{"id":26474,"date":"2020-05-07T17:57:30","date_gmt":"2020-05-07T21:57:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.newspapers-online.com\/auroran\/?p=26474"},"modified":"2020-05-14T18:31:22","modified_gmt":"2020-05-14T22:31:22","slug":"southlake-run-goes-virtual-with-sl5ktogetherapart","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newspapers-online.com\/auroran\/southlake-run-goes-virtual-with-sl5ktogetherapart\/","title":{"rendered":"Southlake Run goes virtual with #SL5KTogetherApart"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

This is the time of year where images of runners, joggers\nand walkers participating in the Nature\u2019s Emporium Run for Southlake grace\nthese pages, along with good news of thousands upon thousands of dollars raised\nto purchase vital equipment for our local hospital.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

While we don\u2019t yet know when the 2020 event, originally\nslated for April 26, will be rescheduled, participants are in the spotlight\nonline.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Last week, marking the Run\u2019s original date, the Southlake\nFoundation launched the #SL5KTogetherApart challenge, a creative way to bring\nparticipants together virtually to celebrate their support and fundraising\nefforts for the cause.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Participants already registered for the run were\nencouraged to engage in an activity of their choice \u2013 whether an at-home\nworkout or a 5K jog around the neighbourhood \u2013 and share their efforts online\nwith the hashtag.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

As images and videos rolled in, the Southlake Foundation\ncheered them on and each participant was entered into a draw to win one of five\n$50 gift cards for title sponsor Nature\u2019s Emporium.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cWe didn\u2019t want to let the day pass without acknowledging\nthe incredible support of our participants so far this year,\u201d said Susan\nMullin, President & CEO of the Southlake Foundation on the launch. \u201cOur\ncommunities have always been by our side, but particularly during this\npandemic. We want them to know that it is not only deeply appreciated, but that\nwe\u2019re all in this together.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Following the launch of the #SL5KTogetherApart campaign,\nMs. Mullin shares that in the days since the launch of Southlake\u2019s COVID-19\nAction fund, the community has raised close to $2 million in monetary and\nin-kind donations. More than 1,100 individual donors have stepped up to the\nplate with nearly 450 individuals donating to Southlake for the very first\ntime.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cWhen we talk about fundraising, it is about building\nrelationships with people and I think the COVID crisis has really made clear to\npeople the importance of hospitals and making sure your local hospital has what\nit needs \u2013 not just in the good times, but in the challenging times we\u2019re in\nnow,\u201d Ms. Mullin tells us. \u201cKnowing there are 435 people who, perhaps, hadn\u2019t\nthought of giving to us before is a pretty special message and I am pretty\nexcited about that.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In addition to monetary donations, valued and appreciated\ndonations include the donations of masks and meals for frontline staff, and\neven lotion to help soothe the hands of doctors and nurses who are now washing\nand sanitizing their hands hundreds of times per day.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The need is still there for all of these items, but the\nSouthlake Foundation, in particular, is looking for people to donate Level 3\nand Level 4 gowns to keep the Southlake community safe during this time of\ncrisis.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cFor us, having flexible dollars for the COVID-19 Action\nFund is helpful because we are doing things as they come up and it is\neverything from supporting tea and coffee for our staff during this time as a\nway to give back to purchasing ventilators,\u201d says Ms. Mullin. \u201cKnowing we have\nflexible dollars is always the top priority but if people are thinking about\nsome of the personal protective equipment, there has been lots and lots of talk\nabout the need for masks. We\u2019re in pretty good shape these days on masks, but\nwe are really looking for gowns, specific reusable gowns, that we can deploy.\nThat is actually where we are running low at our hospital right now; the\nhospital is doing everything it can to get some from the government, but, until\nthey are in our hands, we don\u2019t have them.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

At press time, more than 600 people had registered for\nthe Southlake Run. Until it is re-scheduled, Ms. Mullin reminds registrants\nthey can continue to reach out to their friends and family to support their\nfundraising efforts.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cOur focus right now has been on raising dollars for the\nCOVID response at the hospital,\u201d she says. \u201cThe reality is when we will come\nout of COVID and our needs will continue in the other areas of the hospital\nthat do continue to need our support, whether that is our operating rooms\u2026we\nhave folks whose surgeries have been deferred. We want to make sure the\nequipment in the operating rooms is as current as possible so there is no\ndowntime when we do get back up and running and we have old equipment that\nneeds to be replaced. The Run, for us is, really an important message about the\nother things that are ongoing needs at the hospital.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

For more information about the Run, visit runforsouthlake.ca. For an up to date list of material needs faced by Southlake and ways you can help, visit southlake.ca\/foundation.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

By Brock Weir <\/strong><\/p>\n\r\n\"Facebook\"<\/a>\"twitter\"<\/a>\"mail\"<\/a>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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