Sudbury photo: Rocks virtual marathon raises $77,000

The SudburyROCKS!!! Marathon Organizing Committee and the Northern Cancer Foundation announce the 2020 Virtual SudburyROCKS!!! Marathon has raised $77,000 for the Northern Cancer Foundation.

#RunningForSteve (left to right): Andre Dumais, President of Ionic Mechatronics and 2020 SudburyROCKS!!! Top Pledge Earner; Anthony Keating, president and CDO of Foundations and Volunteer Groups at HSN; and Vince Perdue, co-founder of SudburyROCKS!!! Marathon.

Runners and walkers all over the province (and sprinkled throughout the world) hit the streets on Sunday, Oct. 25, to take part in the virtual SudburyROCKS!!! Marathon in their own neighbourhoods.

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