Dec, 12 2007Fernando Spigarelli came up with the idea of hosting a tournament that would raise money for oncology at Sick Kids.
Spigarelli son Nicholas was diagnosed with Leukemia and was receiving treatment at Sick Kids. 11 years later Spigarelli finally decided to start the tournament. So far the tournament has raised almost $35,000. The money was donated to Sick Kids.
23 schools participated in the tournament, and took place at Canlan Sports Complex. The money was raised through raffles and corporate donations.
I think Spigarelli's initiative is amazing. If more people could put together events to try and raise money for charities then the world would be a much better place. Coming up with simple ideas like this could help many needy organizations get the money that they so badly need. Events do not even have to be big like this they can be small fund-raisers, but if more people did things like this the world would be a much better place.
David Grossman
http://www.thestar.com/article/284770
1 comment:
This is really amazing. I am happy that such people exist who take their time to organize such events. I am glad that it turned out so well and I hope these people keep going with their great idea.
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