Hurtin' 4 Haiti

Sunday, July 25/10. Five runners arrive in Calgary, after 9 days of running from Winnipeg to Calgary. The group, Bill, James, Donovan, Chantal, Wade, Neil and Flavio (massage therapist extraordinaire), ran for Haiti. What began as a small idea soon grew to inspiration and then one idea fed another, and within a very short period of time, a concrete plan was born! Five runners would make the trek from Winnipeg to Calgary, averaging 25 to 30 kms/day each, running, in relay form. And today they arrived in Calgary. What an accomplishment! Me, Abe Janzen and Adam Beriault met them at Foothills Mennonite Church where some of them will stay for the night. They will head back to Winnipeg tomorrow morning. We are so grateful for their determination and commitment to help the people of Haiti. Although this is not specifically about AIDS, it is about a country in desperate need of help, with multiple layers...economic, housing, water, food, medical. It is all related, and MCC is so grateful for their effort!