I am participating in our 24 hour cyclathon to fundraise for and support our Tour de Rock for which local police agencies and emergency service personnel will ride 1200km from one end of the Island to the other - all to support local children and families living with cancer and beyond. 

Our school community is being deeply affected by cancer this year, one of our Gr. 12 students was diagnosed with Acute Myloid Leukemia, and only a few days later, one of our Gr. 7 students got the diagnosis of Langerhan's Cell Histiocytosis, another form of aggressive cancer. 

 We are devasted at this news, but we are determined to come together as a community to show these students how much we care, how important they are to us, but we can't do it alone, so I am reaching out to our wider community support network.

The money raised from this event will support the Canadian Cancer Society in fueling new pediatric cancer research discoveries and sending 600 kids each year to Camp Goodtimes, a medically-supervised recreation experience for children and teens affected by cancer and their families.  

 One child with cancer is one child too many. Two in such a small school is a tragedy which we will be reckoning with for years to come, hopefully as a community we can show the kids how much we care, and support them in their fights. Nothing big gets solved by one person or one organization. To take on cancer, it takes every one of us. It takes a community.

Thanks for your support!