CIBC Run for the Cure

Runners in the race travelled down The Boulevard, around Quidi Vidi Lake and back to the Royal Canadian Legion parking lot to the start/finish line. 1 width:500px;height:332px — Photo by Joe Gibbons 2 width:500px;height:332px Melissa McGrath dresses up her pooch, Quito, a one-year-old Portuguese water dog, as they get ready for the run along with her partner, Tim Colbourne (not pictured). They were participating in the run for her mom Catherine McGrath, a four-year cancer survivor. 3 height:500px;width:332px Breast cancer survivor Donna Vincent gets a big hug and a show of support from her five-year-old daughter, Ceili Bennett, prior to the start of the CBCF / CIBC Run for the Cure. 4 height:500px;width:332px Walkers participate in the CIBC Run for the Cure. 5 width:500px;height:332px

 The St. John’s Regional Fire Department’s Passionately Pink 2012 pumper fire truck was a big hit at the Run for the Cure. Many people wrote messages on the pumper in memory of loved ones who have lost their battle with cancer, for survivors or for those currently battling the disease. Above, nine-year-old Hannah Bishop writes her message for her grandfather, Gerry Howlett, a cancer survivor and for her grandmother, Patricia Howlett, who died in 1994 of cancer. 6 height:500px;width:332px Showing her unique style for the occasion, Memorial University student and real estate agent Maggie-Lynn Burke sports pink buttefly sunglasses for the Run for the Cure. She participated with the Breast Friends Forever team. 7 width:500px;height:331px St. John’s Regional Fire Department mascot Sparky runs to the finish line with Zackary Greene, 4, who was participating in the run with his parents in memory of his grandmother, Donna Howell, who died of breast cancer. 8 height:500px;width:331px Dancing to the music of the RNC band Siochana are Beverley Penney of Random Island, the senior customer service representative with the CIBC Clarenville branch, and Chris Blackmore, originally of Gander, who works with Schlumberger Canada Ltd. in Mount Pearl as a drill system tester (field specialist). 9 height:500px;width:332px 2012 Miss Teen Newfoundland and Labrador Emily Bland (centre), 18, of Grand Falls-Windsor, and 2012 Miss Newfoundland and Labrador Chelsie Ash (right), 21, of Paradise, were on hand at the finish line at the Royal Canadian Legion on The Boulevard to hand out pink roses to women who finished the Run for the Cure. Above, they chat with particpant Laura Dillon of St. John’s, who walked for her daughter, Rosaria Winsor, a breast cancer survivor living in Calgary, Alta. 10 width:500px;height:332px

Collette Dominie (left) and Valerie Sweetapple, both teachers at the Early Achievers Education Centre on Stavanger Drive in the capital city’s east end, were dressed for the occasion. 11 height:500px;width:331px