An event in support of the Cancer Care Foundation is hoping to fill Paradise Park with a number of colours representing various cancers.
The foundation is holding its annual Polka Dot Trot which encourages people to participate in a 5-kilometer walk while wearing a t-shirt in a colour that represents the cancer that means the most to them.
Lynette Hillier, Executive Director of the Cancer Care Foundation says this is the first time they’ve been able to hold the event in person since 2019.
She says the idea of wearing a colour that represents a certain cancer helps bring together those who are struggling with the same disease.
Hillier says it’s a visual way for people to come together. She says participants may see someone else wearing a colour representing a rare cancer, which now gives them the opportunity to connect when they may have never met anyone else struggling with the same cancer.
Opening Ceremonies for the Polka Dot Trot get underway at 9:00 a.m. at Paradise Park with the walk beginning at 10:00 a.m.