We’ve been blown away by the generosity and support of our runners and donors. After just a month, our friends helped us reach our first goal of $2,000 and we had to set our sights higher. Now, we’re only $160 away from our stretch goal of $3,000.

But, we believe in you all so very much that we have a new super-stretch goal: $5,000!

We need your help to do it, if you haven’t already, make a gift and ask your friends and family to join you in doing so. If you’ve already made a gift, please keep spreading the word! Gifts go towards our three priority areas:

• Reducing Harms: supporting solutions to the overdose crisis, harm reduction interventions, and anti-stigma education that can save lives.
• Addressing Threats: investing in research that could indicate how we can end the epidemic of childhood asthma in BC and beyond.
• Emerging Areas: quick and flexible funding to respond to public health emergencies or challenges that can strike at any time and build the Foundation’s capacity.

We’re so close and the countdown is on–we hope you’ll help us support these important and life-saving public health projects. On average, our donors have been giving $55.69. If just 38 people make a gift of $55.69, we’ll reach our super-stretch goal and our priorities will be well under way. Click here to join the others and become a champion for public health.

If you’ve already made your gift or signed up to run with us: thank you! We’ve been deeply moved by each and every gift we’ve received, and by every runner who has signed up. You’re helping improve the health of your community and our province, and we hope you feel very proud of that. We sure are! By sharing our page, you can help spread the word and amplify your support even more.

Want to sign up to run with the BCCDC Foundation team? There’s still space in the half-marathon and you can click here to sign up! Use discount code 19BCCDCF21K to get a few bucks off your registration fee.

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We’re also thrilled to announce that we’re nearly at our goal of $3,000! Make a gift to the BCCDC Foundation team or support a specific runner and know that your gift is going to support our Driving Innovation Fund. Gifts to the Driving Innovation Fund support our highest priorities and core activities. Whether its improving harm reduction efforts, emergency response to communicable disease outbreaks, or building awareness of public health programs, your gift can be the driving force behind keeping our province healthy. Every dollar makes a difference and we need your help today!

On Sunday, June 23, the BCCDC Foundation is participating in the Scotiabank Vancouver Half-Marathon and 5K, and we want you to join us!

For the first time, we’ll be putting on our running shoes as part of the Charity Challenge to raise funds for the BCCDC Foundation, the charitable partner of the BC Centre for Disease Control. You can get involved in supporting public health by registering to join our team, fundraising for the important work the BCCDC Foundation supports, or by making a gift yourself. Our goal this year is $3,000 and we need your help to reach it!

As an added bonus, you can receive a discount on your registration when you sign up to run as part of the BCCDC Foundation team!

To join our team click here and follow these steps:

• Select either the half-marathon or 5K race
• Input your information
• Under Teams and Scotiabank Charity Challenge Fundraising select “join a charity partner team,
  existing fundraising team, or general run team”
• Under Team Category select “Official Charity Partner Team”
• Under Select Team choose “BCCDC Foundation for Public Health”
• Enter a promo code for a discount on your registration fee:
  o If you chose the half-marathon: 19BCCDCF21K
  o If you chose the 5K: 19BCCDCF5K

Once you’ve completed your registration, we’ll be in touch with information on how to fundraise and spread the word! We can’t wait to see you on June 23rd!

If you can’t make it on June 23 but would still like to help us reach our goal, you can make a tax-deductible donation to our team here.

Questions about the Scotiabank Charity Challenge? Want to join us in Activating Health by joining us as a donor? Contact us at donate@bccdcfoundation.org or (604) 707-2635 with any questions, or make a donation online today!

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