At the London Marathon on April 22nd, Fauja Singh finished the marathon in 7h 49m 21s at the young age of 101 years. He broke his own record from last year in the Toronto Waterfront Marathon when he was only 100 years old. This was his last marathon and he wanted to do it on home soil, but he will continue running shorter distances. The GGSCF would like to congratulate him and the entire Sikhs in the City club Read more…
On April 21st, the Sikh Foundation of Canada held its annual Centennial Gala at the Ritz-Carlton hotel in Downtown Toronto to promote Sikh heritage and culture by commemorating and celebrating the achievements of Sikhs and non-Sikhs in Canada. The Foundation was present at the Sikh Centenntial Gala. The event featured keynote speakers and awards were presented to individuals for their outstanding social and Read more…
On Saturday April 21st, the GGSCF group took part in the CN Tower Stair Climb for the World Wildlife Fund of Canada. This year, 22 participants took part on a cold and damp morning and raised $2200 for the WWF. Our fastest climber in 15m 4s was Jesse Oliver – who took part in the earlier climb at 6:30am with employees from East Metal – and he will hold the Mata Kishan Kaur Sidhu Cup for one year. Nimratvir, who organized Read more…
On April 14th as part of the Vaisakhi celebrations, the Punjab Charity Foundation held a Food Drive for Seva Food Bank. This was across the GTA outside various grocery stores where children collected donations. Seva Food Bank announced over 30,000 lbs of food was collected by the end of the day. The GGSCF helped in transporting food from Scarborough where it was collected at Golden Groceries and Subzi Mandi. Read more…
