Mary
Guy, Support Group Leader for the Sudbury Chapter of the International
Dystonia Association, couldn’t be more pleased with the tremendous
support her association has received from the people of Valley East and
Capreol who turn out each year for the Dystonia Walk-and-Wheel event.
The 4th Annual Dystonia Walk ‘n Wheel was held on Sunday, June 10 with
over 50 participants raising $4300 for research. This brings the total
raised in the four years to over $21,000, maintaining the Sudbury
Chapter as the leader in the entire province for fund-raising through
the Walk ‘n Wheel event.
In
the photo above, Mary is shown on the right with assistants, Angele
Forest in the middle and Suzanne Leroux on the left.
All
of the money raised will be used for dystonia medical research.
Dystonia
is a neurological disorder of the muscles for which there is no known
cause or cure. The only hope for people afflicted with this disease is
that researchers will make a break-through and come up with a way of
battling this ailment. And the only way researchers will be able to do
this is through the fund-raising efforts of the 110 local Chapters
throughout North America.
If
you are interested in obtaining further information about the
association, you can contact Mary Guy at 673-1101 during the day and
524-0606 in the evening.
Mary
wished to extend her gratitude to Shelley Martel for taking part in the
walk. Shelley has been a strong supporter of this cause and hasn’t
missed a walk in the four years.
Door
prizes were drawn at the end of the walk with the following winners
being declared:
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Adam
Guy: gift certificate for 2 rounds of golf at Clearview Golf Club;
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Lucille
Laurin: an electric flosser from Plaza 69 Pharmacy;
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Corry
Cooper: a calendar organizer from Business Depot (Notre Dame);
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Allison
Guy: sunflower cologne from John Ellis IDA;
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Yves
Forest: a clock from an anonymous donor;
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Marcel
Rainville: a screwdriver from an anonymous donor;
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Randy
Despatie, Carole Despatie and Sarah Bowes all received disposable
cameras from Wal Mart;
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Fleurette
Gallien received a gift certificate from Wine Not;
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Brenda
Morris, Sue Leroux and Fern Cote each received a case of pop from
Moncions;
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Richard
Guy received a handyman bag from the Air Force;
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Mathew
Latendre, Anne Treling and Michael Despatie each received a frisbie
and waterbottle from the Air Force;
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Mary
Bess Guy received a $20 gift certificate from Smith’s Markets; and
Len Shymkiw received 100 bags of tea from Paris Natural Foods.
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The
following businesses each donated food and other things to the
organizers: Moncions, Loebs, Culligan Water, Food Basics, Lagrandeur
Meat Market, Tim Horton’s, Loeb Brady, Elm Street Independent Grocer
and Val Caron Rental.
Congratulations
and thanks go out to all of the participants for working so hard to
raise valuable money for Dystonia research. A special thank you goes out
to Valley East’s Dwayne Backer who raised a total of $846.75 himself.
Appreciation was also extended to Darrell Hillier and Tiffany Hawes of
the St. John Ambulance for being in attendance.
