Run for Biodiversity!
Help us Go WILD for Food and Farmers in 2013!
Clarenville, Halifax, Ottawa, Vancouver, Victoria, Toronto….
Are you a Runner or a Walker (or a Skier or a Snowshoer)?
Are you looking for a way to have some healthy fun with family or friends, and make a contribution to a cause you believe in? Then, we may have just the right thing for you!
Click here for Clarenville R4B results!
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| Big thanks to our 2012 volunteers in Victoria, Toronto, Calgary, and Ottawa! You made this our best R4B yet! |
For 2013, we’re expanding our Run for Biodiversity campaign to six cities, and we’re looking for runners and walkers (and even skiers and snowshoers!) to join our R4B fundraising team!
Here’s our 2013 R4B plan:
- Clarenville, March 10: An R4B first, the Clarenville Nordic Ski Club is organizing our first Ski or Snowshoe for Biodiversity, a fundraiser for farmers in Ethiopia.
- Halifax, May 18-19: Marathon, half-marathon, 10km, 5km, youth run. Ethiopia.
- Ottawa, May 25-26: Marathon, half-marathon, 10km, 5km, 2km, kids marathon. Ethiopia.
- Vancouver, June 23: Half-marathon, 5km. Nepal.
- Victoria, Oct 13: Marathon, half-marathon, 8km, kids run/marathon. Nepal.
- Toronto, Oct 20: Marathon, half-marathon, 5km. Honduras.
If you’re looking for a healthy way to get involved, email David Rain at r4b@usc-canada.org for more details. Want to organize your own Ski or Swim or Bike for Biodiversityevent? Let’s talk.
Why Run for Biodiversity?
Each May 22, USC joins millions of people around the world in celebrating International Biodiversity Day, as well as World Food Day on Oct 16.
Biodiversity is all about food and farmers. It’s the earth’s life-support system, and nature’s brilliant insurance policy against disaster. If something fails, there’s a back-up plan: Biodiversity! Much is at stake for us all, and in a real sense, USC is helping farmers plant the Seeds of our very Survival
Thanks for Making a Difference!
Thanks to your generous support, USC Canada is able to help farmers grow more food for their families, in ways that our kind to the environment and nurture biodiversity.
Hey,
Is there a possibility of having a run in St. John’s? I’d love to run but I’m in Newfoundland.
Thanks,
Jill
It’s a shame they won’t be doing it in Calgary this year. I would love to join. Great cause.
Hi Alison, yes we were sorry we weren’t able to include Calgary this year, as my survey didn’t come up with enough runners and walkers for 2013. We will definitely make inquiries for 2014, and contact you too, as we would love to come back to Calgary at some point.
David Rain
Coordinator, Run for Biodiversity`
For Jill in St John’s: we haven’t been able to organize an event in St John’s yet, but you may have seen that today is our very first “Ski or Snowshoe for Biodiversity” event, held a bit west of you, in Clarenville! We’re very excited by this, and it opens the door to the possibility of other locally organized events under the banner of “Run for Biodiversity”. Thanks to our USC Board Director, Troy Mitchell, and the Clarenville Nordic Ski Club for organizing this amazing event!
David Rain
Coordinator, Run for Biodiversity