{"id":68553,"date":"2024-08-14T11:50:16","date_gmt":"2024-08-14T15:50:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/?p=68553"},"modified":"2024-08-14T11:51:36","modified_gmt":"2024-08-14T15:51:36","slug":"courtney-kids-for-cancer-ride","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/index.php\/2024\/08\/14\/courtney-kids-for-cancer-ride\/","title":{"rendered":"Courtney &#8211; Kids for Cancer Ride"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span class=\"x4k7w5x x1h91t0o x1h9r5lt x1jfb8zj xv2umb2 x1beo9mf xaigb6o x12ejxvf x3igimt xarpa2k xedcshv x1lytzrv x1t2pt76 x7ja8zs x1qrby5j\"><span class=\"x193iq5w xeuugli x13faqbe x1vvkbs xlh3980 xvmahel x1n0sxbx x1lliihq x1s928wv xhkezso x1gmr53x x1cpjm7i x1fgarty x1943h6x xudqn12 x3x7a5m x6prxxf xvq8zen xo1l8bm xzsf02u\" dir=\"auto\"><a href=\"https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Screen-Shot-2024-08-14-at-11.49.33-AM.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-68554\" src=\"https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Screen-Shot-2024-08-14-at-11.49.33-AM-300x242.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"242\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Screen-Shot-2024-08-14-at-11.49.33-AM-300x242.png 300w, https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Screen-Shot-2024-08-14-at-11.49.33-AM.png 442w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>Courtney Clarke (formerly of Wawa) is riding her Annual Challenge to raise awareness and also raise money for the Kids for Cancer ride this month! She has challenged herself to ride 498 kms in memory of her Grandmother Talian and also for the number of days that her mother Liz, waited for her double lung transplant. Her mother consideres Courtney a real warrior, her passion for children with cancer is amazing.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Courtney has been cycling for the past five years &#8211; and has inspired others to support her. Her challenge has raised $15,610 and she has ridden 2,487km. Courtney says in her sponsorship page:<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"><em>&#8220;&#8230;right now, over 1,700 children are diagnosed with cancer every year, and it&#8217;s the biggest killer of children from disease in Canada.<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"><em>Kids should be living life, not fighting for it.<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"><em>So I am raising funds through my challenge to help these kids and support SickKids Foundation to allow them to continue their work in developing treatments and finding a cure for childhood cancer.&#8221;<\/em><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Screen-Shot-2024-08-14-at-11.50.35-AM.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-68556\" src=\"https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Screen-Shot-2024-08-14-at-11.50.35-AM-300x130.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"130\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Screen-Shot-2024-08-14-at-11.50.35-AM-300x130.png 300w, https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Screen-Shot-2024-08-14-at-11.50.35-AM-600x260.png 600w, https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Screen-Shot-2024-08-14-at-11.50.35-AM-768x333.png 768w, https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Screen-Shot-2024-08-14-at-11.50.35-AM.png 1528w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>If you would like to support Courtney, click this link (https:\/\/www.greatcyclechallenge.ca\/riders\/CourtneyClarke). TODAY is Kick Cancer&#8217;s Butt Day and ALL online donations will be MATCHED (up to $1.3M)! Lets raise her up and see some Wawa donors on her sponsorship page!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Courtney Clarke (formerly of Wawa) is riding her Annual Challenge to raise awareness and also raise money for the Kids for Cancer ride this month! 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