The next paddle will be Saturday, August 16th 2008
2007 TOTAL RAISED = $30,498
Most Pledges Raised - Team
1st - Protocol Technologies - $5,695
2nd - VJH Cancer Centre - $5,094
Most Pledges Raised - Individual
1st - Peter Batula - $3,200
2nd - Ed Hardy - $2,175
3rd - Pam Hardy - $1,560
4th - Sue Nixon - $1,145
5th - Wayne & Gudrun Shelley - $525
Race Winners
1st - Flying Frogs - this is their 6th year in a row winning the races!
2nd - Valley First
Spirit Award
Survivor Fiji
Best Effort VJH Respiratory - North Pole
Best Dressed
Lisa Salt Team
Pictures
John Willis from Willis e Tech is offering CD's of the pictures he took from the Paddle (he was the gentleman with the 50' tower taking pictures on the beach). These CD's will cost $20, and John will donate half of that to the fight against cancer. Use the CD as a keepsake, or print the images you want. John will even laser print an image onto the CD back for a more pleasureable look ($5 extra).
To contact John, please email
for more information.
-Daniel Leidl
Co-Chair
9th Annual Paddle Against Cancer - August 18, 2007
THE EVENT
Up to 20 teams with 12 members per team compete in outrigger canoe paddling sprint races in a double knockout competition. Teams take advantage of training sessions offered by the Vernon Racing Canoe Club on how to paddle and maneuver the outrigger canoes. Team members raise pledges that are split between the Canadian Cancer Society and the Vernon Jubilee Hospital Foundation for Cancer Care. 250 to 300 people take part in the day’s festivities held at Paddlewheel Park which includes the following activities:
Pancake breakfast
Boat races from 8:30am to 4:30pm
Food and beverage concession
Beer gardens
Dinner and awards presentation
THE HISTORY (1999 to 2006)
$215,000 raised over the past 8 years to benefit cancer research and individuals affected by cancer. A number of teams have been with the event since the beginning and are enthusiastic participants and pledge getters. If you are interested in being a sponsor or putting in a team for this year’s event, please contact:
