GoodLife Fitness Victoria Marathon Official Charities
The GoodLife Fitness Victoria Marathon is proud to be a continuing supporter of local charities. We have two levels in our charity program. The three Official Charities are KidSport Greater Victoria, Raise A Reader, and GoodLife Kids Foundation.
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KidSport™ So ALL Kids Can Play! Register to run for KidSport and you could win 2 nights for 2 at fabulous Four Seasons Whistler Resort and Spa. KidSport is a not for profit charitable organization that raises funds to pay for sports registration fees for children from financially disadvantaged families. Sport and physical activities provide opportunities for kids to learn teamwork, fair play, dedication and commitment. Kids learn how to set goals and work to achieve them, all while having fun as they acquire important lifelong social and fundamental movement skills. Kids increase their sense of self-confidence and live happier, healthier lifestyles now and later on in life. To date we have helped over 4970 Victoria and area kids get on the playing field. Whether you walk or run for KidSport, everybody wins! For more information on KidSport please visit our website at: www.kidsportvictoria.ca |
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The Times Colonist Raise a Reader program is a year-round initiative that raises funds for family literacy programs on Vancouver Island. Our commitment is to support programs that work to educate Canadians about literacy issues and how improved literacy levels have a positive impact on our country's economic and social well being. 100% of the money collected stays on Vancouver Island and funds are distributed to local literacy programs. Over 140 schools and organizations received funding last year with money raised from each of our Raise a Reader campaigns, including our Annual Book Drive and Sale, enabling them to purchase books and other valuable learning tools. This year's Book Drop is taking place on April 28 and 29, with the Sale taking place on May 12 and 13 --- both at the Victoria Curling Club on Quadra Street in Victoria. For more information or to make a donation ...
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GoodLife Kids Foundation envisions a Canada where ALL KIDS have the opportunity to live a fit and healthy good life. It's not just about inspiration for change - it's about effecting real change in the lives of thousands of Canadian kids every year. GoodLife Kids Foundation has granted over half a million dollars to organizations across Canada providing opportunities for kids to add physical activity to their daily lives. To date over 160,000 children have been introduced to a new path of healthy and active living. You too can make an impact and inspire more kids to get active. VISIT www.goodlifekids.com to find out how YOU can help. Charitable #89126 2628 RR0001
Contact: Lisa Burrows, Executive Director |
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2013 Times Colonist Charity Pledge Program
The goal of the Charity Pledge Program (CPP) is to offer a diverse group of charities the opportunities to raise pledges, and awareness by partnering with the GoodLife Fitness Victoria Marathon and the Victoria Marathon Society. We certainly understand that it is hard work to fundraise and the CPP is not the easy answer but what the program does do is allow charities to focus on raising money and not organizing the event which in 2012, had 11,503 participants.
As a participant you have 19 charities to choose from to run or walk for, join a team, volunteer or make a single donation to. Every dollar makes a difference to the clients and the communities of each of the charities. We will be updating the links and contacts for each of the charities by Mid March so until then, if you have any questions, please contact charity@runvictoriamarathon.com or Cathy Noel at 250-213-7613.
2013 Charities
- Arthritis Society, BC and Yukon Division
- BC Cancer Foundation
- Canadian Diabetes Association
- Crohns and Colitis Foundation of Canada
- HepCBC Hepatitis C Education & Prevention Society
- KidSport Greater Victoria
- Leukemia & Lymphoma Society of Canada
- Lifetime Networks
- Mary Manning Centre
- Mount St. Mary Hospital Foundation
- MS Society of Canada
- NEED2 Suicide Prevention Education & Support
- Pacific Centre Family Services Association
- Pacifica Housing
- Recreation Integration Victoria
- Times Colonist Raise-a-Reader
- USC Canada (Run for Biodiversity)
- Victoria Epilepsy and Parkinson's
- Young Parents Support Network
| ARTHRITIS SOCIETY, BC AND YUKON DIVISION | |
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Contact: Trish Duncan, Fund Development Coordinator Email: tduncan@bc.arthritis.ca Web: www.arthritis.ca Team Name: Arthritis Society |
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This year, The Arthritis Society will celebrate 65 years of making a positive difference in the lives of those living with arthritis. The Society is dedicated to a vision of Living well while creating a future without arthritis. It is Canada's principal health charity providing education, programs and support to 4.6 million Canadians with arthritis and their loved ones. Since its' founding in 1948, The Society has been the largest non-government funder of arthritis research in Canada by investing more than $180 million in projects that have led to breakthroughs in the diagnosis, treatment and care of people with arthritis. |
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| BC CANCER FOUNDATION | |
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Contact: Debbie Walsh, Development Officer, Special Events Phone: 250-519-5552 Email: debbie.walsh@bccancer.bc.ca Web: http://donate.bccancerfoundation.com/GoodLifeFitnessVictoriaMarathon Team Name: BC Cancer Foundation Team |
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The BC Cancer Foundation is the bridge that connects philanthropic support and research breakthroughs in cancer knowledge. As the fundraising partner of the BC Cancer Agency and the largest charitable funder of cancer research in this province, we raise funds exclusively for the BC Cancer Agency that enable donors to make contributions to leading-edge research that has a direct impact on improvements to cancer care for patients in British Columbia. Support cancer research right here on Vancouver Island by registering to fundraise here. Register or Donate Today! |
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| CANADIAN DIABETES ASSOCIATION - TEAM DIABETES | |
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Contact: Mandy Khara Phone: 604-732-1331 ext. 247. Email: mandy.khara@diabetes.ca Web: www.teamdiabetes.ca Team Name: Team Diabetes |
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Team Diabetes has raised over $32 million for the Canadian Diabetes Association to support research, education, advocacy and programs like camps for children with Type 1 Diabetes. Sign up, raise funds and help us make a difference in the lives of the 9 million Canadians living with diabetes or pre-diabetes! |
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| CROHNS AND COLITIS FOUNDATION OF CANADA | |
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Contact: Nadine King Phone: 250-475-3048 Email: naking@shaw.ca Web: www.ccfc.ca Team Name: Team CCFC |
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It takes guts to run an event and it takes guts to find a cure for Crohns and Ulcerative Colitis (IBD). Join us in raising funds to help find a cure as well as provide education, support, and advocacy for those suffering from these chronic illnesses. Canada has one of the highest rates of IBD in the world with one in every 150 Canadians suffering from IBD of which nearly 6,000 are children. Donate or pledge to CCFC so those suffering from IBD can join you running in the future and not endlessly to the bathroom. |
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| HEPCBC HEPATITIS C EDUCATION & PREVENTION SOCIETY | |
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Contact: Cheryl Reitz Phone: 250-595-3892 Email: marathon.hepcbc@gmail.com Web: www.hepcbc.ca/marathons-walks/ Team Name: HepCBC Liver Warriors |
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People with serious chronic diseases especially benefit from exercise! The HepCBC Liver Warriors team publicizes the benefits of exercise in combating liver disease, fights stigma against those with hepatitis C (HCV), and raises money to help HepCBC continue its vital programs. HepCBC, a registered charity since 2001, was formed by HCV-positive people and their caregivers. We have provided HCV education, support and prevention since 1996. Currently we are focusing on baby-boomer, immigrant, and rural populations who urgently need help dealing with this disease. We're looking for enthusiastic people to walk or run with us, raise funds, or volunteer at the race! |
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| KIDSPORT GREATER VICTORIA | |
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Contact: Patti Hunter Phone: 250-380-1518 Email: phunter@kidsportvictoria.ca Web: www.kidsportvictoria.ca Team Name: Team KidSport |
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Register to run for KidSport and you could win 2 nights for 2 at fabulous Four Seasons Whistler Resort. KidSport raises funds to pay for sports registration fees for children from financially disadvantaged families. Sports activities provide opportunities for kids to learn teamwork, fair play, dedication and commitment. Whether you walk or run for KidSport, everybody wins! |
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| LEUKEMIA & LYMPHOMA SOCIETY OF CANADA | |
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Contact: Zahida Jaffer Phone: 604-733-2873 (toll free 1-866-547-5433), ext. 5203 Email: zahida.jaffer@lls.org Web: www.teamintraining.ca/bc Team Name: Leukemia & Lymphoma Society of Canada - Team In Training |
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Our mission is to cure leukemia, lymphoma and myeloma and improve the quality of life of patients and their families. As you train for the GoodLife Fitness Victoria Marathon, help us raise funds to find cures for blood cancers. Our research has had a huge impact - such as increasing the survival rates for childhood leukemia from 3% 40 years ago to over 90% today. Start collecting pledges today and make a difference in the lives of the 100,000 Canadians living with a blood cancer. Join Team In Training for your next event: www.teamintraining.ca/bc Together we train to beat cancer. |
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| LIFETIME NETWORKS | |
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Contact: Carlene Thompson, Director of Resource Development Phone: 250-477-4112 Email: carlene@lnv.ca Web: www.lifetimenetworks.org Team Name: Lifetime Networks Cruisers |
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Lifetime Networks - Lasting friendship and support for people with disabilities. Drew loves his independent life! His circle of lasting friendship and support makes this possible. Friends save him from isolation, enrich his life with new experiences, increase his confidence and validate him as a giving, kind and caring person. For his parents, Lifetime Networks provides immeasurable relief and peace of mind when contemplating Drew's future without them. Lifetime Networks needs the participation of the community to raise the vital funds necessary to make Networks like Drew's truly last a lifetime. Drew is walking for his future. Walk or run beside him. Register or Donate Today! |
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| MARY MANNING CENTRE | |
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Contact: Sandra Bryce, Executive Director or Julie Adams, Board Member Phone: 250-385-6111 Email: sandra.bryce@marymanningcentre.com or adamsjl@shaw.ca Web: www.marymanningcentre.com Team Name: Mary Manning Centre Flyers |
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Mary Manning Centre provides counselling, treatment and victim services to children and youth who disclose sexual or physical abuse, and to non-offending family members. We are the only non-profit agency providing specialized Child Victim Services in BC and the primary provider in Greater Victoria, helping over 200 families a year. Most referrals come from families, police, victim assistance programs, government and community agencies and health care workers. |
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| MOUNT ST. MARY HOSPITAL FOUNDATION | |
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Contact: Veronica Osborn Phone: 250-370-0200 Email: events@msmfoundation.ca Web: www.msmfoundation.ca Team Name: Mount St. Marythoners |
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You can make strides for quality health care. You can enrich the lives of 200 residents at Mount St. Mary Hospital who live with complex medical conditions. Together we aim to raise $40,000 to renovate resident rooms for better hospital care. Your gift will help residents move freely, live safely, and receive the very best in hospital care. Get involved! Give the gift of comfort! Walk, run and pledge with the Mount St. Marythoners and receive a team shirt, incentive prizes, and team events. |
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| MS SOCIETY OF CANADA | |
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Contact: Sukhi Tomana Phone: 250-388-6496 ext 236 Email: sukhi.tomana@mssociety.ca Web: mssoc.convio.net/endMSrunners Team Name: End MS Runners |
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End MS Runners - You lace up your shoes, open the door and step outside and start to run. Your legs move freely, you have good vision, your balance is stable and you run because you can! This year run for the people living with MS and give them hope that they too will run along beside you. Make your run about so much more than running. |
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| NEED2 SUICIDE PREVENTION EDUCATION & SUPPORT | |
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Contact: Dallas Atkins Phone: 250-386-6328 Email: admin@need2.ca Web: www.need2.ca Team Name: NEED2 Prevent Suicide |
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This is NEED2's third year being involved with the GoodLife Fitness Victoria Marathon. Last year our amazing team of runners helped to raise over $9,000 for NEED2. Please join us this year to help us reach our fundraising goal of $15,000. All funds raised will directly support our Suicide Education and Awareness programs which includes prevention workshops in middle and high schools all across Greater Victoria, and online support for youth at www.youthspace.ca Get involved! Help us to break the silence and end the stigma surrounding mental health and suicide. |
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| PACIFIC CENTRE FAMILY SERVICES ASSOCIATION | |
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Contact: Mitzi Dean, Executive Phone: 250-478-8357 Email: mdean@pcfsa.org Web: http://www.pacificcentrefamilyservices.org/ Team Name: PCFSA Running for Westshore |
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Supporting youth and families is our core! The funds raised will help us respond to youth who need help but don't know who to turn to. With the support from the marathon we will respond to hundreds of inquiries from youth through face to face and email counselling, and will develop our services with the input of youth, such as running groups and exploring video counselling. Get involved! Give the gift of help for youth. Help us promote healthy lifestyles! Walk, run and pledge with Pacific Centre Family Services - you can make a real difference. |
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| PACIFICA HOUSING | |
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Contact: Kristy Colpron Phone: 250-385-2131, ext. 103 Email: kristyc@pacificahousing.ca Web: www.pacificahousing.ca/ Team Name: Pacifica Powerhousers |
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Join us in ensuring safe, affordable and permanent housing is available to everyone in our community! Pacifica Housing is committed to creating and managing housing for individuals and families who face barriers to accessing housing in the private market. Together we can ensure better lives for more than 800 vulnerable families and adults who call Pacifica Housing home. Your gift will go directly to onsite programming and support services such as nutritional education, cooking programs, community gardens, youth groups and literacy skills development. |
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| RECREATION INTEGRATION VICTORIA | |
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Contact: Emily Boardman, Coordinator of Services Phone: 250-477-6314 ext. 12 Email: eboardman@rivonline.org Web: www.rivonline.org/Equalizers.html Team Name: Equalizers |
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Recreation Integration Victoria is committed to a community where all people have equal opportunities to participate. We are recruiting participant's that will help us raise $15,000 to support our: Inclusion Service for Children and Youth, ensuring children and youth with disabilities have opportunities to attend generic community-based programs and services; and our Volunteer Services. Visit our website for more information. Join us! Make a pledge and improve someone's quality of life! Together, we'll make a difference. |
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Contact: Shannon Kowalko Phone: 250-380-5379 Email: skowalko@timescolonist.com Web: www.raiseareader.com Team Name: TC Newsprinters |
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The Times Colonist Raise-a-Reader program is a year-round initiative that raises funds for family literacy programs on Vancouver Island and the Gulf Islands. Our commitment is to support programs that work to educate Canadians about literacy issues and how improved literacy levels have a positive impact on our communities economic and social well being. 100% of the money collected here stays on Vancouver Island and the Gulf Islands and funds are distributed to area schools and local literacy groups. Last year, over 180 schools and organizations received funding with money raised from each of our Raise-a-Reader initiatives, including the Annual Book Drive and Sale, enabling them to purchase books and other valuable learning tools. |
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| USC CANADA (RUN FOR BIODIVERSITY) | |
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Contact: David Rain, Run for Biodiversity Coordinator Phone: 1-800-5656-USC, ext 231 Email: r4b@usc-canada.org Web: http://usc-canada.org/run-for-biodiversity/victoria/ Team Name: Team R4B |
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Let's celebrate World Food Day by Running or Walking for Biodiversity in Victoria! You can support USC Canada's innovative work with seed-saving farmers in remote regions of Nepal. We're helping farmers grow more food for their families, in ways that are kind to the environment and nurture biodiversity. Target fundraising goal: $8,000. |
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| VICTORIA EPILEPSY AND PARKINSON'S CENTRE | |
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Contact: Barb Gilmore Phone: 250-475-6677 Email: bgilmore@vepc.bc.ca Web: www.vepc.bc.ca/ Team Name: HeadWay Supporters |
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Since 1986 Victoria Epilepsy and Parkinson's Centre has welcomed and assisted people affected by the neurological disorders of epilepsy or Parkinson's. They are not related conditions, but affect all ages of people. As a non-profit society and by sharing administrative resources, we focus your donation dollars on helping people directly; to talk to you about these neurological conditions and find the best way to manage your life and feel well. Just ask our members! Run, Walk, Cheer with us in the Victoria Marathon! Make a pledge. Help us broaden our communities' understanding and acceptance of living with epilepsy or Parkinson's. Register or Donate Today! |
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| YOUNG PARENTS SUPPORT NETWORK | |
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Contact: Margo d'Archangelo Phone: 250-384-0552 Email: margo@ypsn.ca Web: www.ypsn.ca/ Team Name: Awesome Possums |
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Young Parents Support Network (YPSN) serves parents aged 13 - 29 years (and their children) in the Greater Victoria area! YPSN works to meet the needs of the young parent community through parenting programs, as well as one-to-one services for pregnant youth and vulnerable young parents. We Believe...that everyone has the right to have their needs met. This means respect, dignity, nutritious food, safe and affordable housing, clean water, education, meaningful employment opportunities, a living wage, honest information and other resources to create a happy fulfilling life. |
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MEDIA RELEASES
Feb 20, 2013 - GoodLife Fitness Victoria Marathon announces 19 Charities to participate in the 2013 Times Colonist Charity Pledge Program. (Victoria, BC - February 20, 2013). Nineteen charities will be participating in the 2013 Times Colonist Charity Pledge Program. This is the eighth year that the highly successful Charity Pledge Program has been adopted by the GoodLife Fitness Victoria Marathon. It is the third year that the Times Colonist has been the title sponsor for the program. In 2012, 20 charities participated in the Charity Pledge Program raising just over $195,000. Since 2006, just under $1 million has been raised by the combined charities.
Nov 21, 2012 - GoodLife Fitness Victoria Marathon Announces 2012 Charity Totals. (Victoria, BC - November 21, 2012). The GoodLife Fitness Victoria Marathon has announced its charity fundraising totals from the 2012 event. The combined total from the Times Colonist Charity Pledge Program, donations from the Victoria Marathon Society and participant donations totaled $325,500. The 2012 event was held on Sunday, October 7th.
June 7 - GoodLife Fitness Victoria Marathon officially launches 2012 Times Colonist Charity Pledge Program. (Victoria, BC - June 7, 2012) The GoodLife Fitness Victoria Marathon 2012 Times Colonist Charity Pledge Program (CPP) was officially launched today. This is the seventh year that the highly successful program has been adopted by the Marathon and 20 charities will be participating this year. Since 2006, $792,000 has been raised by the combined charities. The 2012 GoodLife Fitness Victoria Marathon will be held on Sunday, October 7, 2012.
June 4 - MEDIA ADVISORY: The 33rd Annual GoodLife Fitness Victoria Marathon invites you to a Media Conference to officially launch the 2012 Times Colonist Charity Pledge Program. Thursday, June 7, 10:00 am at Frontrunners Footwear, 1200 Vancouver Street. Meet the 20 charities that are involved in the Marathon this year, and hear how individuals can join a team and raise money for these great causes.
June 1 - Times Colonist Charity Pledge Program Media Launch. Thursday, June 7, 2012 - 10:00-11:00am at Frontrunners Footwear, 1200 Vancouver Street. Go to the Facebook event here.
Jan 31, 2012 - GoodLife Fitness Victoria Marathon announces 20 Charities to participate in the 2012 Times Colonist Charity Pledge Program (Victoria, BC). Twenty charities will be participating in the 2012 Times Colonist Charity Pledge Program. This is the seventh year that the highly successful Charity Pledge Program has been adopted by the GoodLife Fitness Victoria Marathon. It is the second year that the Times Colonist has been the title sponsor for the program. In 2011, 22 charities participated in the Charity Pledge Program raising $180,000. Since 2006, $792,000 has been raised by the combined charities.
Nov 16, 2011 - GoodLife Fitness Victoria Marathon Announces 2011 Charity Totals (Victoria, BC). The GoodLife Fitness Victoria Marathon has announced its charity fundraising totals from the 2011 event. The combined total from the Times Colonist Charity Pledge Program, donations from the Victoria Marathon Society and participant donations totalled $319,500. The 2011 event was held on Sunday, October 9th.
