You can run or walk for up to 24 hours to support Stratford’s homeless youth.
Stride for Shelter is scheduled for Nov. 21.
Participants run/walk 2K every hour at the Stratford Education and Recreation Centre.
Organizers are hoping to raise $35,000 for Shelterlink Youth Services.
“The community support is great and building all this talk is great but in their (Shelterlink) bottom line, they really need that help from funding to get people the (services they need),” organizing committee member Alex Boersen told MyStratfordNow.
The local social worker said it will be a mix of endurance competition and community gathering.
“There’s a place for a lot of people.”
Boersen says the event will simulate what it might be like for youth to experience homelessness for a night. Participants get a letter telling them what to bring, and can stay for the entire event or for just a few hours.
Start time is 10 a.m.
