NCE3: Liberty Village / King West
Location
Lakeshore / Princes' Gates
Theme
"Celebrating Culture and Community" details »
Times runners pass by and entertainment happens
9:15am to 12:30pm
On this page:
Neighbourhood Champion: Leslie Woolcott
The Scotiabank Toronto Waterfront Half Marathon will be Leslie Woolcott's first half marathon. An avid swimmer and cyclist, Leslie has completed a handful of triathlons, with the Olympic distance being her preferred race. The Waterfront Marathon is a great opportunity for Leslie to improve her appreciation for running!
Leslie enjoys reading, quilting, walking and soaking up the visual beauty of Canada's natural landscapes. Through her work in the education sector, community involvement and ongoing studies, Leslie supports the advancement of social justice. Running on behalf of St. Christopher's House in the Scotiabank Toronto Waterfront Marathon is a great chance for Leslie to wed her commitment to social justice with her penchant for sport.
As someone living and working outside of the GTA, Leslie hopes that her involvement in this year's race will help her to meet people of like-mind in the Toronto area and to learn more about the St. Christopher House community.
Please put a pledge on Leslie TODAY for St. Christopher House!
Neighbourhood Champion: Gary Hoadley
Gary is very excited to be running the Scotiabank Toronto Waterfront Marathon. It will be his first ever attempt at completing a marathon distance in itself. An accomplished triathlete, Gary has competed in over 45 races, including 6 half ironmans and a full ironman distance last year at Lake Placid.
Gary came to triathlons later in life, following many adventures as a cave diver! When not testing his limits in races or caves, Gary likes to challenge the people around him to test their own limits in his work as a personal trainer. Competing in the Scotiabank Toronto Waterfront Marathon will enable Gary to pair racing with his belief that it is important to support all people to achieve their human potential.
Running on behalf of St. Christopher House, Gary hopes to build bridges across the sport and social change communities to support the advancement of sustainable, safe, healthy and accepting communities in southern Ontario.
Please put a pledge on Gary TODAY for St. Christopher House!
Neighbourhood Champion: Lambrina Nikolaou
Lambrina Nikolaou is looking forward to running her fifteenth marathon on behalf of St. Christopher House, a community-based multi-service agency in the downtown west end of Toronto where she has worked for the past 10 years.
As Director of St. Chris' Community Programs Lambrina works with a committed team of staff and volunteers to promote personal and social change in order to achieve a safe, healthy and accepting society for all.
Over the last 16 years Lambrina has run many local half and full marathons as well as 4 Boston Marathons, 2 New York City Marathons and the Chicago Marathon.
Lambrina enjoys hiking, camping, canoeing and cross country skiing and is an active volunteer with Canadian Crossroads International, committed to voluntarism, international development and social justice.
Lambrina is running her 15th marathon in recognition of the dedicated 220 St. Chris staff and 1,400 volunteers who made a difference in the lives of 20,000 members of our community the past year.
Please put a pledge on Lambrina TODAY for St. Christopher House!
Neighbourhood Champion: Bruce Horsburgh
Since high school, running has been a big part of Bruce's life, though it wasn't until 1986 that he ran in his first recreational race. Having run his first marathon in Toronto in 1989, he was hooked and ran it again in 1990 and 1991. Born in Scarborough, Bruce's family also lived in Winnipeg and Vancouver while he was employed with Kodak Canada Inc. for 32 years. Over the years, he has had the opportunity to run many different races of varying distances, over the roads and trails of numerous provinces and states, including the Boston Marathon in the year of his 50th birthday. A new participant in the world of triathlons this spring, Bruce hopes to successfully complete Ironman Canada this August.
Having observed Phyllis' extra involvement as a high school teacher and their eldest daughter's commitment as a social worker assisting the homeless in Toronto, Bruce has had the perfect opportunity to see the difference being engaged and involved in a community can make. With your support, he hopes that running in the 2011 Scotiabank Toronto Waterfront Marathon, as a Neighbourhood Champion for St. Christopher House, will help those individuals, families and groups supported by St. Christopher House.
Please put a pledge on Bruce TODAY for St. Christopher House!
Neighbourhood Charity & Sponsoring Group:
St. Christopher House
St. Christopher House is a non-profit United Way agency and is not affiliated with any religious denomination or group. Since 1912, we have served the multicultural neighbourhoods of southwest Toronto. St. Christopher House works in partnership with the community to promote personal and social change in order to achieve a safe, healthy and accepting society for all.
St. Christopher House is governed by a fifteen-member Board of Directors, who are elected by the voting membership of St. Christopher House. Program services are delivered by over 200 full-time and part-time staff and 1,400 volunteers. We operate out of six neighbourhood locations, offering a broad range of community-based social service programs serving people of all ages. In all, St. Christopher House works with 20,000 people a year.
Mission Statement
St. Christopher House has as its central purpose the enabling of less-advantaged individuals, families, and groups in the community to gain greater control over their lives and within their community.
Vision Statement
St. Christopher House is a neighbourhood-based, multi-service agency in the west end of downtown Toronto. We are a team of volunteers, participants and staff who develop programs in response to community needs and promote socio-economic conditions in which individuals and families can thrive.
Guiding Principles
We work with our resources and the strengths of the community to:
- Build bridges within and across communities
- Promote access to full participation in society by addressing barriers such as illiteracy, inadequate incomes, unaffordable housing, and discrimination of all types
- Assist people to meet individual and family needs
- Provide the tools and opportunities for people to control their own lives and to take on leadership in the community
- Advocate for changes in social systems that will ensure dignity, quality of life, and equal opportunities for all.
Please see a description of St. Christopher House and our services at our website at www.stchrishouse.org.
Team St. Chris' Cheering Theme — Celebrating Culture and Community
Join St. Christopher House's cheering stage or walking and running team, Celebrating Culture and Community, embracing the many cultures and community we work with and celebrating the thousands of walkers and runners representing our global community.
Our St. Chris Team includes walkers and runners in the 5 km and runners running the Half and Full Marathon. Team walkers and runners will receive pledge sheets to fundraise for St. Chris with a goal of raising $50 for the 5 km run/walk and $100 for the Half or Full Marathon. Walkers and runners can also direct donors to the Scotiabank Marathon website to make online donations on their behalf. Prizes will be awarded to St. Chris' top five fundraisers. All walkers and runners will receive a St. Chris race shirt and the official Scotiabank race kit and shirt.
The 5 km race starts from the Canadian National Exhibition grounds adjacent to our St. Chris cheering stage at Lakeshore / Princes' Gates, start time to be announced, and the Half and Full Marathons start at 9:00 am at City Hall.
NCE3 Sponsors:
TBA for 2011
Entertainment features 2011:
Batucada Carioca Samba Group
Maninho Costa's Batucada Carioca samba drummers and dancers play and move to the most traditional and original samba rhythms of Rio de Janeiro and Brazilian music. Brazilian culture and Samba movement and at its finest!!! http://batucadacarioca.com
The Brazil Nativa Dance Company
Brazilian traditional and contemporary dance performances portray current trends in Brazilian culture. The choreographed dance numbers represent and range from the most popular dance crazes to the most traditional samba dance. One of the highlights of the company's performance is the parade of glamorous costumes and breath-taking costumes enchanting spectators and creating a tropical atmosphere, promoting the zest for life embedded in Brazilian culture. http://ww1.brazilnativa.com/usr/cgi2/nativa/aboutus.html
Access/parking
South from King Street on Strachan Ave to the Lakeshore, turn right through Princes' Gates into parking [paid] at CNE grounds.
OR from Start/Finish, take King St. Westbound to Strachan, then south on Strachan, as above; OR West on Front St., south on Bathurst, East on Fort York Boulevard, right onto Fleet St., and straight ahead through Princes' Gates to CNE [paid] parking.
NCE3 is supported by Councillor Mike Layton (Ward 19)