Raised:
$10,129
50%Goal:
$20,000

Surrey Newton

Hosted by Moving Forward

70Walkers11Teams26Volunteers

The Grand Parade is a family-friendly fundraiser walk that helps support local charities who provide essential care and service for aging Canadians. Team up, walk, and fundraise with us on Saturday, September 21, 2024!

Event Day Details

Save the date - TGP Day is September 21, 2024!

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12827 76th Avenue

Surrey, BC V3W2V3

Schedule

  • 10:00 am: Meet Check-in + Welcome
  • 11:00 am: Move Send-off
  • 12:00 pm: Munch Light meal served
  • 1:00 pm: Mosey Thank You! See you in 2025!

Not able to join us at the Main Event? We hope you'll register, fundraise and walk offsite with friends and family.

Route Details

  • Route Distances: We have a great route where you can walk 2.5 km or 5 km with us.
  • Rest Stop: There will be one rest stop with yummy snacks and drinks.
  • Signage: The route will be well-signed with our bold burgundy TGP signs.
  • Route Support: Route marshals and rest stop hosts will provide support along the route.
  • Walkers 12 and Under must be accompanied by a parent or guardian at all times.
  • No Pets: We love our little furballs like you do, but pets are not permitted at The Grand Parade except for approved and trained service animals. Read more about our pet policy >

Check-In

  • All walkers check-in personally at the event on Saturday, September 21, 2024.
  • T-shirts! Fundraising walkers who raise $150+ (or $75+ for those under 18) will receive a TGP shirt as a thank you on Event Day, while supplies last.
  • There is no registration fee to participate in The Grand Parade, but most walkers raise $250-300 or more in support of their charity.

Have questions? Visit the FAQ section!

Handling Money

  • Credit Card: The Best Option! Simple, secure, automatically tax receipted for gifts of $20+. Visit the Donate page, share your personal page link, or have your donor call the TGP Head Office.
  • Cheques: The Old Faithful - made out to The Grand Parade with your name on the Memo line. Mail them to TGP Head Office along with your completed pledge form.
  • Cash: You have 2 options:
  • 1. Login to FundHub, click “Enter $$ and Cheques,” create pledges for your cash donations, pay them off with your personal credit card, and keep the cash. OR...
  • 2. Write a cheque (made out to “The Grand Parade”) for the total amount of cash you’ve collected. Mail it to the TGP Head Office with your completed pledge sheet.

Waivers

All participants should register online.


  • Adults accept the waiver automatically when they register online.
  • Youth/Children under 18 need a waiver signed by their parent or guardian.
  • An online waiver form will be emailed to all parents/guardians before TGP Day.
  • Waiver forms will be available at check-in on TGP Day.

What to Bring

A few common sense suggestions:


  • A cell phone for emergencies (recommended but not required)
  • Good shoes for walking
  • Extra snacks if you have allergies or food sensitivities
  • Your own water bottle
  • A passion for the charity you're walking and fundraising for

Surrey Newton Maps

Check out this year's TGP route maps below:

2/5kmView + print!

note: this route is actually 3.25 km. Loop once for a shorter route, and twice for longer route

Surrey Newton Scoreboard

Are you thrashing the competition (for a good cause)? Find out here! Stats are updated every 15 minutes. See how you stack up on the national scoreboard >

Teams
Walkers

#

Team Name

Captain

Members

Raised

1

Gary Thandi's Let's Walk Team

Gary Thandi

18

3,521.00

2

Viktor’s Team

Snezhana Zahorulko

23

2,290.00

3

Heart & Sole for Seniors- Team Natu'oil

Nikhita Bhatt

3

2,000.00

4

Navneet Bains Team

Navneet Bains

1

400.00

5

Progressive Intercultural Community Services Society

Gurjinder Singh

5

400.00

6

Team Sach

Gurpreet Jhaj

6

318.00

7

Mindful Walkers

Gurleen Gill

1

200.00

8

BC's Community Care Crew

Vamsi Ponaka

1

9

John Volken Academy

Dominique Ioannou

1

10

Mental Health Matters

Dr .Poonam Kochhar

1

11

Seva Foundation

Raj Arneja

1

#

Name

Team Name

Donors

Raised

1

Gary Thandi

12

1,480.00

2

Snezhana Zahorulko

Viktor’s Team

15

1,060.00

3

Nikhita Bhatt

Heart & Sole for Seniors- Team Natu'oil

7

990.00

4

Frances Morris

2

900.00

5

Anita Lal

Gary Thandi's Let's Walk Team

12

661.00

6

Navneet Bains

Navneet Bains Team

3

400.00

7

Mandeep Kaliraman

Viktor’s Team

2

325.00

8

Rina Mangat

Gary Thandi's Let's Walk Team

3

270.00

9

Natalia Kim

Viktor’s Team

4

220.00

10

AMANJOT RUNDHAWA

Team Sach

4

203.00

11

Christine Carriou

Gary Thandi's Let's Walk Team

5

190.00

12

Paarull Bakshi

Gary Thandi's Let's Walk Team

1

125.00

13

Gurpreet Jhaj

Team Sach

3

115.00

14

Lisa Pv

Viktor’s Team

1

100.00

15

Maggie Ik

Viktor’s Team

1

100.00

16

Kyoko Takahashi

Gary Thandi's Let's Walk Team

1

100.00

17

Zabeena Rahiman

Gary Thandi's Let's Walk Team

1

100.00

18

Dhruvik Patel

Heart & Sole for Seniors- Team Natu'oil

2

100.00

19

Diljot Kaur

1

100.00

20

Jeevin Thandi

Gary Thandi's Let's Walk Team

1

75.00

21

Sajjin Thandi

Gary Thandi's Let's Walk Team

1

75.00

22

Megan Jeon

Heart & Sole for Seniors- Team Natu'oil

1

50.00

23

Seva Pandher

Gary Thandi's Let's Walk Team

2

40.00

24

Cyntia Correa Yanez

Viktor’s Team

1

20.00

25

Mehrnoosh Amin

Viktor’s Team

26

Igor Afanasev

Viktor’s Team

27

Hossein Salimi

Viktor’s Team

28

Daniel Hernandez Cabestany

Viktor’s Team

29

Yuliya Golovetska-Pefti

Viktor’s Team

30

Viktor Pravednyy

Viktor’s Team

31

Gurleen Gill

Mindful Walkers

32

Raj Arneja

Seva Foundation

33

Mahdiyeh Sarraf

Gary Thandi's Let's Walk Team

34

Fabiana Ferlin

Viktor’s Team

35

Phalak Betab

Progressive Intercultural Community Services Society

36

Anastasia Afanaseva

Viktor’s Team

37

Larry Jhaj

Team Sach

38

Rani Manan

Team Sach

39

Sundeep Bajwa

40

Denise Letourneau

Gary Thandi's Let's Walk Team

41

Marz Ka

Viktor’s Team

42

Ben Lubben

Viktor’s Team

43

Svitlana Kaliuzhna

Gary Thandi's Let's Walk Team

44

Rhea Deol

45

Linda Annis

46

Arshdeep Sidhu

47

Rajeev Kochhar

48

Vamsi Ponaka

BC's Community Care Crew

49

Marie Vaughan-Cadmus

50

Dr .Poonam Kochhar

Mental Health Matters

51

Beena Jaswal

Gary Thandi's Let's Walk Team

52

Dominique Ioannou

John Volken Academy

53

Gurjinder Singh

Progressive Intercultural Community Services Society

54

Sukh Thandi

Gary Thandi's Let's Walk Team

55

Daljit Gill-Badesha

Team Sach

56

Oleg Pefti

Viktor’s Team

57

Sanela Jakovljev

Viktor’s Team

58

Eteri Mamulashvili

Viktor’s Team

59

Ismael Martinez

Viktor’s Team

60

Param Atwal

Progressive Intercultural Community Services Society

61

Ranjit Heer

Gary Thandi's Let's Walk Team

62

Nilay Joshi

Progressive Intercultural Community Services Society

63

Dimitri Kozma

Viktor’s Team

64

Akanksha Bathla

Progressive Intercultural Community Services Society

About Moving Forward

9.1 million Canadians will experience a mental illness or substance use disorder during their lifetime. In any given year, 1 in 5 Canadians experiences a mental illness. By the age of 40, that number is 1 in 2. According to Mental Health Research Canada, more than 1 in 2 people (52%) struggling with their mental health are not getting the help they need.


Through the unique service delivery model of his agency, Gary Thandi has been able to create a mode of accessible low-barrier counselling services for people residing in communities across Canada who may otherwise be unable to afford and/or benefit from mental health and counselling services.


“I’ve been doing this for a while and have continued to see massive gaps in services. Frankly at times I felt like a mouse in a wheel, working hard but not getting anywhere in terms of making an impact on the lives of the clients I worked with. I say often that people care, but systems don’t, and we need to ensure we are centering on people’s needs – not on system needs.


Desmond Tutu famously said, ‘There comes a point where we need to stop just pulling people out of the river. We need to go upstream and find out why they're falling in,’ – unfortunately our systems were never really set up to be proactive. Most are set up to be reactive, and unfortunately when it comes to mental health, that means a lot of harm and trauma takes place before someone is able to access support – and even then the support is mostly based on a medical model – patch them up, and move them on – that can work for physical health ailments, but it doesn’t work for mental health.


Gary envisioned a more responsive way to support our communities and thus started Moving Forward. I was emboldened by the evidence that called for such changes, but it was a lot of work to begin with – to convince others that systemic change is possible. Now the proof is in the how great an impact we have already had and continue to have.


Moving Forward Family Services provides low barrier counselling and support services to residents in BC and across Canada. The organization’s vision is 'A world without sorrow' and their mandate is to provide counselling to anyone who needs it, as well as partner with as many agencies as possible to overcome silos within the social service, criminal justice and education sectors.


In less than 10 years, Moving Forward has become one of the busiest non-profit counselling services in Canada, with about 150 supervised interns across the country, 20 clinical supervisors to support them, and 150 alumni who valued the agency's mission and offer sliding scale support for anyone who cannot afford traditional costs for therapy, but who would benefit from working with more experienced therapists or social workers.


“We are not funded by the government sectors responsible for publicly funded counselling - though do receive support from some level of local, provincial and federal governments, for which we are grateful – despite having provided tens of thousands of hours of counselling to clients referred by these sectors. While I will continue to advocate for a more equitable system, I also appreciate being able to operate outside the traditional bureaucracies and silos inherent in those systems. Much of our support comes from our diverse communities.


When I started, I had no funds: so, I had to be creative in terms of keeping costs low. I developed a lean operation which minimized costs, allowing us to direct as much of whatever funds we have towards direct services. We do also ask clients to pay, even just a nominal few, if they are able to do so - though no one will be turned away based on their financial circumstances. Any fees collected go right back into our direct services.


The support from the community is integral: donations have allowed us to continue to expand, allowing us to offer services to anyone across the country. As a registered charity, we can issue tax receipts for donations.”


Last year, Moving Forward Family Services, a registered non-profit and registered charity, provided 22,000 counselling and support sessions, in over 30 languages, throughout BC, and even across Canada. 14,500 were free sessions and the remaining 7,500 sessions were low-cost sessions ($5-$7 per session on average). These services are provided remotely and in-person in Surrey. Many of the clients supported by Moving Forward are older adults struggling with depression, anxiety, caregiver stress, substance use, isolation. In addition to counselling, Moving Forward provides seniors support, with telephone or virtual calls made 1-2 times per week.

Contact Us


TGP Surrey Newton 2024

The TGP Team Participant & Donor Services
Toll Free 1.877.743.3413 / Phone 519.603.2250
Email surreynewton@thegrandparade.org

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