Samantha Stevens

Hi Samantha,
 
Kelly has mentioned your name to me a few times in our training sessions on Saturday mornings.  It is great to finally get a chance to tell you about Sophie’s Run (www.sophiesrun.ca).  Sophie’s Run is an awareness campaign for Colorectal Cancer.  I lost my mom, Sophie Chuchmach, to this disease in September of 2006.  During my mom’s illness, I became her primary caregiver.  As a way to cope with my grief, I began to run.  Running became my release and today it plays an instrumental role in my healing process.  As I try to come to terms with the loss of my mom, I have made it my mission to spare other’s of the pain my family and I went through.  Colorectal cancer is the second leading cancer killer in our country and the numbers will continue to rise if awareness and education is not created.  For this event, I have partnered with the Colorectal Cancer Association of Canada.  On September 1, 2008, myself and the Sophie’s Run team (3 other runners) will leave Milton, ON and run to New York City over 8 weeks.  I am hoping that you may be interested in helping to raise awareness for Sophie’s Run and Colorectal Cancer.   
Thank you,
Nicole Chuchmach

What a lovely way to honor someone’s memory…quite the endeavour.  Good luck to you and your companions, Nicole.  We’ll be cheering for you!

Use ’sophiesrun’ for some extra JN points, and visit the site if you get a chance.

Thanks for stopping by. 
Samantha