The annual Rhythm of Life walk/run event raised $71,500 for the Burnaby Hospital's healthy heart program and a new defibrillator for the emergency department.
The hospital's 13th annual Rhythm of Life: The Run and Walk for Everyone took place on Sept. 11.
The run began as a fundraiser for the Healthy Heart Program but has become a major fundraiser for the hospital itself in the past two years.
The Burnaby Hospital Foundation took over organizing and running the event last year to raise funds for hospital equipment.
There was a 10-kilometre fun run, a five-km run or walk and a one-km family stroll.
For more information, go to www.bhfoundation. ca.
HELP FOR KIDSPORT
The Burnaby Board of Trade gave back to kids in the community with its annual charity golf tournament on Sept. 7
The organization raised more than $10,000 for KidSport Burnaby through player's pack sales, a 50-50 draw and a matched contribution of $5,000 by Scotiabank, according to a press release from the board.
Paul Gallop, who won the 50-50 prize, donated it to the charity, as well.
"It was a great day for golf," said the board president and CEO, Paul Holden, in the release.
"We managed to raise a tremendous amount of money for KidSport Burnaby, a very worthy cause, and everyone who participated had a wonderful time. We couldn't have done it without the help of our sponsors and volunteers who deserve a ton of credit in making the day such a triumph."
There were individual and team awards, contests and raffle prizes, and a gourmet dinner at the event, which took place at the Riverway Golf Course and Clubhouse in South Burnaby.
KidSport helps underprivileged youth participate in organized sports.
BACK TO SCHOOL
Telus doesn't want students to take a load off. In fact, the company is helping Burnaby kids stock up for school.
About 500 elementary, secondary and alternative students in Burnaby received a backpack filled with basic school supplies from Telus Community Ambassadors.
The packs were for kids in need, according to a press release from the company, and nearly 9,500 students throughout Canada received the kits through Telus's Kits for Kids program.
Kits contained pencils, notebooks, loose-leaf paper, erasers, pencil cases, rulers, and more.
The initiative was part of the Telus Day of Giving, an annual event held by the company.
"Going to school in September is a challenging time for many young people," said Bobby Farr, a member of the Telus Community Ambassadors Club in the Lower Mainland, said in the release. "They don't need the added strain of not being able to afford the basic school supplies all their friends have, not to mention the impact that can have on their ability to learn and grow."
In 2010, the company's ambassadors distributed more than 8,000 school bags to kids in need in Canada and nearly 10,000 comfort kits containing personal hygiene items to the homeless.
BEEDIE SCHOOL WINS ACCLAIM
Simon Fraser University's Beedie School of Business has ranked as one of the world's top 100 business and management research schools, according to a press release from SFU.
China's Shanghai Jiao Tong University ranked it in the 51 to 75 best business and economics schools in its 2011 Academic ranking of the Top 500 World Universities.
And the University of Texas at Dallas ranked it 22nd in the area of management in its Top 100 World Rankings of Business Schools.
The school has also appointed a new W. J. VanDusen professor. Tom Lawrence, an award-winning scholar and teacher, will be taking the new post.
HELPING HANDS
A Burnaby company, Disaster Recovery Services, recently lent a helping hand to the British Columbia Mobility Opportunities Society.
The company donated its skills and services to help the society install and adapt its new accessible hiking centre at Pacific Regional Park in August.
The centre is a base for the group's hikes on the trails at the park, and for hiking programs throughout the southwestern portion of B.C., according to a press release.
The new facility was financed with an Enabling Accessibility Fund grant from the Ministry of Human Resources and Skills Development.
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