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Elliot Lefebvre, Fundraising for Canadian
Cancer Society
By Christine Ouellet play the game he loves since then.” that directly support the Canadian
Cancer Society. To emphasize his
Elliot continues, “When I decided
efending the net to defend to do this challenge, also I thought support for the cause, Elliot has
Dlives, Elliot Lefebvre, a about friends whose moms and begun taping his stick with pink tape
10-year-old from Char-Lan Minor grandmas have had to miss seeing and writing the names of people he
Hockey Association, has set his them play hockey because of cancer. cares about who are battling cancer
goals for this fall, and they go There is also a little boy who goes on his goalie stick.
beyond making the Rep team. to my school that would love to Throughout October, there will
Hockey is Elliot’s favourite play hockey, but he can’t right now be posters up in the arena at his
sport, and he loves every minute because of his cancer treatments.” games dedicating his saves in
of being in the crease. He says, “ With all of those things on his honour of the people he cares about
When I heard about the October mind, it fueled his passion to start who are battling cancer. Elliot
Saves Goalie challenge, I knew it his fundraising campaign. has raised an incredible $725 as
would be something I should do. of this writing, and his goal is to
Every time I walk into the Long Every October the goalie nation raise as much as he can to help
Sault arena I think about Parker, a gathers to make a difference in the people with cancer stay out of the
boy my age who I used to always fight to end cancer. They turn stopped Photo Submitted hospital and stay in our arenas.
play against. He was diagnosed pucks into powerful lifesaving The challenge ends November 10,
with cancer and hasn’t been able to weapons through fundraising efforts 2024. For further information go
to: fundraisemyway.cancer.ca .
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