{"id":17179,"date":"2017-05-03T15:36:50","date_gmt":"2017-05-03T19:36:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.newspapers-online.com\/auroran\/?p=17179"},"modified":"2017-05-03T15:36:50","modified_gmt":"2017-05-03T19:36:50","slug":"run-or-walk-for-southlake-surpasses-lofty-goal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newspapers-online.com\/auroran\/run-or-walk-for-southlake-surpasses-lofty-goal\/","title":{"rendered":"Run or Walk for Southlake surpasses lofty goal"},"content":{"rendered":"

By Jake Courtepatte<\/strong><\/p>\n

Rain could not put a damper on the spirits of the over 1,300 people who ran in support of York Region\u2019s largest healthcare centre on Sunday morning.
\nThe annual Run or Walk for Southlake, now in its fifteenth year, went off without a hitch from Newmarket\u2019s Seniors\u2019 Meeting Place with participants following a five kilometre route along Davis Drive.
\nHeld in Newmarket for the first time, this path took runners and walkers alike under the iconic Southlake arch \u2013 a reminder of what, and who, they were there for.
\n\u201cWe know that seeing the hospital as they run or walk under the arch is symbolic for our participants,\u201d said Katherine Alyea, VP Philanthropy & Engagement at the hospital. \u201cAnd, for the first time, our staff and our patients had the chance to see their community rally together in support of our hospital.\u201d
\nThe Run or Walk for Southlake is the largest community fundraiser held annually by Southlake Foundation, raising vital funds to purchase new and replacement equipment across the hospital. Current equipment needs include anesthesia machines, operating room lights and hospital beds and mattresses, all critical elements to providing world-class care to Southlake\u2019s patients in York Region and the surrounding communities.
\nHaving flourished into the grand spectacle it is today since its beginnings in 2002, this year\u2019s goal of raising $150,000 was met and continues to grow.
\nDr. Dave Williams, CEO of Southlake, said the amount was \u201can astonishing undertaking,\u201d yet \u201cnot one that this community couldn\u2019t accomplish.\u201d
\n\u201cYork Region pours its heart into this event year after year, and I couldn\u2019t be more proud,\u201d said Williams. \u201cI hope that number continues to grow with every passing year.\u201d
\nThe Scotiabank GTA team were the top corporate fundraisers for the event, bringing in almost $13,000, while the Town of Newmarket won the Municipal Challenge with over $8,000 raised.
\nThe Community Friends and Family Challenge award went to the Spring Hill Spring Chicks and Jocks of King Township, who donned yellow raincoats and white fedoras while adding close to $6,000 to the total.
\nTeam Aurora, including Mayor Geoff Dawe and councilors Harold Kim and Jeff Thom, raised just over $4,000 for the cause.
\nOther notable Aurora contributors were the Aurora Panthers organization and the CFUW Aurora with just under $1,000 each, and the Aurora Soccer Club and the Optimist Club with close to $1,500 each.
\nTeam \u201cDamn Straight\u201d, aptly named for the catchphrase of Bob Hartwell of whom the original event was run for in 2002, brought in over $3,800 led by Aurora\u2019s Steve Hinder.
\nSince the inception of the Southlake Foundation in 1980, more than $100 million has been raised for the centre.
\nDonations can still be made at www.southlakefoundation.ca.<\/p>\n\"Facebook\"<\/a>\"twitter\"<\/a>\"mail\"<\/a>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Rain could not put a damper on the spirits of the over 1,300 people who ran in support of York Region\u2019s largest healthcare centre on Sunday morning.
\nThe annual Run or Walk for Southlake, now in its fifteenth year, went off without a hitch from Newmarket\u2019s Seniors\u2019 Meeting Place with participants following a five kilometre route along Davis Drive. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":17153,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[4,5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-17179","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-general_news","category-news"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/www.newspapers-online.com\/auroran\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/2017-05-04-07.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p3D2k4-4t5","publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-05-24 16:43:31","action":"change-status","newStatus":"draft","terms":[],"taxonomy":"category","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newspapers-online.com\/auroran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17179","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newspapers-online.com\/auroran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newspapers-online.com\/auroran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newspapers-online.com\/auroran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newspapers-online.com\/auroran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=17179"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newspapers-online.com\/auroran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17179\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newspapers-online.com\/auroran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/17153"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newspapers-online.com\/auroran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=17179"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newspapers-online.com\/auroran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=17179"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newspapers-online.com\/auroran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=17179"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}