Click the March blog file (below, right) to find the original itinerary. Both the New York and the Pennsylvania portions were a bit shorter than I thought they would be, so we're already at home in Stouffville, Ontario, having a break. Also we have completed walking the Fort Erie, ON, to Dufferin Island section. These four days slightly revised:
May 25 - Through Niagara Falls on the Niagara Pkwy., to about the Whirlpool
May 26 - Continuing north on the walking path toward Queenston
May 27 - West through St. Davids and beyond
May 28 - North west to Port Weller
May 29 to June 11 - plans as previously shown in the March 30 blog.
June 11 - - Meet Ron at the new bridge on Millard, east of Hwy 48 at 4 p.m. for and End-of-the-Walk reception. Rain or shine!
We need publicity if the Heart Centre is going to benefit from this exercise. It would be great if you would call up your local television stations and newspapers and let them know what we're doing and when we will be near your town. Media can contact us by e/mail ron.brownsberger@gmail.com or perhaps use the cell phone number 416-835-2457
I would like to offer special thanks to Melanie Calandra for her work on publicity.
Donations are slowly coming in. A one-minute speech at Stamford Church last Sunday yielded about $600. Some donations have been arriving at the Foundation website www.sunnybrookfoundation.ca click Events, click Trail, click Donate, and I've heard rumours of a few pledges. Cheques made out to Sunnybrook Foundation, and marked "Trail", can be mailed directly to the Sunnybrook Foundation, H366, 2075 Bayview Avenue, Toronto, ON M4N 3M5
For those of you who have pledged "by the mile", you'll be happy to know that the estimated total distance is more likely to be about 470 miles rather than the originally estimated 520. If you insist on donating by kilometer, then the number is about 750.
It is good to be home for a short while. Margaret is pleased with how the flower beds are coming along, and we have neighbour Kyle to thank for the excellent condition of the indoor plants and the lawns. And after fifty nights away, it's good to be back in our own bed!
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