In The Schools

On Friday, October 10, the elementary students of Georgian Bay Community School anxiously gathered on the tarmac outside the school for a special celebration. Students had been challenged to raise more than $2,000 for the Terry Fox Run to receive an extra recess and over $4,000 in order to dump ice water on an administrator. To everyone’s delight, students were very successful in their fundraising efforts and the donations totalled a whopping $6,616.50. The top two fundraisers were chosen to have...

On Thursday, September 25, roughly 750 students from kindergarten to grade eight took part in the annual Terry Fox Run at Georgian Bay Community School. This year marked the Marathon of Hope’s 45th anniversary and staff and students were geared up to 'Finish it' for Terry. For around 45 minutes, students in kindergarten ran and walked laps of the tarmac while students in grades one and two ran and walked laps of the track. A dance party was also held...