Annual Walkathons Shut Down Parts Of GTA
Posted May 27, 2007 12:00 pm.
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If you’re planning to drive into downtown on Sunday, be prepared to run into some traffic as the Annual Aga Khan Foundation World Partnership Walk kicks off at Metro Hall at 11am.
Organizers expect about 70,000 Canadians in cities across the country to participate in this year’s event that’ll raise funds to fight global poverty. Proceeds go directly to programs in the developing world and not a penny is spent on administration. Since it started 23 years ago, the walk has raised over $36 million. Last year alone it raised $5 million.
This year’s notable guests include: the Lieutenant Governor of Ontario James K. Bartleman, Ontario Premier Dalton McGuinty, Premier of British Columbia Gordon Campbell, and Professor Stephen J. Toope, President and Vice Chancellor of the University of British Columbia.
The walk will wind its way through King St. and Simcoe between 11am-2pm.
Meanwhile, if you’re driving in the west end of the city traffic could be a bit slower than usual. The United Jewish Appeal is holding its annual 10 km walk. It starts from Coronation Park at the foot of Strachan at 10:30am. The walk will make its way past Fort York and through Bathurst and Spadina as it heads north to Dundas and eventually back down to the CNE grounds.
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