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Gold Rush Grannies making a difference

Eleven Gold Rush Grannies marched in 100 Mile House, as part of the Third Annual Stride to Turn the Tide national walk
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Eleven members of the local Gold Rush Grannies marched through downtown 100 Mile House to raise money for

Eleven Gold Rush Grannies marched in 100 Mile House recently, as part of the Third Annual Stride to Turn the Tide national walk.

Spokesperson Wendy Hamblin says the national walk refers to turning the tide against AIDS in Africa.

Carrying a banner, the Gold Rush Grannies mustered in the Safeway parking lot, walked along Birch Avenue and stopped at the Save-On-Foods parking.

Hamblin says four of the members continued their walk in the Exeter Valley to complete a 10-kilometre trek. They included Caroline Sharpe, Chris Kilpatrick, Kathleen Waldron and Hamblin.

All of the money they raised will go to the Stephen Lewis Foundation to support grandmothers in Africa who are caring for children whose parents have died because of the AIDS epidemic.

So far, the Gold Rush Grannies raised $1,575 from this walk, and donations are still coming in.

Those who wish to donate can do so online at www.grandmotherscampaign.org/events/national-events/stride-to-turn-the-tide, or leave a cash donation at Purple Zebra in Owen Square across from the 100 Mile House Branch Library.