Help Tanya raise money

Hello friends! This page contains running, feelings, and a donation button.

I’ll be running the 5km to support some amazing organizations in Brantford and to celebrate 🥳 being 7+ years smoke‑free after 22 years of cigarettes and at LEAST 17 failed quitting attempts. 

Starting to run right after my last quit attempt brutally showed me what smoking took from me. When I first ran in 2019, I managed six minutes before meeting a bush in a very personal (barfy) way. But running very quickly became the thing I didn't want to give up by smoking again. 

As if donating weren’t already the obvious choice, I also get to say that my employer is part of this event and is sponsoring my registration. Honestly, employer‑supported personal growth feels like a plot point from an inspirational sports movie, and I love that for me. GO TEAM SOAR 💙

So, if you’d like to support some great organizations, celebrate employer-led community engagement, and reward a human who replaced cigarettes with running shoes, consider donating whatever you can. Any contribution is amazing and I promise to think of you fondly sometime around kilometre three.

Thank you for cheering me on, even if in silence and from afar, and being part of a proud chapter of my life 💛