Hundreds of people gathered at Kelowna乌鸦传媒檚 City Park on Oct. 1 for the CIBC Run for the Cure.

Local college student Ben Wiancko signed up to run for his mom, Tracee Pratt who was diagnosed with breast cancer in 2021, and upon hearing the news Pratt gathered up her family from Edmonton and flew in to be part of the race.

Together the family, Team Tumerator, raised over $12,800 and was the top fundraising team of the event.

Pratt is proud of her son for stepping up and signing up, she乌鸦传媒檚 proud of her husband John who was the top individual fundraiser of the Kelowna event and is fighting cancer himself, and she乌鸦传媒檚 proud of everyone who showed up to raise funds for cancer research.

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Pratt said this is her first year participating in the run, but it won乌鸦传媒檛 be the last.

Learn all about the Run for the Cure at .

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