{"id":17188,"date":"2020-10-08T00:35:12","date_gmt":"2020-10-08T03:35:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thelaker.ca\/?p=17188"},"modified":"2020-10-08T00:35:12","modified_gmt":"2020-10-08T03:35:12","slug":"running-for-denise-schwarzwald-run-for-the-cure-exceeds-fundraising-goal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging-z.thelaker.ca\/?p=17188","title":{"rendered":"Running for Denise: Schwarzwald Run for the Cure exceeds fundraising goal"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>[adrotate banner=&#8221;79&#8243;]<br \/>\n[adrotate banner=&#8221;84&#8243;]<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><em>MAIN PHOTO: Denise&#8217;s Posse leads the participants in the walk out onto Robert Street in Fall River. (Healey photo)<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>FALL RIVER:<\/strong> It was more than any ordinary walk for friends of the late Denise LaPlante on a mid-Sunday afternoon in October.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>More than 40 people\u2014both adults and young kids\u2014gathered on Robert Street for a neighbourhood CIBC Run for the Cure in memory of their good friend. LaPlante used to walk the five-kilometre route in the Schwarzwald subdivision they were about to embark on. The children did a two-kilometre walk.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>At a home on Robert Street the spot where they were all to begin was marked and written in chalk in big bold letters that said \u201cStart.\u201d Many of those taking part wrote their own names next to the word in chalk. Each kilometre along the route was also marked in chalk.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The walk began at the home on Robert Street and went towards Karen Avenue. It was held to raise money for Breast Cancer research. \u00a0It saw people travel from Truro and Yarmouth to Fall River to be part of the run.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>[adrotate group=&#8221;6&#8243;]<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>[adrotate banner=&#8221;31&#8243;]<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/staging-z.thelaker.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/IMG_4843-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-17258\"\/><figcaption>The kids did a 2 km walk. (Healey photo)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/staging-z.thelaker.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/IMG_4782-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-17248\"\/><figcaption>A group photo of Denise&#8217;s Posse at the start line of the CIBC Run for the Cure in Fall River. (Healey photo)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>As Eleanor Bolton said, the amount of people who came out to take part was amazing.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s really lovely to see,\u2019 said Bolton. \u201cIt\u2019s been a community thing for a long time. Denise was a real community person and she brought people together. We\u2019re just continuing that tradition in bringing people together. It\u2019s nice.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cShe built this village, so that\u2019s why we\u2019re all here,\u201d added Christina Marchand.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The three said they set a goal of raising $3,000, and they\u2019ve clearly blown that goal out of the water.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s amazing what we\u2019ve done,\u201d said Vicki Gomes. \u201cWe\u2019ve tripled that goal.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>They have an idea as to why they were able to exceed their goal in easy fashion.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cI think people want to show their support for things like this if they can, a few dollars here, and if they can\u2019t they just came out or were sending us good luck wishes messages,\u201d said Bolton. \u201cSome people have even donated a second time.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/staging-z.thelaker.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/IMG_4800-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-17250\"\/><figcaption>A toast to Denise. (Healey photo)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>[adrotate banner=&#8221;34&#8243;]<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>[adrotate banner=&#8221;81&#8243;]<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Bolton said it was great that it was a virtual run this year as it allowed them to do the walk in the neighbourhood LaPlante called home on the route their friend did herself.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cI don\u2019t think I would want it any other way,\u201d added Gomez, who became cho9ked up thinking of what doing the walk LaPlante did meant to her.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s like therapy in a way. Doing it with each other, being there for each other,\u201d said Bolton.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>It\u2019s clear that LaPlante left a legacy with her friends and neighbourhood and was looking down on her friends cheering them on as they ran in her memory.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/staging-z.thelaker.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/IMG_4834-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-17256\"\/><figcaption>Reporter Pat Healey was an attraction for the doggies in the walk. (Healey photo)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/staging-z.thelaker.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/IMG_4826-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-17254\"\/><figcaption>There were man&#8217;s best friend in the walk. 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