Douglas College took in $250,000 from the Joyce Family Foundation (of Tim Horton’s fame) this month for a new bursary to help first-year students at the institution, which has a campus in Coquitlam.
HEART CARE
The Pacific Open Heart Association pumped in a donation recently for Eagle Ridge Hospital’s cardiology department to purchase event and holder monitors at the Port Moody health care facility.
VANCITY AID
Joe Nardi and Corrie Clarkson of the Maillardville branch of Vancity credit union handed over $720 to Valerie Hutton (left) of the Share society. The cash was raised from branch member donations.
24-HOUR CRUNCH SUCCESS
Port Moody’s Guy Black hit the Coquitlam Crunch last Friday for a 24-hour trek up and down the hill to raise money for a diversity challenge.
Black set a new record at 20 climbs and has now applied to the Guinness Book of World Records to have it documented.
Black told The Tri-City News his energy hit bottom around 3 a.m. Saturday “when I just wanted to close my eyes so I walked with my eyes shut while holding onto Serena Lee [of Diane Lee’s Martial Arts Club] as she crunched up the hill.”
The pair had some curious onlookers, including bears and coyotes, and by Saturday morning — when the official fundraiser crunch began — “people started to cheer me on and that totally energized me,” he wrote in an email. “My body was sore, either my left ankle was stiff and hurt or my calf muscles were like two solid rocks but having more and more people cheering me on was great and kept me going.”
Among those who assisted Black on his 24-hour climb were Coquitlam-Maillardville NDP MLA Selina Robinson, Carol Todd of the Amanda Todd Legacy Society and Coquitlam Mayor Richard Stewart.
TIFF JEWELS
Several award-winning stars were spotted on the TIFF red carpet and at other venues this month wearing jewellery pieces by Port Moody’s Penelope Bridge.
The owner of Flying Fox Art and Design had her baubles on show at the DPA gift suite during the Toronto International Film Festival. An Ontario native, Bridge said she’s inspired by water and animals for her designs. “Some say the fox is a magical creature, a shape-shifter that takes on new forms,” she said in a news release. “My art is no different. I forage the globe for stones that tell a story: one of wonder, beauty and fairness to its land and those who walk it and transform it.”
FITNESS CHALLENGE
The 10th annual IF Adventure Challenge, a kayak, bike and run race at Port Moody’s Rocky Point Park last Saturday, brought in $100,000 for the I Am Someone anti-bullying society and Sport for Life. Tri-City mayors Greg Moore, Richard Stewart, John McEwen and Mike Clay took part in the fundraiser.
