Rolly's Rollers now on Facebook

Rolly's Rollers is now on Facebook! Come support our Terry Fox Run team.

In the coming months we will have team-branded items for purchase with proceeds going to our Terry Fox Run team's fundraising goal.

Thank you to everyone who supported us in 2011!

McGill Dances for Cancer Research

From my friend's FB page:

"For every click, McGill's Goodman Cancer Research Centre gets a donation. So let's make this viral. Everyone likes to watch senior scientists dance, no? :)"

A very close friend of mine works at McGill's Goodman Cancer Research Centre and I tell him all the time how proud I am of him for doing the work that he does. 

Please watch the video in its entirety, you'll be rewarded with some great bloopers at the end.

The 12 Days of Christmas Food Drive

I have some great neighbours in my work building

Acart Communications, an amazing social issues marketing company, runs these campaigns in our little six floor building (also called the Acart Building). Earlier in the year, they did a breakfast for the Canadian Breast Cancer Network’s Breaks for Breast Cancer selling baked goods and a sweet as can be recipe book.

This holiday season they're running The 12 Days of Christmas Food Drive for the Ottawa Food Bank.

In another lifetime, my family had to make use of a food bank on a few occasions. At Christmas, it was particularly difficult because that was when need was at its greatest in our city. No one knew our family used the food bank and I never knew if anyone else's family did either. The same principle applies today - you just don't know who will find themselves in need.

If you have anything you'd like to give (children's items such as diapers are in great need) but don't think you'll have time to get down to the Ottawa Food Bank in time, send me an email at sara.oglestone (at) gmail.com and we can coordinate a pick up/drop off.

We did it!!

Yesterday was the Terry Fox Run and despite only 4 hours of sleep I was able to run a little over 3km which is less than than the 5km I had expected to run. I'm pleased with my run though considering my training faltered in August and September.

Our group walked the 7km route (my 3km is in there).

I put together our t-shirts with iron-on transfers. Here's the front:
And the back:

Both myself and our team reached our fundraising goals! Here's my topped off goal gauge.

Our team raised almost $400 in as little as 3 weeks so next year I think we're going to double our goal.

It was a great first experience for us and we look forward to next year's event. I woke up this morning with an extra spring in my step and I liked it.

Terry Fox Run - A quarter of the way there

My sister and a couple of our friends have created a Terry Fox Run team, Rolly's Rollers, in honour of our great-uncle Rolly who passed last weekend.

I've revised my goal to reflect the Team's goal of $250.

Right now Rolly's Rollers are a quarter of the way to our goal with $65 collected.

Please help us help others in their battle.

Terry Fox Run - September 19, 2010

It's been a while since I posted but real life sometimes takes a front seat. For the last six months, Cancer seems to be around every corner. My best friend's aunt, my great-uncle, my boss' aunt just lost her battle and my co-worker has beaten his life expectancy by 2 years but still deals with the disease every day.

While planning weddings, baby showers and photo shoots, I've decided to help raise money for an organization that helps so many people I know.

This year I'm running in the Terry Fox Run and hope to raise $250 for the Terry Fox Foundation.

While my fundraising goal may be modest my intentions are sincere and my personal goal of running again is a big one.

You can help support me by making a secure online donation using your credit card.

Click on the link below: http://my.e2rm.com/personalPage.aspx?SID=2651239

For more information on how you can participate in The Terry Fox Run, please visit www.terryfox.org. Thanks for your support!

Thanks for your support!

A cause worth noting

Since 2004, there has been a decline in bee colony health across North America and Europe. As we all remember from grade school science class, bees are an important part of the agricultural cycle. No bees to pollinate vegetables, fruits and other plants means no food, clothing and other products derived from plant fibres for us.

For more information:

David Suzuki - If the bees disappear, we'll all be stung

HelptheHoneyBees.com

cbc.com - Parasite behind European honeybee colony collapse, researchers say