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Each April the Goderich Kinsmen Club sponsors a bike-a-
thon to raise funds for the Canadian Cancer Society and
each September Goderich residents take part in the Terry
Fox Run which also raises funds for cancer research. The
communities of Clinton, Exeter, Seaforth and Wingham
also --hold fund-raising events for- the Canadian -Cancer -
Society.. (Photos by Joanne Buchanan)
County fund raising objective is $80,000
The 1984 fund-raising objective for the
Huron County Unit of the Canadian Cancer
Society is $80,000. This represents a four per
cent or $3,000 increase over the 1983
objective.
..-_The break -down.: -for. each Branch is as
follows: Goderich-$21,300; Exeter$19,750;
Wingham-$17,000; Clinton -$15,050; and
Seaforth-$6,750.
The biggest money maker for the Unit is
the door-to-door campaign which
commences Aprll 1. Volunteers from each of
the five Branches within the Unit conduct
this campaign.
Other money makers include bike-a-
thons, daffodil teas, a fashion show and the
selling of daffodil blooms.
A total of 54,000 blooms will be sold
throughout the county by various service
clubs and groups at the end of March.
Goderich will have 17,000 blooms to sell;
Clinton, 15,000; Exeter, 11,000; Wingham,
6,000; Seaforth, 4,000; and Wingham rural,
1,000. The blooms will sell for $2 per bunch of
10. ,
Bike-a-thons are set for Clinton, Goderich,
and Wingham on Sunday, April 29 and for
Exeter on Sunday, May 27.
Daffodil teas will be held in Goderich at
St. Peter's Church on Wednesday, April 4
from 2-4 p.m. and in Clinton at St. Joseph's
Church on Friday, April 6 from 2-4:30 p.m.
A fashion show will be held at the
Recreation Centre in Exeter on Wednesday,
May 2. Fashions will be supplied by Merry
Rags of Grand Bend and the emcee will be
Peter Garland of CFPL Radio.
LAST YEAR'S
FUND RAISING
The .Huron County Unit of the Canadian
Cancer Society raised $81,578.07 during last
year's campaign for research funds. This
was $4,000 more than the county campaign
objective.
A break -down of money raised by each
branch in the county shows Goderich with
$21,669.23, Exeter with $20,768:78, Wingham
with $16,582.71, Clinton with $14,880.35 and
Seaforth with $7,692.
The County Unit also received a total of
$21,561.31 as In Memoriam contributions
and $743.10 from other sources for a total of
$103,897.48.
Expenses were $41,522.55. The break-
down of these expenses shows that 511,353.42
went toward distributable items, $280.75
toward publicity, $96.75 toward
commemoration funds, $1,969.19 toward
education, $20,732.19 toward patient
services and $7,090.25 toward campaign.
ONTARIO DIVISION
Money raised by the Huron Unit is sent to
the Ontario Division of the Canadian Cancer
Society. This year the Ontario Division
needs to raise $13.2 million across the
province to meet its ongoing commitments
in cancer research, patient services and
education.,
Terry Roberts, Ontario Division
Volunteer Campaign Chairman, says,
"Without the generous support of the
Canadian public, our support of cancer
research would not be possible. Nor would
the Society be able to continue its programs
for 1984
of public education and cancer patient
services."
The money raised during the Society's
annual April campaign will fluid existing
research programs as well as the Society's
on-going education and patient services
programs.: The latter two; :programs- -
represent 14 and 16 per cent of the Society's
income respectively, leaving just nine per
cent for administration and fund raising
costs.
The Society's 1984 theme, "Cancer Can Be
Beaten!" reflects the belief that a cure will
be found for this disease. "Due to the
support received in past fund raising efforts,
we are making headway in the fight to beat
cancer. There are many types of cancer for
which we have made tremendous advances
in treatment," Mr. Roberts said, "but we
have a long road ahead."
Terry Fox funds committed to research
An estimated $26.2 million of the $28.6
million total raised by Terry Fox's
"Marathon of Hope" Run and the 1981 and
1982 Terry Fox Runs have been committed
to the funding of cancer research programs
by the National Cancer Institute of Canada,
the research wing of the Canadian Cancer
Society.
In response to the specific wishes of Terry
Fox himself, all funds being raised in his
name are being directed to the- National
CancerInstitute. The primary consideration
when making grants for the "Marathon of
Hope" Research Programs is the emphasis
on innovation and excellence on the part of
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the research team. None of the funds being
raised in Terry's name are being directed to
support the Canadian Cancer Society's
programs of Public Education and Service
to Patients.
The following are the cancer research
programs to which the estimated $26.2
million dollars has been committed.
1) SPECIAL INITIATIVES PROGRAM—
The National Cancer Institute has received
more than 30 applications for Special
Initiatives grants, and _to . date have
allocated $1 million over five years to each
of five studies being undertaken in Halifax,
Kingston, Toronto, Edmonton and
Vancouver.
2) THE TERRY • FOX TRAINING
CENTRE ESTABLISHMENT GRANTS--
Under
RANTS=Under the Terry . Fox Training Centre
Establishment grants, five groups have
been awarded up to $1 million each over a
period of five years. These grants will bring
groups of professors and trainees together
in research training programs whereby
MDs and PhDs will be trained to co-operate
in the solution of each group's scientific
problems.
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