.09
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Genny Doyle
Raised: $55.09
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Hans Buser
Raised: $55.09
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Heather Hoerdt
Raised: $55.09
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Lynn Rowsell
Raised: $55.09
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Marisa Shaver
Raised: $55.09
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Rick O'Shaughnessy
Raised: $55.09
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Thomas Kokelj
Raised: $55.09
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Tyler Hopkin
Raised: $55.09
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Maria-Elisa Tabunar
Raised: $50.00
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Raina Ho
Raised: $50.00
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Valérie Charron
Raised: $50.00
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Camille Pennell
Raised: $28.25
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jordi vered
Raised: $28.25
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Megan Kavanagh
Raised: $5.00
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Alex Stewart
Raised: $0.00
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Alexandra Gruca-Macaulay
Raised: $0.00
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Alexandra McCabe
Raised: $0.00
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Alexandra McCabe
Raised: $0.00
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Alexandra Vered
Raised: $0.00
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Alison Green
Raised: $0.00
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Andrew Macdonald
Raised: $0.00
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Brooke Teevens
Raised: $0.00
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Chris Dobson
Raised: $0.00
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Chris Dobson
Raised: $0.00
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Chris Dobson
Raised: $0.00
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Christine Scharf
Raised: $0.00
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Clark Teevens
Raised: $0.00
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Cristina Gutierrez
Raised: $0.00
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Cristina Gutierrez
Raised: $0.00
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Cristina Gutierrez
Raised: $0.00
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Cristina Gutierrez
Raised: $0.00
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David McCabe
Raised: $0.00
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David McCabe
Raised: $0.00
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David McCabe
Raised: $0.00
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Douglas Macaulay
Raised: $0.00
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Elizabeth McHugh
Raised: $0.00
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Gabrielle Lesage
Raised: $0.00
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Harrison Da Costa
Raised: $0.00
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Helen Hulme
Raised: $0.00
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Holly McCabe
Raised: $0.00
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James Obi
Raised: $0.00
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Janice Tughan
Raised: $0.00
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John Macdonald
Raised: $0.00
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Julia Fernandez Gutierrez
Raised: $0.00
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Karen Burns
Raised: $0.00
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Kim Gilbert
Raised: $0.00
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Lacey Bemister
Raised: $0.00
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Lesley Buck
Raised: $0.00
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Lianna Heydarynejad
Raised: $0.00
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Lindsay Green
Raised: $0.00
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Manuel Fernandez Gayosso
Raised: $0.00
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Manuel Fernandez Gayosso
Raised: $0.00
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Manuel Fernandez Gayosso
Raised: $0.00
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Manuel Fernandez Gayosso
Raised: $0.00
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Maria Cheinova
Raised: $0.00
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Marilyn Murphy
Raised: $0.00
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Marino Sani
Raised: $0.00
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Marion Kizas
Raised: $0.00
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Maximus Kokelj
Raised: $0.00
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Megan Saunders
Raised: $0.00
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Melissa Hewitt
Raised: $0.00
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Michael Giles
Raised: $0.00
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Michelle Stewart
Raised: $0.00
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Mike Pennell
Raised: $0.00
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Milos Obradovic
Raised: $0.00
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Nayla Hatem
Raised: $0.00
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Neil Wilson
Raised: $0.00
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Nikki Clarke
Raised: $0.00
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Pamela Ford
Raised: $0.00
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Patricia Teevens
Raised: $0.00
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Paul Corriveau
Raised: $0.00
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Pauline Kerr
Raised: $0.00
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Pauline Kerr
Raised: $0.00
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Pauline Kerr
Raised: $0.00
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Peter Green
Raised: $0.00
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Philip Tughan
Raised: $0.00
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Randi Jewer
Raised: $0.00
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Richard Coburn
Raised: $0.00
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Richard Coburn
Raised: $0.00
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Richard Coburn
Raised: $0.00
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Robyn Hardage
Raised: $0.00
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Ryane Aubut
Raised: $0.00
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Samantha Ridge
Raised: $0.00
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Sarah Ezzio
Raised: $0.00
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Sarah Gair
Raised: $0.00
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Sarina D'Angelo
Raised: $0.00
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Simon Davis
Raised: $0.00
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Sophie Macdonald
Raised: $0.00
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Stephanie Thomas
Raised: $0.00
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Svetlana Ulitsky
Raised: $0.00
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Tiffany Sparling
Raised: $0.00
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Travis Teevens
Raised: $0.00
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Vera Kochermin
Raised: $0.00
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Will Dobson
Raised: $0.00
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Alexandra McCabe
Raised: $0.00
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David McCabe
Raised: $0.00
Recent donors
Donation date | Donor name | Donation amount |
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Jun 03 | Guinness McGregor | $108.76 |
May 27 | Anonymous | Undisclosed amount |
May 26 | Michael Hartwick | $100.00 |
May 26 | Pamela Cameron | $100.00 |
May 26 | Pamela Cameron | $250.00 |
May 26 | Michael Hartwick | $269.78 |
May 26 | Anonymous | $108.76 |
May 26 | Dom Lopes | $55.09 |
May 25 | Mike McMahon | $100.00 |
May 25 | Renee Gowing | $55.09 |