Jesse’s Journey is excited to announce that Grandpa Bob’s 4,000 Kilometre Walk for Louie is underway. Grandpa Bob, or Bob Facca, started walking May 12 in Quebec City, for his grandson Louie and all the other boys with Duchenne muscular dystrophy. More than $400,000 has already been raised.
Grandpa Bob will walk from May until December, starting in Quebec City and finishing in Winnipeg, 4,000 kilometres later. He will be covering approximately 20 kilometres a day and stop in many cities and towns (see attached list). While Grandpa Bob walks through Quebec, he will be joined by Tom Cappelli, who son Aidan suffers from Duchenne muscular dystrophy.
In May of 2012, Grandpa Bob walked 500 kilometres across Ontario and raised $250,000 for Duchenne research. He says he has been training hard and says this is something he has to do, “because as close as the researchers are, they still need more money. The more funding they have, the more research they can do.”
Jesse’s Journey has been funding research into finding treatment and a cure for Duchenne muscular dystrophy since 1994. To date, Jesse’s Journey has been able to fund more than $5 million in the most promising research across North America and researchers say progress is being made.
Grandpa Bob’s 4,000 Kilometre Walk for Louie
Quebec City start – May 12
Trois Rivieres – May 17
Montreal – May 24
Cornwall – June 2
Ottawa – June 6
Brockville – June 10
Kingston -June 14
Trenton – June 22
Peterborough – June 24
Whitby – June 29
Newmarket – July 2
Guelph – July 6
Burlington – July 8
Niagara Falls – July 12
Woodstock – July 17
London – July 22
Chatham – July 28
Windsor – Aug 1
Sarnia – Aug 6
Grand Bend – Aug 9
Goderich – Aug 11
Owen Sound – Aug 19
Midland – Aug 25
Parry Sound – Sept 2
Sudbury – Sept 11
Sault Ste Marie – Sept 28
Thunder Bay – Nov 4
Winnipeg – Dec 9