Lanark Village ‘superheroes’ raise more than $1K for Big Brothers Big Sisters

Team members from Kitchener seniors living community participate in the charity’s annual Bowl for Kids Sake fundraiser
3/18/2019  - Deron Hamel
Lanark Village team members wore their favourite superhero costumes during the March 6 Bowl for Kids Sake event in Kitchener.  

A group of team members from Lanark Village were literally superheroes recently when they showed their support for the Big Brothers Big Sisters of Waterloo Region by participating in the charity’s annual Bowl for Kids Sake fundraiser, raising $1,018 through pledges.

In keeping with the theme of the March 6 event, the Lanark Village team members dressed up in superhero costumes, which included Spider-Man, Batman, Wonder Woman, Superman, Flash and Captain America.

Each team member had to raise at least $100 in pledges to participate. One of the Lanark Village team members, Lisa Irwin, donated two crocheted blankets to raffle off to help raise money.

The Kitchener seniors living community’s fun co-ordinator Kyla Pfister says aside from the team’s success raising money for Big Brothers Big Sisters, they also made an impression on one young bowler who was at the lanes that day.

“There was a young boy bowling beside us and his dad came over when they were done bowling and said how it made his son’s day that he got to bowl beside all his favourite super heroes,” Kyla tells S&R Today.

“We had an extra superhero badge and gave it to him and he was so happy.”

Big Brothers Big Sisters is an international mentoring program that pairs children with adults to share life experiences.

As part of the organization’s mission of “creating communities that are good for life,” Steeves & Rozema long-term care and seniors living communities participate in many fundraising activities for local charitable organizations each year.

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