First Responders Raise Over $5,000

The North Bay Police Service and area emergency services announced that they had collectively raised $5,146 for CIBC Run for the Cure.

Every year area emergency services take part in a fundraising challenge in support of CIBC’s Run for the Cure. To raise the stakes and help bring in more money for a good cause, the services agreed that the leadership of the services that did not raise the most funds would have their nails painted pink.

This year, the fundraising competition raised a total of $5,146 This year’s participants as well as their fundraising totals are listed below:

• The North Bay Police Service - $2,611
• North Bay Fire and Emergency Services - $1,417
• The Ministry of Transportation’s Transportation Safety Division - $868.40
• Nipissing District Paramedic Services - $250

Over the four years that this competition has taken place, area emergency services have raised a total of $22,757 in support of CIBC Run for the Cure. Fundraising totals for previous years are:

• $5,146 raised in 2024
• $5,758 raised in 2023
• $7,253 raised in 2022
• $4,600 raised in 2021

“This is my first experience with this competition as Chief here in North Bay. I’m very proud of our police team for making it to the top spot and equally pleased that, as a group of emergency services, we collectively have raised so much money to support the fight against breast cancer. I don’t want Fire, EMS, and MTO to be discouraged though, I think pink really is their colour,” said North Bay Police Chief Daryl Longworth. “All kidding aside though, this competition is a testament to what we as emergency services and as a community can achieve when we work together. I do want to highlight and recognize all of our policing team members, along with the North Bay Police Association and the North Bay Police Service Senior Officers Association for volunteering their time, energy and money to fund raise for this important cause.”

“I want to thank all the emergency services and their members for participating in another successful fundraising competition,” said Melanie Gainforth, Volunteer Director for North Bay CIBC Run for the Cure. “Their donations will help fund breast cancer research, provide supports to those affected, and shape health policies to better prevent breast cancer. Breast cancer is a disease that will touch everyone. One-in-eight women will be diagnosed with breast cancer in their lifetime. While our ability to treat breast cancer has improved, we still have a long way to go. I’m very glad we can count on our area emergency services to take part in this fun event every year for this important cause.”