{"id":7118,"date":"2026-10-04T23:59:14","date_gmt":"2026-10-05T03:59:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/victoriamedia.ca\/en\/?p=7118"},"modified":"2026-10-04T23:59:14","modified_gmt":"2026-10-05T03:59:14","slug":"courage-stars-runs-for-love-raises-50k-for-breast-cancer-research","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/victoriamedia.ca\/en\/canada\/7118\/","title":{"rendered":"Courage Stars Runs for Love, Raises $50K for Breast Cancer Research"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>RICHMOND HILL, ON \u2014<\/strong> Dressed in signature pink, 81 members and volunteers of the community team Courage Stars gathered Sunday morning at Richmond Green Sports Centre &amp; Park for the annual CIBC Run for the Cure, marking their ninth consecutive year supporting breast cancer research.<\/p>\n<p>This year\u2019s run carried deep emotional resonance for the squad. While missing beloved teammate Teresa Tsui, who passed away earlier this year after battling cancer, the group rallied in her honor. Last year, even while undergoing chemotherapy treatments, Tsui won the Run Day Determination Award after raising $12,612.50. On Sunday, team co-leaders Yvonne and Wina took the stage to share her story and celebrate the enduring legacy of courage and love she left behind.<\/p>\n<p>Carrying forward the torch, teammate Judy claimed this year\u2019s top individual fundraiser title across the event, receiving the Determination Award with $13,509.70 raised. Creative community efforts also powered the team&#8217;s drive, including member Margaret Gao raising over $5,300 through her &#8220;Fish for the Cure&#8221; charity sales initiative.<\/p>\n<p>In total, Courage Stars completed 466 donations and raised $50,665.80\u2014achieving 169% of their original $30,000 goal and securing the top spot in the Friends &amp; Family Team category for the seventh consecutive year.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Every new screening method, effective treatment, and medical breakthrough has the power to change a fate and save a family,&#8221; said co-leader Wina, a four-time breast cancer survivor. &#8220;Change comes from countless small acts of kindness coming together.&#8221;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>RICHMOND HILL, ON \u2014 Dressed in signature pink, 81 members and volunteers of the community team Courage Stars gathered Sunday morning at Richmond Green Sports Centre &amp; Park for the annual CIBC Run for the Cure, marking their ninth consecutive year supporting breast cancer research. This year\u2019s run carried deep emotional resonance for the squad. While missing beloved teammate Teresa Tsui, who passed away earlier this year after battling cancer, the group rallied in her honor. Last year, even while undergoing chemotherapy treatments, Tsui won the Run Day Determination Award after raising $12,612.50. On Sunday, team co-leaders Yvonne and Wina [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":7119,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"gallery","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[171],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-7118","post","type-post","status-publish","format-gallery","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-canada","post_format-post-format-gallery"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/victoriamedia.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7118","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/victoriamedia.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/victoriamedia.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/victoriamedia.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/victoriamedia.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7118"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/victoriamedia.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7118\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7132,"href":"https:\/\/victoriamedia.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7118\/revisions\/7132"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/victoriamedia.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/7119"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/victoriamedia.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7118"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/victoriamedia.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7118"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/victoriamedia.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7118"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}