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Fundraiser in Cold Lake raises nearly $30,000 for MS Society

On Saturday, hundreds of community members made it out to Exhibition Park in Cold Lake to take part in the Skijoring for MS, Ride to the Cure event. Those in attendance helped to raise more than $20,698 for the MS Society of Canada.

COLD LAKE - On Saturday, hundreds of community members made it out to Exhibition Park in Cold Lake to take part in the Skijoring for MS, Ride to the Cure event.

Those in attendance helped to raise more than $20,698 for the MS Society of Canada. 

The amount raised is more than $5,000 over the initial fundraising goal set by organizers, but shy of the second goal set for $30,000.

The event was organized and run by James Purdy and members of the MS ain’t Purdy fundraising team in conjunction with the Cold Lake Agriculture Society and its numerous volunteers.

Taking part in the timed event were 40 teams in total – 10 teams participated in the Youth Category and 30 took part in the Adult Category.

Of those who participated, 10 took part in the Big Air Competition.

In the Adult A Division, Doug Drolet and Cody Warman took first place, Justin Carey and Shaun Joly took second, while Russ Griffith took third place.

In the Adult B Division, taking top spot was Iris Dort and Brennan Frampton, followed by Ashley Hayward and Melissa Dobrowski and in third place was Alix Lefleur and Kyle Gardiner.

Placing first in the timed Youth Category was Autumn and Anna, followed by Justin and Aiden, as well as Megan and Emerson.

Winners for the Big Air included Jeff Hallwachs and Dawson Walker in first place, followed by Autumn and Anna, and lastly Russ Griffith and Brian Griffith.

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