Vision: Ted’s Run for Literacy’s vision is to break the cycle of childhood poverty by supporting grassroots, not for profit organizations that promote environments in which children flourish mentally and physically.
Mission: Ted’s Run for Literacy exists to support programming for school aged children which places a high priority on literacy and encourages engagement in play and physical activities that promote positive mental health, resilience, and leadership.
Ted’s Run for Literacy was established in 2010 following the death of Ted Swain on May 3rd, 2009. Ted was a passionate teacher of English at Vincent Massey Collegiate in Winnipeg. He was also a dedicated running coach who nurtured hundreds of novice runners. Ted is remembered fondly by the running community with whom he identified to his last step. To date, Ted’s Run for Literacy has raised almost $100,000 to help break the cycle of childhood poverty. We are indeed, the little race that could.
With your help, we are committed to donating annually to LiteracyWORKS and CanU.
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