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Brian Morton (Vancouver Sun)<\/p>\n
Published January 29, 2017<\/p>\n
For 23-year-old White Rock resident Rachel Klinosky, the decision to sign up for the 2017 Vancouver Sun Run was extremely personal.<\/p>\n
\u201cWhen I was 16, my best friend\u2019s dad died of cancer,\u201d said Klinosky, who signed up for her first Sun Run this year and hopes to raise $500 for the B.C. Cancer Foundation.<\/p>\n
\u201cI was around for that. I had an aunt die of cancer. My step-mom had brain cancer, but has been in remission for over 10 years. My sister-in-law\u2019s mom died of cancer. So cancer has really touched me,\u201d said Klinosky.<\/p>\n
\u201cAnd my friend did a 10K last year in New Zealand to raise money for cancer. That\u2019s what prompted me to fundraise (with the 33rd annual Sun Run).\u201d<\/p>\n
Klinosky, who works in the local movie industry booking extras for films, added: \u201cI was in a car accident last year and broke my arm. I went to physiotherapy and met an 86-year-woman who walks the Sun Run every year. I thought \u2018if she can do it, then I can do it.\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n
Klinosky is not alone in deciding to use the Vancouver Sun Run as a vehicle to raise money for the BCCF, because the community event isn\u2019t just about running. Or walking. It\u2019s also about raising funds for several local groups through the Sun Run\u2019s Charity Program, by giving registrants the opportunity to raise money\u00a0or donate to local Charity Partners through the pledging program.<\/p>\n
Since 2014 Sun Run participants have raised more than $99,000 for their Charity Partners. This year there are six Charity Partners: B.C. Children\u2019s Hospital Foundation, B.C. SPCA, Heart and Stroke Foundation, Ronald McDonald House B.C. and Yukon, B.C. Cancer Foundation and WE Charity.<\/p>\n
Since 1985, the Sun Run has donated more than $2.5 million in proceeds for important causes.<\/p>\n
As well, $25,000 is donated annually to The Vancouver Sun Raise-a-Reader campaign and $50,000 is given in support of B.C.\u2019s amateur athletes via the Achilles Track Society and The Vancouver Sun International Jerome Track Classic.<\/p>\n
Steven Rayson, manager of community events for the BCCF, said this is the second year they\u2019re raising money through the Sun Run.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt worked out great last year,\u201d said Rayson. \u201cWe had 60 participants who chose us as their charity of choice and they raised just over $17,000 for the foundation. We hope it will be the same or higher this year.\u201d<\/p>\n