HURRICANE LIGHT THE NIGHT FUNDRAISING CHALLENGE

My name is Cole Myers. I am the brother of coach Grace and Callum and have swam with the Hurricanes for approximately 10 years. I had to stop competing in summer swimming two years ago when I was diagnosed with Hodgkin’s Lymphoma, and unfortunately couldn’t swim last summer because of a relapse. After my first diagnosis, Michelle Raiche-Marsden introduced me to the Lymphoma and Leukaemia Light The Night walk in Halifax, a fundraising event to raise money for blood cancer research in Canada. I decided to register and ended up leading a team, Team Hurricanes, which raised over $13,000 for the event. Last year I created an annual online auction, called Bid to Beat Blood Cancer, to continue my fundraising efforts. With the help of the Hurricanes, we raised over $35,000 for the 2018 Light the Night walk, far surpassing our $15,000 goal!

This year, the Hurricanes have agreed to support my fundraising efforts by having a Light The Night fundraising challenge over the next two weeks. The coaches will divide the athletes into 4-5 fundraising groups, and all team members will be given sponsorship sheets so that they can collect donations from friends, family, and door-to-door. There will be a reward for the team that raises the most by the end of the two weeks, as well as a few individual awards at the banqet for the top fundraisers.

I will be meeting with all athletes on Monday July 22 during land training to kick off the fundraising challenge and hand out sponsor sheets. Any athlete who raises over $100 will receive a lantern at the annual Light The Night Walk in October if they choose to register for the event. If you would like me to register you and/or your athlete as part of our team for the walk please send me your email address to cole@bidtobeatbloodcancer.org and the names of those you would like to have registered (the more the merrier!). Also, any individual donating $25 or more will receive a tax receipt from the Lymphoma & Leukemia Society of Canada. If you have any questions, please feel free to direct them to either myself or coach Grace. 

If you would like to read more about Bid to Beat Blood Cancer and what we are raising money for, you can do so at https://bidtobeatbloodcancer.org.

Pledge Form

Register here:  https://www.lightthenight.ca/walk-locations/atlantic/halifax/