NCE12: St. Lawrence Market
Location
Front Street / Church (in front of Berczy Park)
Theme
RING THE BELLS... [from the song Anthem by Leonard Cohen] — JOIN US to try to set a new Guinness record for the most cow bells clanging in one location! ...details
Times runners pass by and entertainment happens
9:15am to 1:45pm
On this page:
Neighbourhood Champion: Suzanne Kavanagh
Suzanne Kavanagh is the Chair, Academic Development, in the Centre for Construction and Engineering Technologies at George Brown College, Toronto, Canada. She is also a certified facilitator in Appreciative Inquiry and a facilitator with Innersee, a low ropes experiential learning course located outside Waterloo.
Suzanne is also the Co-Chair for the Heritage Conservation District of St. Lawrence Neighbourhood Association and President of the St. Lawrence Neighbourhood Association. She is past President of Big Brothers Big Sisters of Canada and currently sits on the board for Big Brothers Big Sisters of Toronto and volunteers at Regent Park with the Newcomers Homework Club and is a facilitator with Roots of Empathy. She received the Queen's Jubilee Gold Medal for community service. After that you can catch her in a sea kayak anytime in the summer or outback camping somewhere on Georgian Bay.
Neighbourhood Champion: Darek Kocan
I've lived in the St. Lawrence neighbourhood for 3 years and I think it's the most interesting community in Toronto. Since moving here, I've taken up running with a local running group. As a Neighbourhood Champion and an elementary school teacher I really understand the importance of the Nutrition program that provides breakfast, lunch and snacks at Market Lane and DAS Schools.
This will be my second marathon. My first marathon was a very difficult and I was shocked at how I just wanted to stop running at the 30 km mark. Somehow I kept at it and ran a tidy race. I am training and trying to get the miles in before September 27. Wish me luck, or better yet cheer really hard at everyone who runs past our cheering section, because you better believe it when I say, it really does make us run faster.
Neighbourhood Champion: Chung-yee Loo
This year, Chung-yee will be running the Toronto Waterfront marathon in support of the nutrition programs at the Market Lane Public School. Chung-yee has run 16 marathons, 14 half marathons and countless training runs. She is also an avid paddler, hiker, climber and mountaineer and spends many, many hours dreaming and planning her next adventure. As an outdoor athlete, she is keenly aware the importance of beginning the day with a healthy breakfast.
Chung-yee has been a resident of the St. Lawrence Market for 15 years. She enjoys meeting her neighbours on the daily runs and at the post-run coffee chats. She is looking forward to seeing them at the cheering section at Berczy park on September 27th.
Neighbourhood Champion: Dennis Glasgow
Dennis Glasgow took up running late in life and enjoys 5K, 10k and Half Marathons and meeting the local running group for their weekly Sunday morning run. This is his first marathon and he's working hard to put in the hours of training.
"I had never thought of doing the full marathon, but when the this year's course change brought the marathon right through my community and past my building, I just couldn't resist. Our neighbourhood is an exciting location just a few K's before the finishing line. Let's hope I make it. In the end, it's all about raising some funds for the Nutrition program at Market Lane School."
Neighbourhood Champion: Matthew Raizenne
This September Matthew Raizenne will be setting his sights on raising $5000 for the Nutrition Program at Market Lane School and running a fast enough time, so that he can qualify to run the Boston Marathon in the spring of 2010. Matthew started running marathons early on in life and has not slowed down since. He has completed 35 marathons, including 6 Boston Marathons over the years and has a personal best time of 2:43:00. Boston is where he proposed to his wife Jaime in 2004.
Please help Matthew raise money for a great cause and hopefully he will see you out cheering the runners on the morning of September 27!
Neighbourhood Charity & Sponsoring Group:
St. Lawrence Neighbourhood Association raising funds for Market Lane Public School Breakfast Program and Downtown Alternative School
in conjunction with The Toronto Foundation for Student Success
St. Lawrence Neighbourhood Association
The SLNA has served Toronto's St. Lawrence neighbourhood and its 25,000 residents since 1982. The SLNA is an advocate for responsible development and promotes public and pedestrian safety, organises events and celebrations, and champions our neighbourhood's interests with all levels of government. The St. Lawrence neighbourhood of Toronto, Ontario, Canada although still part of downtown Toronto, was the actual downtown centre and city hall location during the late 18th and entire 19th century. The ten blocks at the heart of this neighbourhood were the original Town of York laid out in 1793 by Governor Simcoe. With the extension of the town to the west, this area became known as the Old Town.
The area is bounded by Yonge, Front, and Parliament Streets, and the Canadian National railway embankment. The Esplanade off Yonge St., lined with restaurants, cafés and hotels runs through the middle of the area. In previous times, the area was sometimes referred to as 'St. Lawrence Ward' or more often today as 'St. Lawrence Market', synonymous with the large retail vendor market which is the neighbourhood's focal point. Saint Lawrence (shortened to St. Lawrence) was so named after the patron saint of Canada.
The area was the site of Toronto's earliest non-military European settlements. The first parliament buildings in Upper Canada in 1793 were constructed on the southwest corner of Parliament and Front Street. The buildings have long since gone from the site, but a discovery in 2000 when a quick dig of the property revealed the old parliament building footings, in addition to some pottery from that time. The city and the province now own most of the property, although there is no current preservation or memorial located there.
A Saturday farmers' market began operation in St. Lawrence in 1803.
The Toronto Foundation for Student Success
The nutrition program at the Market Lane Public School currently operates every weekday and feeds over 500 students at Market Lane and Downtown Alternative School for breakfast, snack and lunch to ensure that children are well nourished before taking on their school day.
The menus are supported by Toronto Public Health to ensure the meals prepared meet the Canada's Food Guide to Healthy Eating. The program is administered through Toronto Foundation for Student Success, the arms length charitable foundation of the Toronto District School Board with financial support from both provincial and municipal government.
However, grants only cover a small portion of the much needed financial dollars to buy fresh and healthy food. Parental support along with of our corporate partners helps us to meet the needs of our nutriton needs of our children so they are ready to learn.
Entertainment features:
Theme: RING THE BELLS... [from the song Anthem by Leonard Cohen]
It's all happening in Berczy Park, behind the Flatiron Building....church bells, cow bells, spinning classes, kids' entertainment, great music by bands including the fantastic Coppertones, a rock band made up of Toronto police officers. There will be special MCs including some of your favourite local business owners and Market venders. It's all to raise money for the Nutrition program at Market Lane and DAS schools.
JOIN US to try to set a new Guinness record for the most cow bells clanging in one location! Purchase a unique, STWM/Meet Me At The Market commemorative bell at a Market-area store or restaurant after Labour Day [or on site on Race Day] and join us to raise the roof for the marathoners.
Enjoy a "Marathon Blend" coffee at Lettieri or Second Cup [will it be Ethiopian or Kenyan?] on race morning; enjoy special Marathon Brunches at the Vagabondo, or the King Eddy, or get a special marathon discount coupon for a massage at Wellington Chiropractic & Massage.
"Meet Us At The Market", Sunday morning, September 27th, 8:30am to 2pm and RING YOUR BELLS!
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NCE12 is supported by Councillor Pam McConnell (Ward 28)