News Archive
News:
Daves Welcome Message - April 11th 2008:
Daves Welcome Message...
Big Update - June 13th 2008:
Next friday is the Chip's Not Dead Yet Memorial Mile in Vancouver, http://www.chipsnotdeadyet.com , and our runners are geared to run in wedding/bridesmaid dresses for yet another cause so stay tuned for The Runners Journal Episode #2 to feature the run and our manly runners.
Our second piece of news is about our contract with the CCFC, which should be coming in very shortly, and once in we will open our donations page so that you, our faithful supporters may finally help out our cause.
In the next couple weeks we will have many updates so please check back
Breaking News - May 12th 2008:
Vancouver Sun
Published: Monday, May 12, 2008
Efforts to combat Chron's Disease in children received a $12 million grant from the B.C. government Monday.
The money was given to the Children with Intestinal and Liver Disorders (CH.I.L.D.) Foundation to find a cure for children with intestinal and liver disorders such as Crohn's Disease, the province announced in a press release.
One project is aimed at combatting Inflammatory bowel diseases (IBD).
Dubbed the C.H.I.L.D. National I.B.D. Research Collaborative, it will connect healthcare professionals, researchers, hospitals, funding agencies and families from across the country with a focus on finding a cure for Crohn's Disease.
Children with Inflammatory Bowel Diseases suffer unpredictable inflammation and ulceration causing excruciating pain, bloody diarrhea, nausea, vomiting, weight loss or gain, chronic fatigue, and anaemia. These children are often confined to their homes, miss a great deal of school and often cannot participate in sports.
The National I.B.D. Research Network will allow researchers in different geographic locations to work together in teams, which could lead to an international effort led by Canada to defeat Crohn's Disease, the press release said. It will be the first time since SARS that a nation-wide collaborative effort in Canada has been undertaken to target one disease, the release said.
Runners Journal Episode 1 Live - May 6th 2008:
Over two months of hard work and the first episode of our special web-series called the runners journal is now live via the media section. The Runners Journal takes a closer look at the process of starting and maintaining a huge charity/awareness campaign like the run for crohns. Check out the first episode here.
New & Improved Image Gallery - May 5th 2008:
Though this is only a temporary website it has not stopped us from making it the best that we can. Proof of that is the new image browser that was launched today. Check out the media section to get a closer look.
20th Annual M&M Meat Shops Chairty BBQ Day - April 11th 2008:
Part of our website will also revolve around other community events put forward to help bring awareness and fundraising towards crohns & colitis. Our team will try to attend as many of these events as possible. Our first event is the 20th annual M&M Meat Shops Chairty BBQ Day.
Temporary Website - April 9th 2008:
We finally have a temporary website up and running for you to browse through and find out more about our cause. Please take your time, and go through the entire site. We will have images, video, information...
Welcome - Website Starting
Welcome to the official Run for Crohn's website. As you can see we are still getting setup; we ask that you be patient while we get things settled here and loaded up. If you want to volunteer or find out more info please contact us at volunteer@runforcrohns.com. We appreciate your help and interest, until the site is up Deviant.Studio has helped us set up a small news ticker so we can still get our updates out to you. See below...
Sponsors Aquired - Oct. 31, 2007
We'd like to take a few moments today to acknowledge some important people. First off we'd like to thank Mr. Phillip Yeap for donating to our cause, and helping us get started. Richard Walsh of Deviant.Studio for his quick quality designs and his company in general for the sponsorship to design all print and web related Run for Crohns material. We would also like to thank Exodius Video Production, for the kind donation of their video team, equipment, and time for the production of our documentary.
Facelift Aquired - Oct. 30, 2007
Well now you have it guys: The Run for Crohn's has gotten it's official face of the community. Thanks to sponsor Deviant.Studio for providing their talents yet again for our cause, we have our official logo. Thank you.
Significant Choices - Oct. 28, 2007
It is with great pleasure that we announce David Hall is the primary runner for the Run for Crohns, to be held in 2009. David finds this to be of large significance in his life. Hall came to the group during the last month looking for a cause to run for that he could truly believe in and make a difference. It was then Hall had asked if he could run for Crohns. Together Hall and our team have come up with the Run for Crohn's. During the next year while the organization builds and plans the event, Hall plans to train and get his body into peak condition for the event; in the meantime Exodius Video Productions will be filming a documentary on the entire event, Pre and Post.
Global Networking - Oct. 28, 2007
Run for Crohn's conception begins. Online network group started on popular global network site, Facebook
