This is the FIFTH year Team Rendezvous III will be participating in the Gaetane Harvey Memorial Walk. 

Our walk will be on Saturday, September 21st and Sunday, September 22nd, 2024 and we will be walking 53 kms over two days. Our team name is "Rendezvous III" (after the Mom & Rick's boat of course!) We started this walk five years ago as family in honour of my Mom, Sue Howard. This event felt so "right" for our family and my Mom. It feels meant to be for me & my family and here's why:

• This walk was created to honour the loss of Gaetane Harvey who battled cancer. A 53K walk, 1K for each year she walked this Earth. My mother Sue Howard was also 53 years when she lost her very short battle with lung cancer in the month of September 2016. Same disease + same age + a walk happening during the month we lost my Mom, September.

• In addition to losing my mother, I also lost my father to cancer when we was only 33 years old. In 2022 I officially outlived my father. That sure is a hard pill to swallow. It is very hard to articulate my feelings on his lost battle to cancer knowing I have surpassed his age. I was only 8 years old when he had lost his battle to pancreatic cancer. I naively felt that 33 years old, although earlier than most adults live obviously, it felt like he was alive a good chunk of time. He had lived a good chunk of life. As a now 35 year old myself, I realize just HOW MUCH of life he didn't get to experience and have such a different perspective of just how much he missed out on with his young children.

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All funds raised from this walk will go directly to
• Supporting cancer care in various departments at BGH (ex: Diagnostic Imaging, OR/Surgical, Pharmacy, Lab)
• The Dr. Douglas A. MacIntosh Oncology Clinic at Belleville General Hospital

This September will be 9 years since my Mom lost her battled to cancer. I would be thrilled if our team could raise $5,300. $100 for every year of her life.

To make a donation online, visit the attached link below to donate. You can always make donations with cheques payable to:

Belleville General Hospital Foundation

265 Dundas St E

Belleville, ON

K8N 5A9 

613-969-7400 Ex. 2061

By making a donation you are helping those who continue their fight, those who have survived and honouring loved ones who have passed.