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In the middle is 11 -year-old, Christopher From left to right, Christopher Pennington, his mother
Pennington, he led the Goderich Kidney Walk Cathy Pennington and holding one of the Kidney Walk
September 11 at the Goderich Beach & Boardwalk. shirts is the Huron -Bruce MPP Lisa Thompson.
The Mayor of Goderich, Kevin Morrison told the crowd a personal health experience
before the walk started. He donated $50 to the cause.
Goderich Kidney Walk
doubles from the year before
Christopher Pennington, the
honourary chairman of the
event raised more than $6,500
Last year, doctors diag-
nosed him with diabetes,
"go figure, no stress in my
life," he said in a joking
manner.
Shaun Gregory stride, the Kidney Foun- To complicate his new -
Huron Expositor dation of C a n a d a found disease, the some -
announced that the event what new leader of council
It was 9:30 a.m. last raised$11,200withmore had some tests done acou-
Sunday, the cool breeze than half of the funds ple months back. It was
created choppy waves donated coming from discovered that Morrison the Kidney Foundation of Canada.
from Lake Huron at the Christopher's Crew. An had higher than usual pro-
Goderich Beach & Board- initiative he and his teins in his kidneys. Reali7-
walk. The man of the friends started in 2015 ingthe severity ofthe situa-
hour, Christopher Pen- during the first walk in tion Morrison is dieting
nington, 11, from Brus- Owen Sound. And from and has lost weight.
sels represented the wind what several people say, According to his specialist
as well, but his cool was this year's event doubled in Scarborough Ont. who
more of a slang term. in donations compared has 1500 patients, he
A group of about 50 to the previous one. believes it's possible to
people huddled under a "We've heard it on the reverse the diabetes by the
gazebo -like building, news, the neat thing is, end oftheyear.
partly in respects of the everybody that I've talked "When I pulled up
popular youngster with to when I was travelling here, one word came to
an auto -immune disorder from Kirkton, Ont. to mind, 'wow' because all
that affects the kidneys Paisley, Ont. yesterday. of sudden I see all these
identified as Henoch- People are saying 'I heard signs on people's backs
SchonleinPurpura. about that on the radio," that say Christopher's
Tagging along, the local explained Huron -Bruce Crew," Morrison said. "It
radio station, a member MPP Lisa Thompson to was my personal choice
of parliament and the the crowd at the walk to be here."
town's Mayor supported September 11. "I want you to do me a
the Goderich Kidney Last January, Penning- favour when you are
Walk in support of Kidney ton's mother Cathy was walking the boardwalk,
Disease and Organ Dona- recognized as a remarka- make sure those that are
tion Awareness. ble citizen, said Thomp- driving by, because there
The atmosphere was son from a microphone is a lot of people that are
filled with aqua 'Kidney- set up by the local radio driving by the lake today.
walk' T-shirts while Pen- station, the kidney sup- Wave every time you see
nington was sporting a porters applauded after. a vehicle. I want people
navy blue top with "The leaf does not fall to know what you are
'champion' titled across too far away from the tree here doing."
the front to separate him- because I think Christo- Seaforth is also joining
self from the supporters, pher is walking very Pennington's cause as
as he's the honourary proudly in his parent's Reality Executives Plati-
chairman of the five km shoes." num Limited will be
trek. It's believed from The Mayor of Goder- holding a BBQ on the
several sources at the ich, Kevin Morrison took town's Main Street Sep -
event that there were the podium after Thomp- tember 15 with all pro -
only about half a dozen son to tell the public a ceeds going towards
people not from Pen- personal health story he Christopher's Crew,
nington's following. has been dealing with of which goes to the Kidney
Minutes before the recent. Foundation of Canada.
All the participants of the five km walk pose for a photo last Sunday. As a whole the effort raised $11,200 for
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