12,000 Run for the Cure
Published: October 3, 2004
People ran, they walked, and some may even have felt like crawling by the end, but 12,000 participants crossed the finish line at the CIBC Run for the Cure Sunday.
The annual run raised $1.3 million for breast cancer research, treatment and awareness, exceeding last year’s record-breaking total of $1.1 million.
Alicia Lozynsky had a special reason for running. Her shirt proudly displayed her message with “I’m running for . . . my mommy,” scrawled on the front.Lozynsky’s mother, Joanne, will undergo her third round of chemotherapy today.
The brave mother, who has lost her hair during her battle with the disease, ran side by side with her daughter for five kilometres in the event.
“Something like (breast cancer) can make you feel so alone,” Joanne Lozynksy said after completing the run.
“But events like this show you that you’re really not. It’s fabulous to see so many people here.”
Wearing florescent pink fish-net tights and bright pink wigs, teachers from St. Patrick Burns Junior High School brought 150 students to run.
They raised a total of $18,492 combined by hosting dances, selling pink soda pop and holding a school-wide pink nail polish day.
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