#DanforthStrong run planned to commemorate Toronto tragedy
Sunday evening's run is a chance to reflect on the events of last summer
On Sunday, July 21, runners and walkers will gather on Toronto’s Danforth Avenue to honour the victims of the shocking events of July 22, 2018, when a gunman killed a young woman and a 10-year-old girl and injured 13 others.
The 3K run/walk will start at the McDonald’s at Danforth and Coxwell Avenue at 9:00 p.m. and end at the Alexander the Great Parkette at Logan Ave., where last year’s tragedy started.
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Organizer Sarah Kiriliuk was amazed when well over 120 people showed up to last year’s run. “It was a beautiful and magical event–I felt like I was running on a tidal wave of resilience and courage,” she told us in an email. “So many people talked to me afterwards and said thank you for providing them an opportunity to come together and do something to heal and to take action. I’m hoping to keep the spirit alive as long as possible, even as a way to remember the victims.”
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Kiriliuk is a runner, mom and sometime blogger who lives in Toronto’s east end.
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