Excited to be running with the Run for the world team!

Hi Run for the World team!

My name is Kristen Stamper. And I am a volunteer for the Cuso Volunteer for the world Toronto team. I have been volunteering with Volunteer for the world committee for the last year and a half, its a great group of people. I also work for Cuso International, the ottawa office as one of my clients at work. I work for a marketing and fundraising agency, and Cuso is one of our biggest clients. So I thought it would be perfect to join on with the Cuso Run for the world team and run the run with all of you.

The Scotia Bank run came at a perfect time this year as well.  I am a cancer survivour, and I am a year out from my surgery. To celebrate being almost fully recovered I was looking for a run to train for to get my butt back into shape and try and get some of my muscle mass back just as I got the email from Maygen. Perfect! So I convinced my boyfriend Brendan (who hates running :))  that he should train with me, and we are now going to run the run together. I am pretty excited about it!

It`s been a little rough taking up running as I am not a runner, but I am an avid athlete. Brendan and I both downloaded the Nike Plus App, which has been great motivation! It reminds you to run, which is great on those days that you get caught up in other things, and the gps tracker keeps track of your pace, you trail, calories burned. I would highly recommend it. We have run 20 Kms already. Give it a try if you have not already!

Well very excited to meet everyone at the race day. Look forward to hearing about how the training is going. I will keep updating on ours as well. Talk soon!
Kristen

Cuso International is benefitting from Jessica Dubelaar’s excess wedding treats.
Jessica donated the left over candy bar from her recent wedding reception and hosted a “CANDY FOR A CAUSE” fundraiser.


We set-up the candy bar and invited the other offices in the CSI building to join us for a sugar high!
The event raised $50 and all donors were rewarded with an afternoon sugar rush 
This fun little event topped off the Toronto “Run for the World” team’s fundraising - helping us reach $2500!!!

Consider hosting your own CANDY FOR A CAUSE event at your office or school!
Noone can say NO when candy is involved!

ONE TIP: We would have PRE-PACKAGED the candy bags... some of our guests we're a little greedy :s

Some Fundraising Incentives

Cuso International want's to thank you for joining our team and working hard to raise funds towards our international development projects and volunteer sending programs. Thanks to the support from local businesses in Toronto, for every $100 you raise you have ANOTHER chance to win!

Win WHAT you ask?

Aches Away Wellness Clinic has donated TWO one hour massages to ease your training aches and pains.

Take a moment to LIKE them on facebook to say THANKS!
https://www.facebook.com/AchesAwayToronto

David's Tea has compiled a beautiful collection of teas for rehydration and wellness. It's a Runner's Tea Dream Basket filled with delicious drinks to ease you into the fall!

and Barefoot Wines want's to help you celebrate crossing that finish line with a basket of their most awarded California-Argentina blends of wine. "GOOD THINGS happen to those who DO GOOD!"

Keep it up, your training, your fundraising and your motivation!
Let's go! Let's run for the world!
Reducing global poverty 1km at a time :)