Join the team TODAY – help us raise funds for Refugee 613!
Goal: 100 Runners and Walkers
Goal: $28,000
Team training sessions. We are grateful that our amazing “Run for a New Start” trainer, Johanna Dobransky, has again volunteered to lead team training sessions for runners and walkers. Sessions will be held Sunday mornings. We will meet at the OCISO office, 945 Wellington Street West at 9:00 a.m., ready to head out for training at 9:10 a.m. In case of really bad weather, we will train inside.
Run for a New Start | 2018 Results
In May 2018, OCISO was blessed again, as our dedicated “Run for a New Start” volunteers “went the distance for refugees” and finished their 2km, 5km, 10km, 21km and 42km races in the Tamarack Ottawa Race Weekend.
It was a record-breaking year. We are so very appreciative that our 165 volunteers and their 400+ sponsors were able to raise over $33,000 in support of OCISO’s programs with refugee and immigrant youth!
A team from Ridgemont High School joined us again, mobilized by their energetic ELD teacher, Nadia Gandhi. Ridgemont fielded a team of 50+ newcomer students .
They created quite a stir (see CTV News clip below).
Run for a New Start | May 2019 | Join Today!
OCISO has again registered as a charity for the upcoming Tamarack Ottawa Race Weekend (May 25-26, 2019), and we’ve set ourselves the goal of raising $28,000, or more!
In a special campaign this year, all funds raised will go to Refugee 613, which works with OCISO and other groups and individuals to ensure that refugees feel welcomed and supported in our city.
We invite runners and walkers to join our “Run for a New Start” fundraising team. Volunteers who commit to raising $100 will receive the 2019 edition of our cool Tshirts pictured above!
For more information about “Run for a New Start”, contact David Rain at drain@ociso.org. And to learn more about Refugee 613, visit: refugee613.ca.