Welcome to The Edward I. Moses Walk/Run for Life official
website. The Walk/Run for Life's goal is to raise money through
pledges and the support of sponsors for the St. Lawrence County fight against cancer.
"This is a way to fight back at the disease that has claimed or
attacked you, a family member, or a friend." according to Warren Dyke
founder of the Walk/Run. All money
raised goes to area charities to help in fighting this
disease or for continued research
efforts. Charities benefiting from the Walk/Run effort include
Hospice of St. Lawrence Valley, Paul S. Warner Cancer Treatment
Center in Potsdam, Richard E. Winters Cancer Treatment Center
in Ogdensburg, Massena Memorial Cancer Treatment Center, St.
Lawrence County Health Initiative, The American Cancer
Society, Healthy Living Partnership of St. Lawrence County
and National Cancer Institute, North Country Mobile Mammography
Services, E.J. Noble Hospital in Gouverneur, GBWG Greater Governeur Cancer Fund. |
INDIVIDUAL
AWARDS: to all registered participants
$25
level
- Participation mementos (Goodie Bag - 1st 300 registrants
- Refreshments during event by various sponsors
$50
level
- Above awards plus commemorative shirt
$100
level
- Above awards plus a chance in the grand prize drawing
(one chance for each $100 raised) and 1/2 gallon ice cream from Stewart's Shops
$200
level
-Above awards plus $25 gift certificate from MVP sports in
Potsdam
$400
level or
$600 level
-A breakfast meal each week for one year at St. Lawrence County
Burger King Restaurants. Stretch to $600 and win a value meal
each week for a year
$500
level
-Receive a breakfast meal each week for a year at Burger
King and a 12 pack of Pepsi product each month for 6 months
$600
level
-Buy one grand buffet, get 2nd grand buffet free each month
for a year given by Potsdam Ponderosa
$1,000 level
-Additional half-gallon coupons for ice cream from Stewarts' Shops
Sunday April 30th was another record year for the 28th Annual
Edward I. Moses Walk/Run for
Life. A total of 364
participants raised over $71,613 for the St. Lawrence County
charities that are leading the battle
with the disease of cancer. Team Ryan participating to remember
the life and courage of Ryan
Saidel raised nearly $15,000 in his memory, and students from
Hermon-Dekalb raised over
$3500 in memory of former teacher Bonnie Hayden. Other school
groups present were from
Seaway area Tech, Canton Central, Potsdam Central, the Academy
at Ivy Ridge, and other
students from most communities in the county. The following
participants raised $1000 or more:
Robert Porter over $10,000, Charles Saidel-$4585, Jim, EJ, and
Samantha Curtis-$3019, Karen
Perry-$2500, Warren
Dyke-$2425, Nancy Lashbrooks-$2367, Jean Hayes-$2200,
Ed Mackey Jr.-$2083, Jodi Hopsicker-$1603, Sylvia Bell-$1556,
Mark Brackett- more than
$1000, Beulah Ritchie-$1005, Jim Moses-$1005, and Jane
Dyke-$1000.
Karen Perry, Bob Porter, Nancy Lashbrooks, Jodi Dingle, b Jim,
Ellis ‘EJ’, and Samantha Curtis
will receive the Terri Curtis award for having raised over
$10,000 in their years of participation.
The amount raised in this year’s event brings the total to over
$700,000 for the St. Lawrence
County fight against cancer. |
An awards dinner is held on Wednesday following the event:
Awards:
Top
Money Returner:
Douglas C. Hartson Sr. Award
Top Student Returner:
Roscoe Stowell Jr. Award
Top Kinney Drug employee fundraiser:
Shirley Kirk Award
Duane Garrow Memorial Award:
Top fundraiser 12 years old or younger
Top Kinney Store:
Taylor Cup
Top Group (non-school):
Richard E. Winter Award
Terri Curtis Award for all reaching $10,000 in total during
years of participation
Top School Group:
Ryan Saidel Award
Second Place School:
Bonnie Hayden Award
Group
Awards & Special Competition:
-Names of persons with dedication and memory amounts of $500
will be engraved on the Grace Dyke-Ware plaque to be displayed
annually and added on the website.
19 Grand
prizes
To qualify you will have one chance in the drawing for each
$100 raised during the event
- 27” Flat Screen Color TV SONY via Northern Music & video
- Digital camera—Kinney Drugs Foundation
- An Nivea products basket of goodies donated by Kinney
Drugs
- Three 15-month memberships to Maxcy Hall Fitness Club
- Two $100US Savings Bond-SeaComm Federal Credit Union
- Battery Booster-Advance Auto Parts Massena
-Youth All-Terrain Vehicle- LeBerge & Curtis John Deere Canton
- A Mary Compeau Art Print
- A Year subscription to a St. Lawrence County Newspaper of
your choice.
- Dinner for Two at Lobster House in Norwood with Limo Service
- handmade Quilt by Coralee Wallen
- $250 Gift Certificate at Canton Optical by Rob Saidel
- Husband and Wife will kit donated by Nash, Palm, and Lemay-Canton
- Avon basket donated by Erin Kennedy
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