This event was started by Joe Runza in 2017, and to date has raised over $50,000 for the Oncology Department at Michael Garron Hospital in Toronto. The money goes to help support the patients and the exceptional team in the Cancer Care ward.
This year's skate-a-thon raised $ 22,230 and the cheque was presented on October 28th to the Michael Garron Hospital (MGH) at our Club's social gathering in the Beaches.
For those of you who couldn’t make it, we’ve ‘frozen’ this momentous event in time for you! On September 14th, 2021, Joe Runza and Jim Anastasiadis completed their 4th annual “Skate-a-thon to ‘Ice’ Cancer”.
This event was started by Joe Runza in 2017, and to date has raised over $50,000 for the Oncology Department at Michael Garron Hospital in Toronto. The money goes to help support the patients and the exceptional team in the Cancer Care ward. Due to pandemic restrictions this year, the group of spectators to cheer Joe & Jim on was smaller than usual; but to everyone’s delight, Joe & Jim did their laps in record time, getting 100 laps done in under the hour!
In attendance was Siobhan Flanagan-Dell of the Michael Garron Hospital, who spoke a bit about the impact that the support of this event from Toronto East Rotary Club (TERC) has in the lives of cancer patients.
This year's skate-a-thon raised $ 22,230 and the cheque was presented on October 28th to the Michael Garron Hospital (MGH) at our Club's social gathering in the Beaches, our very first in -person event since the start of the pandemic.
