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Donation helps Pincher Creek kids do sports

Donation helps Pincher Creek kids do sports
By William Cockerell
By William Cockerell
Shootin’ the Breeze Shootin’ the Breeze Community Reporter
Shootin’ the Breeze Shootin’ the Breeze Community Reporter
March 7, 2023
March 7, 2023
Moon Shadow Run donates $1,400 to Pincher Creek KidSport
Moon Shadow Run donates $1,400 to Pincher Creek KidSport
IMAGE: William Cockerell
Faith Zachar, left, a member of the KidSport and Moon Shadow Run committees, and Alecia Williams, centre, chairwoman of the Moon Shadow committee, present a $1,400 cheque to Rhonda Oczkowski, Pincher Creek’s recreation programmer. The money will go toward Pincher Creek KidSport.
IMAGE: William Cockerell
Faith Zachar, left, a member of the KidSport and Moon Shadow Run committees, and Alecia Williams, centre, chairwoman of the Moon Shadow committee, present a $1,400 cheque to Rhonda Oczkowski, Pincher Creek’s recreation programmer. The money will go toward Pincher Creek KidSport.

Representatives of the Moon Shadow Run committee presented a cheque for $1,400 to Pincher Creek’s KidSport chapter this winter.

KidSport is a charity that helps Canadian youths and their families overcome financial hurdles to becoming more active.

“I believe it’s vital to the town because we want to keep children involved in sports and recreational activities,” says Faith Zachar, a member of committees for both KidSport and the Moon Shadow Run.

“It’s important that we raise some money so that KidSport can assist kids with getting into a sport, whether it’s baseball, basketball, soccer or whatever.”

 

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Funds were raised in September 2022 during the annual Moon Shadow Run, which has been a town tradition since 2015.

“Getting people out on our town path as a whole family, and knowing it’s supporting a great cause, is very rewarding,” says Alecia Williams, who chairs the Moon Shadow Run committee. “It’s so much fun.”

The event is a fun family run for all ages, featuring 2.5-kilometre, five-kilometre and 10-kilometre routes on gentle rolling shale trails along the creek.

Both Faith and Alecia were adamant about how important it is to them to not only help kids get active through KidSport, but to see them participate in the run as well.

 

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“Running for me is a great, easy way to take care of my mental and physical health, so it’s important to me that kids are active in that way and reaping those benefits,” says Alecia.

The Moon Shadow Run will return to Pincher Creek in September, so if you are interested in participating, make sure to keep an eye out for details.

 

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Representatives of the Moon Shadow Run committee presented a cheque for $1,400 to Pincher Creek’s KidSport chapter this winter.

KidSport is a charity that helps Canadian youths and their families overcome financial hurdles to becoming more active.

“I believe it’s vital to the town because we want to keep children involved in sports and recreational activities,” says Faith Zachar, a member of committees for both KidSport and the Moon Shadow Run.

“It’s important that we raise some money so that KidSport can assist kids with getting into a sport, whether it’s baseball, basketball, soccer or whatever.”

 

 

Funds were raised in September 2022 during the annual Moon Shadow Run, which has been a town tradition since 2015.

“Getting people out on our town path as a whole family, and knowing it’s supporting a great cause, is very rewarding,” says Alecia Williams, who chairs the Moon Shadow Run committee. “It’s so much fun.”

The event is a fun family run for all ages, featuring 2.5-kilometre, five-kilometre and 10-kilometre routes on gentle rolling shale trails along the creek.

Both Faith and Alecia were adamant about how important it is to them to not only help kids get active through KidSport, but to see them participate in the run as well.

 

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“Running for me is a great, easy way to take care of my mental and physical health, so it’s important to me that kids are active in that way and reaping those benefits,” says Alecia.

The Moon Shadow Run will return to Pincher Creek in September, so if you are interested in participating, make sure to keep an eye out for details.

 

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