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Vol. 1, No. 34
The Voice of North Grenville
The Hare E. Fotter Run - Run with the Hare
Kevin White from Classic Graphics, Mary Boucher, Special Events for KDH, Sergeant Craig McCormick and Susie and Mike MacIntosh from Total Move Management
by David Shanahan Craig McCormick has been a well-known and well respected member of our community since 1997. Serving as a Sergeant with the local detachment of the O.P.P., Craig and his family love living in North Grenville and they hope never to leave here. Over the years, his on and off duty experi-
ences here have made him deeply concerned about the state of mental health among the community’s young people. Increased use of social networking sites has led to a noticeable increase in cyber bullying and has raised other issues that can haunt the minds of young people trying to cope with complex and conflicted lives. It has be-
come more and more urgent that support systems are put in place, both for young people and their parents, that will allow them to talk about the issues that confront them, and deal with the traumas and challenges they face daily. Craig is not someone to sit back and brood over problems, so he has begun to set in motion a plan for
a new community event that will raise the profile of this issue and also raise the funds necessary to establish those support systems that are needed. Craig explains his plan: “I am in the early stages of setting up the 1st Annual HARE E. FOTTER RUN (an imaginary character as an ‘outside the box event crusader’). It would be in support of a
future Kemptville District Hospital Mental Awareness/Wellness Program. All funds donated will go towards the purchase of TeleHealth Ontario Equipment, with the end goal of providing the community with better access to mental health services. I am dedicated to making this a first rate ancontinued on page 2
July 24, 2013