Address by Shari Dodsworth Co-Chair WICC – Relay for Life Committee
A huge thank you to the 742 participants who, in partnership with WICC, participated in Relay for Life events across Ontario, to raise funds that directly go to Cancer Research.
This is our 11th year partnering with the Canadian Cancer Society at this event and this year we raised an incredible $425,000, raising just over $4.1M over the past 11 years – a significant accomplishment by our Insurance community.
Insurance teams participated in events across Ontario and at our signature event held in Toronto on the evening of June 14th. The event ran from 6pm to 11pm at our new downtown Toronto venue, Sherbourne Common – a beautiful park at the bottom of Sherbourne street that has a track overlooking both Toronto Island and the Toronto city landscape.
The Toronto event moved from Dowsview Park to Sherbourne Common this year to provide a more intimate and convenient venue to the Insurance community. 103 teams came out to participate from 47 companies across our industry. To see the insurance community rally together at this event is very meaningful. The new venue supported a vibrant tent city where each company had their site spot to rest and relax while not on the track relaying.
The Canadian Cancer Society’s Relay for Life event is a powerful fundraiser to raise funds in the fight against cancer and it also provides an opportunity for our Insurance community to come together to celebrate and honor our survivors and to remember those we have lost.
Thank you to the Canadian Cancer Society, to all the volunteers and to the Toronto Relay Committee who work tirelessly to make this event a huge success. Also, a special thank you to the WICC Relay Committee, Paul Martin (RRJ), Carrie Brown (Intact), Christina Martin (KRG), Mona Kroluk (Hub), Julio Daconceicao (Crawford), Sarah Campoli (CAA) , Amanda Martin (Northbridge), Denise Mackinnon (IBC), Carly Shur (CCS), Anika Austrie (CCS), for their relentless energy to support and promote this event within our Insurance Community.
We would also like to acknowledge and thank our Sponsors: Sonnet Insurance, Echelon Insurance, Trisura Guarantee, Intact, RSA, Lloyds Canada, Burns & Wilcox, CAA, Chubb Insurance, Ecclesiastical, Gallagher, JDIMI/Navacord, Lawyers Professional Indemnity, SUM Insurance, Unica, Beard Winter, IBC, Northbridge, Markel, Bryson Insurance, Enterprise- ERAC Canada Foundation, CNA, Magnes and DAS.
We’re excited for next year and are beginning to work now to prepare for our 12th annual event in 2020. We look forward to seeing even more insurance participants attend. For more information on WICC’s Relay for Life events please contact Carrie Brown at wiccrelay@ccscloud.org.
Shari Dodsworth (Northbridge)
Co-Chair WICC – Relay for Life Committee