I wrote to you last week about a special fundraiser that I was scheduled to participate in on Wednesday, September 19 and I wanted to let you know of the results.
A group of sixty agents, assembled in Vancouver for our company’s national sales conference joined forces to raise funds for the Royal LePage Shelter Foundation by hiking the Grouse Grind. The event was organized by my colleague Sebastian Albrecht and his wife Bess. Sebastian happens to hold the world record for the most ascents of the mountain in a single day. He climbed Grouse Grind fourteen times over sixteen hours back in 2010. Having now climbed it just once, I have some appreciation for the magnitude of Sebastian’s accomplishment. I found a single climb to be a huge challenge, one which I will never forget and one which I hope to experience again. My thanks to Sebastian and Bess for organizing the grind and for bringing this wonderful experience to my life.
I had hoped to chronicle my climb in video snips. I didn’t get too far in before I realized I just couldn’t do that without dramatically affecting my climb time. It very quickly became difficult to operate the camera without stopping for a rest, something I really didn’t want to do. I came to give the grind my best effort. Here are the before and afters in a brief video.
My time was 1:01:13. Speaking of time, it’s not too late to donate to this great cause. You can do that here if you’d like to. My friends stepped up and contributed $2,400 to the event. Collectively, our group raised over $25,000 for the Royal LePage Shelter Foundation. Thanks to all who contributed.
While I am appreciative of every bit of support, financial and otherwise, I am especially touched by the generosity of those in the Saskatoon real estate community (my competitors, essentially) who helped with the cause.
Thank you all.
Pauline Perpick
Pat Tymchatyn
Patti Haubrich
Daryl Miller
Brenda and Calvin Taylor
Ed Wojcichowsky
Riel Syrenne
Lana Stark
Becky Laliberté
Regan MacNamee
Kim Newransky
Kevin Goyer
Chris Dagenais
Lyndon Neher
Kelly Kowalchuk
Lionel Betker
Maria Trakadas
Jacqueline Dolynny
Jerry Andreas
Grace Tuck
David and Julie Cortens
Heather Daverne
Dave Scharf
Brian J Taylor
Kevin Cross
Caroline Bickle
Darwin Dolgopol
Don McIvor
Barry Willick
Dean Hartley
Ron Thompson
Leo Morrison
Diane Crawford
Kerry Clarke
Joseph and Charmaine Taylor
John and Norene Penner
Sharon Cybulski
Derek Watson
Cec and Richard Willick
Don Garvie
John Stickel
Thanks again to all of you. I appreciate it so much and I promise that your contributions will be put to good use.
Norm Fisher
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