THE MAY
1, 2010 WALK ROUTE 50
WAS A SUCCESS AND OVER $20,000 WAS RAISED :)
THANKS!
to everyone who came out and walked, and to all the volunteers and
donors
who helped make this event a success.
I serve
as a board member for Haldimand &
Norfolk Women's
Services, and am actively involved in a
number
of its projects. Of particular interest to me is Women's Services
involvement
with Roots
of Empathy, an internationally recognized program developed by Mary Gordon that strives
to build
caring,
peaceful, and civil societies through the development of empathy in
children. www.rootsofempathy.org
Saturday, April 4, 2009, on my 50th birthday, I
hosted the first Route 50 Walk to Grow a
Caring Community at the Todd Eaton Memorial Track at Port Dover Composite School and our
5 km. walk ended at the beach. Callahan’s
Beach House provided a
wonderful luncheon to the walkers, and entertainment was
provided
by Gerry Hamill of CD98.9. With the help
and generosity of caring people and businesses in our community and
beyond, we
raised over $20,000 for the
Roots of Empathy program at Haldimand and
Norfolk
Women’s Services. A special thank you to
Jane Scheel who helped turn my dream of a Peace Walk into a reality.
(What the 50 behind Route 50 stands for - 50 champions 50
and over walking 5.0 km for $50,000 - although the 50 people are the
fundraising force behind the walk, anyone can join in. There were
about 100 people who walked with me on April the 4th, from mom's and
dad's with their children to grandparents in their 70's and 80's.
On May 1, 2010 the
'torch' was passed to MPP
Dave Levac of Brantford who started off the 2010 Route 50 Walk at Assumption College in Brantford. I
was
excited to participate in the walk this year and feel as
passionately for this program at 51 as I did last year at
50! Together we
continue to grow
a caring community. Over $40,000 has been
raised to date. Let's keep it growing! Find out how you can
participate in the 2011 Walk. Please email me at
cbenko50@gmail.com
Funds
raised will support new instructor training and program growth.
To donate to the Roots
of Empathy program at:
Haldimand and Norfolk
Women's Services, call 519-426-8048
Kids Can Fly,
call 519-448-1713
www.hnws.on.ca
www.kidscanfly.com
Peace
Cindy
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