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Oct
28
Mon
Med4youth Halloween Bakesale @ University of Winnipeg Collegiate
Oct 28 all-day
Oct
30
Wed
Cambridge Hotel Fundraiser @ Cambridge Hotel
Oct 30 all-day
Collège Béliveau Barracudas Hockey Fights Cancer @ Southdale Community Centre
Oct 30 all-day
Oct
31
Thu
A Pumpkin Promise in Memory of Marietta Okell
Oct 31 all-day

 

A Pumpkin Promise began years ago; not as a named event, but as a simple Halloween idea to find the biggest pumpkins I could…something to laugh at and talk about with the neighbors until the next year’s ‘big’ find! As one of my favorite holidays, my mother also shared this same passion, if not on a larger scale! She loved Halloween and was just as excited to see what size pumpkins I could find the following year.

 

Over time, it became something I looked forward to each Halloween and grew to become an expected sight in my neighborhood. Local farmers would baby and grow Atlantic Giant seedlings into massive pumpkins and donate them with generous hearts; flat deck trucks, tractors, bobcats and hefty friends helped to load and unload; and finally, best friends forever, who I’m sure curse under their breath the week before Halloween when I call to ask for help with standing the beasts up and showcasing them at their finest…without this dream team, none of this would have been possible each and every year.

 

In 2009, the passion dimmed when my mother Marietta was diagnosed with pancreatic cancer. We loved, cared and supported her through her treatments and subsequent aftercare, until her passing in November 2010. Naturally, Halloween just simply did not carry the same cheer as it had in the past…yet I continued to do it with thoughts of my mom and her smile as she would see the size of these pumpkins upon arrival. A couple years ago, I made the decision to carry this on in memory of my mother and chose to fundraise for cancer. Hence, a Pumpkin Promise was born.

 

 

 

Ecole River Heights School Walk-a-thon
Oct 31 all-day
John Cabral Invitational
Oct 31 all-day

Collecting donations in memory of John Cabral

Super Auto Centres Pink Caps for Breast Cancer @ Various Super Auto Centre Locations
Oct 31 all-day

Visit any Super Auto Centre locations in Winnipeg and donate $5 to receive 4 pink tire caps for your car and a coupon for a free winter tire installation.

The Unexpected Gift Breast Cancer Awareness Event @ The Unexpected Gift
Oct 31 all-day

A potion of sales during the month of October will be donated to breast cancer research.

Terror Garage Haunted House
Oct 31 @ 7:00 pm – 11:00 pm
Nov
1
Fri
Boo for the Cure
Nov 1 @ 5:30 pm – 8:00 pm

A family friendly haunted house