Snow Road Snowmobile Club Relay for Life fundraiser

Apr 20, 2016

On April 16, committee members of the Canadian Cancer Society of Lanark, Leeds and Grenville and the Smiths Falls Relay for Life event were thrilled to receive a cheque from Ruth Wark, president of the Snow Road Snowmobile Club.

Wark, along with her dedicated crew of volunteers, held a charity pancake breakfast at the club. Over 150 diners turned out for the event and by 11am, over $1,000 was raised.

Wark made the cheque presentation to Julie Brady and Norene Allan, both committee members of the Relay for Life in Smiths Falls, which is just one of four Relay events this year in Lanark, Leeds and Grenville.

Allan and Brady thanked Wark and her team and said they were grateful for the club's ongoing support. “We have been coming here for a number of years and are really appreciative for the support of the club and the local community; we do our best to see that the proceeds come back to support the local community in the form of transportation services, cancer research and more,” Allan said.

The charity breakfast, which has taken place annually at the club for the last seven or eight years, is just one of three charities that the club supports through their breakfast fundraisers.

The first took place on April 2 and raised $1640 in support of the Alzheimer's Society. The club's final charity breakfast will be in support of melanoma and will take place on Sat. April 30 from 8-11am.

“All three causes are very important to us,” Wark said, “and we are happy to be able to get people out from the local community to support them.”