Join us, anytime or multiple times, from July 1 to September 30, 2021 for a virtual walk, run, hike or bike ride with your friends and family -- even your pets. Choose 5K, 10K or any comfortable distance. Raise pledges or make your own donation to support mental health for the youth of South Simcoe.

All money raised through this event will be donated to Youth Haven and New Path, two main youth mental health service providers in South Simcoe. For more information, please visit https://youthhaven.ca/ and https://newpath.ca/

This RUN 4 YOUTH, SOUTH SIMCOE event is hosted by Rotary Club of Alliston.

RUN 4 YOUTH is sponsored by FLATO Developments as the Title Sponsor, Ryan Design as the Marketing Sponsor, The Gibson Culture Centre as the Community Sponsor, FLATO HOME as the Swag sponsor. Other sponsors include The Alliston Lions Club, Debbie Hudson of TD Wealth, Trillium Ford Lincoln of Alliston and Shelburne, CPK Accounting and Youth Beyond Enterprises, a not-for-profit in Angus, ON serving young entrepreneurs. Other interested sponsors may email annabelle@flatogroup.com for sponsorship details.

RUN 4 YOUTH is partnered with Navy League of Barrie, Community Living Association of South Simcoe, Gibston Culture Centre, Tottenham & Beeton District Chamber of Commerce, Y Media Group, and more.

HOW TO JOIN:

Download the STRAVA app (www.strava.com or the app store) to your cellphone for free. Go to Groups and search for RUN 4 YOUTH, SOUTH SIMCOE under Clubs to join.

Whenever you are walking, running, hiking or biking, open the STRAVA app and start tracking your route under Record.

Post the finished route to our RUN 4 YOUTH, SOUTH SIMCOE club page.

About Us

The Rotary Club of Alliston was originally sponsored by the Rotary Clubs of Beeton and Bradford and was chartered in 1955. Rotary members are people of action that strive to do good in their local communities and around the world.

Among the most important charitable activities identified by the Rotary Club Alliston, based on input from the community, are youth-at-risk and mental health. The Run4Youth campaign addresses both. After more than a year of dealing with the COVID-19 pandemic and lockdowns, which have closed schools and isolated our youth from the socialization they so desperately need, many are suffering mental health impacts. Our goal as Rotarians is to help community organizations that can help our troubled youth.

With the help of our community and generous sponsors we supported fundraising campaigns for these local organizations and programs in the past year:

Stevenson Memorial Hospital Foundation

Alliston Out of the Cold

Sir Frederick Banting Legacy Foundation

Gibson Centre for Community, Arts and Culture

Frontline Workers at 4 Long-term Care Facilities

Residents of 3 Long-term Care Facilities

Alliston Lions’ Christmas Hamper

Scholarships for students at Banting Memorial High School

Sponsored an Interact Club for High School-aged Community Volunteers

The Rotary Club of Alliston also organizes the following community events:

Santa Claus Parade

Potato Festival Parade

12th Night Christmas Tree Bonfire