In Memory of Jan McLellan

After fighting valiantly with breast cancer, on December 9th Jan passed away peacefully. Her courage and strength were inspirational.

If you have a memory about Jan that you would like to share, please feel free to leave a comment at the end of this post.

We are doing the Weekend to End Breast Cancer in memory of Jan, in the hopes of finding a cure.

To sponsor Natalie CLICK HERE

To sponsor Geoff CLICK HERE

Weekend to End Breast Cancer 2006

We made it all 60 km and managed to raise a total of $6075! So thank you everyone for your support and your donations!
5300 people showed up to walk in Toronto and all together raised $17.2 million dollars, a Canadian record!
We had an amazing time through the weekend and we already signed up to come back next year, with the goal to get $12000!

Here are the pictures that we took along our way:

The opening ceremonies

Starting out on the walk

The end of the first day at the tent city where we stayed over night - 26 km to go!

The first night, where after walking 34 km we got on our feet again to dance

Some of the "Boobs on bikes", motorcycles that drove around the route honking to encourage the walkers

Getting coffee and breakfast on the second morning - its freezing!

The bagpipers who saw us off on the second morning

Pictures from the pit stops along the way, where you could get water, snacks, medical help and take bathroom breaks

Stopping for lunch in a park - 10 km to go!

Victory beer at the Beer Gardens for Cancer Walkers - 5 km to go!

After we crossed the finish line and got our victory shirts - 0 km to go!

Heading into the closing ceremonies

I'm sorry that these next pictures are so dark, but these are the closing ceremonies. These two are of the flag entering which was signed by all of the walkers and volunteers.

Most of the walkers were given a blue victory shirt but those walkers who were cancer survivors were given pink shirts. In an emotional part of the ceremonies all of the suvivors walked in.

Thank you again to everyone!

The Weekend to End Breast Cancer

The Weekend to End Breast Cancer is a 60km walk around Toronto over the weekend of September 8th. The money raised goes to breast cancer research at Princess Margaret Hospital.

One in nine women will be diagnosed with breast cancer in their lifetime. In the next year an approximated 21 800 Canadian women will be diagnosed with breast cancer and about 5 300 will die from the disease.

This is our first year participating in the Weekend to End Breast Cancer. We are walking in honour of Jan McLellan, Geoff's mother and Natalie's future mother-in-law, who was diagnosed with cancer about 4 years ago. Right now she is at Peel Memorial Hospital, still fighting.

We have each set our fundraising goals at $3000 each. Every donation helps and there is no donation too small!



If you would like to help you can sponsor Geoff online:
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or sponsor Natalie online:
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Thank you everyone for your support!