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NEWS RELEASE — July 5, 2005
Team captained by Tsawwassen marathon runner crosses the finish line as one of the top fundraising teams for VGH & UBC Hospital Foundation
TSAWWASSEN, July 5, 2005 – Ron Dumouchelle, President & CEO of VGH & UBC Hospital Foundation led a team of 26 participants to the second top fundraising award at the 7th Annual Scotiabank Vancouver Half-Marathon & 5K, held on June 26, 2005 and earned a Sunday Jazz Brunch at The Sutton Place Hotel. "Ron's Runners" raised a total of $6,866 for a variety of programs and centres at the hospitals. $4,185 of the total raised will benefit UBC Hospital's Breast Reconstruction Program.
This year, more than 4,000 participants raised over $120,000 for VGH & UBC Hospital Foundation's Your Health—Your Choice program to support a variety of important programs and centres at the hospitals, including the Breast Reconstruction Program, the Spine Centre, the Eye Care Centre, the ALS Clinic, the Ovarian Cancer Research Program and the in it for life Fund, which funds top priority medical needs.
Ron, who has lived in Tsawwassen for 18 years, organized the team to raise funds in support of one of his colleagues, Dr. Patty Clugston, who died March 1, 2005 at the age of 46. A talented plastic surgeon, Dr. Clugston founded the Breast Reconstruction Program at UBC Hospital 10 years ago and dedicated her life to giving renewed hope to women with breast cancer. More than 1,000 breast cancer patients have benefited over the past decade from Dr. Clugston's pioneering approach that allows women who are undergoing a mastectomy to have a new breast reconstructed at the same time.
The Scotiabank Vancouver Half-Marathon & 5K is part of the prestigious Canada Running Series, and is also part of the Sun Run Series. For more information on the event, please visit www.canadarunningseries.com/svhm. For information on VGH & UBC Hospital Foundation, please call (604) 875-4676 or visit www.supportvgh.ca.
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For further information contact:
Jon Hicke, VGH & UBC Hospital Foundation (604) 875-5196 jon.hicke@supportvgh.ca
Jennifer Baxter, Scotiabank (604) 668-2008 jennifer.baxter@scotiabank.com