What Have You Got Planned for May 3rd?

Hey Toronto, if you're up for a little free coffee and some good music to start your Sunday off this weekend, head over to the New Balance store at 1510 Yonge Street, near St. Clair. Be there from 8:00 a.m. to 9:00 a.m. and you can join the store staff in cheering for the 12,500 runners taking part in the 12th annual Sporting Life 10k run for kids with cancer. The run is in support of Camp Oochigeas, a summer camp that provides a little getaway fun each year to approximately 445 children living with cancer, at no cost to their families. You just can't get a better cause. The Starbucks Coffee right across the road from the New Balance will be serving up free cups of joe and music will be provided by the rock n' roll band "The Rivits". You don't have to work up a sweat, you can leave that to the 12,500. Gary Brum, über-cool store manager at New Balance, is hoping to have his corner of Yonge Street packed with the most vocal supporters of great causes that Toronto has to offer.
Of course, if this is sounding like something you'd like to be on the front lines of, you can check out the Sporting Life 10K website to learn more. If you do run this year, you'll be finishing up at Fort York with "a bang-up post-run celebration with red-coat soldiers, War of 1812 re-enactment, "live" band and more!" Not a bad way to end off "Canada's EASIEST and one of the fastest downhill 10k's"
Even if you don't actively participate this year, a trip to the party at 1510 Yonge St. on May 3rd might just be enough to have you marking the event for next year. It takes $3,500. to send a kid to Oochigeas for 2 weeks. Think of the fundraising you could do in 365 days! Start now for next year and you could singlehandedly fund the whole camp for one session!
Like I said, if you like supporting a great cause and enjoying a little free coffee while you do, you can't do better than to take yourself to 1510 Yonge Street at 8:00 a.m. this Sunday morning, May 3rd. It's going to be a great way to feel good.