BROOKE 

Hi my name is Brooke Corner and I am 13 years old.  I started raising money for breast cancer 5 years ago when my Grandma was diagnosed with it.  I was not sure how to handle the news about my grandma, I felt sad and scared that she might die.  When grandma was going through her treatments we made every trip to Sunnybrook hospital with her and my grandpa so she could have her radiation treatments, and after chemo treatments we would spend the night with her to make sure she was okay.  Knowing that we could not help grandma in many ways because we were just kids, we were trying to find another way to help.  So my brother came up with a good idea of putting a team together at his school to raise money for the Canadian Breast Cancer Foundation CIBC Run for the Cure.  At the end of the fundraising the school only had a team of nine, and they needed ten to make the team; this is where I came in.  My brother gave me some of his money that he collected so I could run with him.  I think we divided $360.00 between us.  That started my first year being involved with the CIBC Run for the Cure. Being chronically ill myself, the CIBC Run for the Cure day is sometimes difficult for me to run, but in the back of my mind I say to myself if people with breast cancer can go through what they can, then for one day I can run for them. It is now five years later and my grandma is a survivor of breast cancer and I am still running for her.  Last year I raised over $3600.00.  Each year we make it a bigger and bigger fundraising event for our whole family.  My mom and sister make jewelry for me to sell, I go door to door asking for donations and my dad helps with driving me to the locations I need to go to.  My older brother helps by racing with me to see who can get to the door first and who can collect the most.  I always look forward to raising money for breast cancer because I like to help others and hope someday they can find a cure.