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Sawchuk fundraiser raises $800, releases 135 turtles
Release the turtles!
The Huron Stewardship Council hosted a special fundraiser
in Wingham last Wednesday where attendees purchased
the opportunity to release a snapping turtle into the wild.
The fundraiser was for Julie Sawchuk and her family who
are facing high medical bills as Julie recovers from a
serious collision where she, on her bicycle, was hit by a
motorist resulting in her being paralyzed from the chest
down. More than 100 people attended and over $800 was
raised. Owen Verhoef released a turtle named Julie into the
river at the Wingham River Flats Ecological Park Trail to
start the event. Shown are, from left, Verhoef, Abigail Ball,
and Sarah Ball. (Denny Scott photo)
Thanks to an innovative fundraiser
based on a unique story, more than
$800 was raised to help the Sawchuk
family with bills related to Julie’s
recent paralyzing car-on-bicycle
collision.
The Huron Stewardship Council,
alongside friends and supporters of
Sawchuk, held a fundraiser to help
her family raise money in Wingham
on Aug. 19.
The fundraiser, which was held at
the Wingham River Flats Ecological
Park Trail, focused on releasing
snapping turtles which are often hit
and injured by vehicles.
Sawchuk is currently recovering
from a collision that happened late
last month in which her bicycle and
was hit by a car on County Road 25.
As a result of the collision, Sawchuk
is paralysed from the chest down.
She is currently a patient at
Parkwood Institute in London.
Jory Mullen, a representative for
the stewardship council, explained
that Sawchuk had taken an interest in
turtles when she found an injured
one approximately a year ago. She
said the story of what happened
there encouraged her to run this
fundraiser.
“I had heard what happened with
Julie and I remembered something
that happened a year ago,” she said.
“Julie found, while biking to school,
an injured turtle last year that had
been hit by a car.”
Mullen explained that Sawchuk
grabbed a container, gathered up the
turtle and called Mullen.
“The turtle was badly injured and
her back half was paralyzed and she
couldn’t be saved,” she said. “Once
they are paralyzed they aren’t able to
do a lot of things, including digging
a hole and laying eggs. We had to
euthanize the turtle but, because
Julie acted quickly, we were able to
save the eggs inside the turtle.”
Mullen, in a report on the
fundraiser, stated that two months
after the incident, 22 turtles were
hatched and released into the wild by
Sawchuk and her class at F.E. Madill
Secondary School.
Remembering that tale, Mullen
decided to run a fundraiser where
people could buy not only items like
bumper stickers to support the
“Share the Road” movement but
could also buy the opportunity to
release one of the 135 snapping
turtles that were to be released into
the wild that day.
The fundraiser raised more than
$800 over the three hours it ran on
Aug. 19, most of which was raised in
the first hour. Between 80 and 100
people showed up.
The event was kicked off when
Owen Verhoef, son of Serena
Verhoef, a friend of Julie’s who has
helped coordinate communication
and fundraising efforts for the
Sawchuk family, released a turtle
named Julie into the wild.
Julie the turtle was the sole
survivor from the clutch of another
female snapping turtle that was hit
by a car.
“There were 38 turtle eggs that
were removed from a dead female
turtle found on the side of the road,”
Mullen explained, saying that most
of the eggs had been destroyed by
exposure. “That egg, that turtle,
however, survived and we named her
Julie.”
Mullen said that, given what the
turtle had gone through and what
Julie Sawchuk was going through,
both of them are survivors.
Verhoef said that she was pleased
with the outcome of the event,
saying that the stewardship council
helped a lot. Mullen echoed that,
stating that the event was very
successful.
For more information on Sawchuk
or to donate to the family, visit
www.forjulie.com
To read about the Huron
Stewardship Council visit
hsc.huronstewardship.on.ca
By Denny Scott
The Citizen
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