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Find 52: Robin's Runners

Age is no barrier. It’s a limitation you put on your mind.
JACKIE JOYNER-KERSEE
Olympian

A word after a word after a word is power.
MARGARET ATWOOD
Author

I am part of the Guelph running community, and when not out running the roads and trails around Guelph, I teach English at Centennial Collegiate and help coach the cross country and track teams. I could not say which is more vital to me – reading or running – which is why I am supporting the OneWorld Schoolhouse Foundation. Through my own running I have learned that with passion and hard work the seemingly impossible becomes possible. As a result of careful training and wonderful coaching, I have run my fastest times in the 5 km, 10 km, half marathon and marathon since turning 50. 

My Goals

My running goals are to dip below 3:07 at the Buffalo marathon this May, and then to join Richard in his multi-marathon run around St. Lucia this summer. My fundraising goal is $2,500; I am encouraging 52 people who appreciate the joy of reading and/​or running to donate what they can – all of which will go directly towards enriching the lives of the youth of St. Lucia by providing them with books and the chance to celebrate their reading. Please consider making a donation, for which you will receive a tax receipt.

Read more about Pass the Baton at my school in Guelph.

In 2017, every grade at CCVI got involved in fundraising. Canadian Olympic Marathoner Eric Gillis joined students on our track. I even got a pic with Eric!
Here are the full details in pictures from the day.

2017 Supporters

RESULTS: Thanks to the following people who helped me raise $2,246.
Michelle Brady; George Todd, twice; Sarah Todd; Anonymous; Tara Beardmore; Joan Todd; Kelly Rupoli; Phyllis MacLeod; Nancy MacDonald; Anonymous; Anonymous; Tanya Porcellato; Richard Donkersgoed; Cathy Milton; Ann Middleton; Mary Ann Burrows; Anonymous; Linda Fidnick; Julie Hubbard; The teachers of Centennial CVI; Robert McRae; James Cako

2018 Supporters

UPDATED: Tuesday, July 10, 2018
Joan and George Todd; Nancy MacDonald; Gerry Hinds; Anonymous (2); Allison Garrett; Anonymous; Kelly Rupoli; Kelly Kempel; Phyllis MacLeod; Dorothy Robbins; Holly Long; Art Kilgour; Christina Clark; Kieran Duby; Isaac Wismer; Michelle Kanter; Roberta Porter; Karen and Paul Wismer; Anne Shute; Brian Todd; Tim Uuksulainen; Jennie Manzo; Tara Beardmore; Robert McRae; Geri Higginson; Sarah Todd: Jason Walker; Leighton Milne; Mary Yanchus; Kathy Kaiser; Halle Milne; Lisa Johnson; Linda Fidnick; Tya Milne; Jane Steckle; James Cako; Ann Middleton; Michele Preyde

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2018

Find 52: Robin's Runners

$3,594

raised of $2,500 goal

Campaign concluded on Tue, July 31 2018

144

% raised
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Finding the way for Fundraising
Olympian Jake Holden and Richard Clewes survey the route for Find 52 in January 2016. The duo were joined by St. Lucian Olympic athletes and members of the Royal St. Lucia Police Force.

A road is a song, a poem, a movie, an adventure. It's hope and optimism, and inquisitiveness.

A. A. GILL
The Angry Isle
Find 52 started in Grenada
52 miles gets you right around this small, beautiful island. Companions on the second day included: Philip Clift from Petite Anse Hotel, an enthusiastic young boy and one very fit dog named "Dodgy".

The world is a book and those who do not travel read only a page.

ST. AUGUSTINE
Fundraising is an Uphill Battle
In January 2015, I ran 52 miles in Grenada. Let me dismiss athletic motives; it so happens 52 miles gets you all the way around the island. I did it for money – $40,000 – all of which went to OneWorld Schoolhouse. CTV National news ran the story on May 25, 2015 and so began Find 52.

All men should strive to learn before they die what they are running from, and to, and why.

James Thurber
International Literacy Day 2016
Soufrière Primary ran a relay on September 8, 2016 to celebrate reading. The event was filmed as part of the "run-up" to our first Find 52 Thousand campaign in 2017. Over 1,000 students from grade 3-12 ran 1 mile segments right around St. Lucia.

Logic will get you from A to B. Imagination will take you everywhere.

Albert Einstein
(1879-1955)