TAKE A HIKE
The annual Walk for Memories in support of the Alzheimer Society of B.C. was held Sunday in Port Coquitlam.
The city was one of 24 communities across the province taking part in the Investors Group-sponsored fundraiser.
Among the local participants was Bruce Moore, father of Mayor Greg Moore and a retired teacher from Terry Fox secondary, and his wife. To donate, visit alzheimerbc.org.
BEST SWABS
Dr. Charles Best secondary teacher Ken Ipe teamed his Social Justice 12 class with the Canadian Blood Services last week to help with its One Match Program.
Championing the event was grad Ari Boubil and CBS' Anika McDonald; within three blocks, the class had swabbed inside the mouth of one-third of the Grade 12 class for CBS' stem cell and marrow network registry.
COLLEGE HELP
Douglas College athletes will see less time out for injuries thanks to a partnership with Coquitlam's MedRay Imaging.
The agreement includes up to 10 expedited imaging exams a year including X-Ray, MRI, ultrasound or CT scans. The deal with Douglas is modelled on similar agreements MedRay has with the BC Lions, SFU and Coquitlam Express.
FOR THE KIDS
At least six children with a terminal illness will see their dreams come true this year thanks to cash raised by a Tri-City charity.
Jordan Birch from Now That's Ugly Society, which last month hosted its annual Ugly Sweater Christmas Party at the Commodore Ballroom, a Vancouver fun run and other activities, said its 2014 campaign has so far brought in more than $60,000 for the Children's Wish Foundation.
"This is a new record and equivalent to the granting of six wishes for kids with a life-threatening illness," Birch, an Anmore resident, told The Tri-City News this week in an email.
105 YEARS
A Port Coquitlam resident of Shaughnessy Care Centre marked her 105th birthday this month.
Margaret McConnachie was born on Jan. 4, 1910, in Montreal.
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