On Oct. 24, the Sudbury Synchro Swim Club will participate in the fifth annual Burning Bright for Breast Cancer, a province-wide charity initiative in support of the Canadian Breast Cancer Foundation.
Since 2004, Ontario synchro swim athletes have participated every October during Breast Cancer Awareness Month in an event at their local club where they incorporate a common theme of keeping a candle burning within the pool for a minimum of one hour, in which swimmers hand off the torch in a relay format.
The candle symbolizes keeping the flame alive for creating a future without breast cancer. In four years synchro athletes across Ontario have raised over $129,000 for the Canadian Breast Cancer Foundation. Sudbury club members have been responsible for $16,000 during that time.
This year, the Sudbury Synch Swim Club (SSSC) will put a new fundraising twist on the on the event by introducing one thousand pink-ribbon duckies to the pool for the relay. The Club is seeking sponsors with a minimum donation of $5 for each ducky with a goal of being the top fundraising club this year.
All proceeds for the event will be donated to the Canadian Breast Cancer Foundation - Ontario division. FNX Mining sponsored the purchase of the duckies.
The Burning Bright for Breast Cancer 2008 event will be held at Laurentian University on October 24 from 6:30 p.m. to 8 p.m.
To sponsor a pink ribbon ducky, stop by Pat and Mario's Restaurant on Lasalle Blvd between October 14 - 24 or contact any one of the fifty SSSC members. Tax receipts will be issued for donations over $20.
