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Vancouver Sun Run

Fundraising for a Lifesaving Surgical C-Arm for Jamaica

on March 21st, 2023 by The Afro News

Maryann Pyne of Surrey is preparing to walk 10km in mid-April’s Virtual Vancouver Sun Run –  to raise funds for a very special medical need. Volunteers with the Canadian Jamaican Medical Assistance Society (CJMAS) have launched a campaign to obtain and ship to Kingston Public Hospital, Jamaica a replacement for the now worn out surgical

Filed under: Around the Town, Canadian News, Events, Familly Matters, Health & Home Tagged as: Canadian Jamaican Medical Assistance Society, Vancouver Sun Run

Trio Walking and Running for Textbooks

on April 2nd, 2019 by The Afro News

Three lower mainland women will take part in the April 14th 10km Vancouver Sun Run to fund raise for textbooks and classroom equipment for poor, bright high school students in Kenya, East Africa, (where high school is not free). “Our goal is $1,200 to provide loan scientific calculators – needed in the last two years

Filed under: Around the Town, Events, Local News Tagged as: fund raise for textbooks, Vancouver Sun Run, volunteer-run educational charity

Walking For Students in Kenya, East Africa

on April 13th, 2018 by The Afro News

Crosstown Vancouver retiree Susan Peake will walk in the 10K Vancouver Sun Run April 22nd to raise funds for a stock of “loaner” scientific calculators for Kenyan secondary school students who receive support from KEEF, a B.C.-based educational charity (www.kenyaeducation.org). “High school is not free in Kenya” Susan reports “and required items, such as scientific

Filed under: Canadian News, Local News, The Bridge Tagged as: Vancouver retiree Susan Peake, Vancouver Sun Run, Walking For Students in Kenya

Six Feet For Secondary School Students

on March 18th, 2017 by The Afro News

Three volunteers are running and walking in the 2017 Vancouver Sun Run to raise funds for bright, very poor students in Kenya, E. Africa, where high school is not free. KEEF Board member and April 23rd walker, Susan Peake, says “We are helping KEEF (Kenya Education Endowment Fund) build scholarship funds by taking part in

Filed under: Canadian News, Education, Events Tagged as: Kenya Education Endowment Fund, Vancouver Sun Run
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