60%$18,276Goal: $30,000

Thunder Bay

Roots Community Food Centre

85 Walkers|17 Teams|5 Volunteers

The Grand Parade is a family-friendly fundraiser walk that helps local charities who support aging Canadians and their families. Team up, walk, and fundraise with us on Saturday, September 20, 2025!

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About Roots Community Food Centre

Roots Community Food Centre uses food as a tool to work with people – all kinds of people! Through education, employment, advocacy and access, Roots CFC reaches thousands of people each year building connection and community.

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In 2023, Roots CFC expanded our programming to include two free community meals each week for Seniors and Elders, and in 2023 we served 10,000 meals of delicious food, all made from scratch and made with love. Also in 2023, we became an expansion site for Oasis, a national program supporting seniors to age at home through programming focused on food, friendship and fitness. In Thunder Bay this is operated at Bay View Towers and Castlegreen Cooperative Housing.

The Grand Parade campaign will celebrate seniors and their important place in our community! Funds raised by teams will support sustaining and expanding the Oasis program at Roots CFC, ensuring that more older adults can rely on these programs to build connection, health and wellbeing throughout the year. Thank you for embarking on The Grand Parade with Roots CFC!

Thunder Bay 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	Beets on Feets	Erin Beagle	16	5,095.00
2	Kitchen Collective	Shelly Brown	5	2,640.00
3	Feet First	Janice Piper	8	1,885.00
4	Bay View Crew	Nicole Moorey	9	1,325.00
5	In my Walking Era	Heather Cranston	7	1,126.00
6	Fruit Loopers	Lana Bresele	5	950.00
7	Old Soles	Lucie Lavoie	8	825.00
8	Flowering Peas	Eleanor Albanese	1	790.00
9	Happy Feet	Patrice Loffredo	3	675.00
10	deBakker Dawdlers	Mary deBakker	3	615.00
11	Strong & Steady	Socorro Woodman	3	545.00
12	Team Jones	Lizzie Gonzalez	2	540.00
13	The Saturday Strollers	Astrid Fredrickson	2	300.00
14	Age busters	Rebekah Misner	2	195.00
15	Pace Makers	Nimarta Gill	3	145.00
16	The Celtic Canters	Leo Watson	4	125.00
17	Silver Lining	Roxanne Veronneau	1	50.00

#	Name	Team Name	Donors	Raised
1	Rose Burak	Kitchen Collective	9	1,195.00
2	Erin Beagle	Beets on Feets	10	1,100.00
3	Nicole Moorey	Bay View Crew	26	1,025.00
4	Eleanor Albanese	Flowering Peas	13	790.00
5	Shelly Brown	Kitchen Collective	2	650.00
6	Patrice Loffredo	Happy Feet	10	625.00
7	Kathy Kortes-Miller	Feet First	9	610.00
8	Gary Jansekovich	Beets on Feets	1	600.00
9	Tuan Loh	Beets on Feets	3	545.00
10	Karen Watt	Feet First	1	500.00
11	Lisa Crispino	Beets on Feets	30	460.00
12	Fran Mills	Kitchen Collective	4	420.00
13	Pamela Cain		8	400.00
14	Mary Veltri	Old Soles	5	350.00
15	Kirsten Addison	Strong & Steady	6	295.00
16	Erin Murphy	Kitchen Collective	6	275.00
17	Lana Bresele	Fruit Loopers	1	250.00
18	Deborah de Bakker	deBakker Dawdlers	1	250.00
19	Lee Vaillant	Feet First	3	225.00
20	Ivy Lesniewski	In my Walking Era	6	225.00
21	Lucy Lesniewski	In my Walking Era	6	225.00
22	Lucie Lavoie	Old Soles	3	225.00
23	Astrid Fredrickson	The Saturday Strollers	4	225.00
24	Shari West	Fruit Loopers	2	200.00
25	Brenda Phillips	Fruit Loopers	1	200.00
26	Sandy Burns	Fruit Loopers	3	200.00
27	Richelle Dougall	Feet First	1	200.00
28	Jim Bishop	deBakker Dawdlers	4	185.00
29	Mary deBakker	deBakker Dawdlers	4	180.00
30	Carmen Kinniburgh	In my Walking Era	3	176.00
31	Rebekah Misner	Age busters	5	155.00
32	Sally Palmer Woods	Bay View Crew	1	150.00
33	Socorro Woodman	Strong & Steady	6	150.00
34	Monique Gouthro	In my Walking Era	2	150.00
35	Gina LaManna	Beets on Feets	4	120.00
36	Janice Piper	Feet First	2	100.00
37	Brenda Rojik	Fruit Loopers	1	100.00
38	Wendy Addison	Strong & Steady	2	100.00
39	Susan Woods	Bay View Crew	1	100.00
40	Heather Cranston	In my Walking Era	2	100.00
41	Anne Ostrom	Feet First	1	75.00
42	Tim Cavanagh	The Celtic Canters	2	75.00
43	Nancy White	Feet First	2	75.00
44	Molly Rennie Kinniburgh	The Saturday Strollers	2	75.00
45	Roxanne Veronneau	Silver Lining	1	50.00
46	Leo Watson	The Celtic Canters	1	50.00
47	Mitchell Mcilwain	Happy Feet	1	50.00
48	Dimitri Demetrakopoulos	Old Soles	1	50.00
49	Jay Henderson	Old Soles	1	50.00
50	Ken Deacon	Old Soles	1	50.00
51	Iris Johnson	Old Soles	1	50.00
52	Gail Marshall		1	50.00
53	Alan Cranston	In my Walking Era	1	50.00
54	Shari Frenette	Beets on Feets	1	50.00
55	JoAnne Henderson	Old Soles	1	50.00
56	Ryan Kerr	Age busters	1	40.00
57	Lizzie Gonzalez	Team Jones	1	40.00
58	William Jean-Louis	Beets on Feets
59	Gary Jansekovich	Beets on Feets
60	David Ronchi	Beets on Feets
61	Chris Doran	Happy Feet
62	Kalya Wilson	Team Jones
63	Martina Hoffer	Bay View Crew
64	Andy Ivancic	The Celtic Canters
65	Agata Doucette	Pace Makers
66	Gail Marshall
67	Filomena Gregorash	Bay View Crew
68	Valena Provenzano	Bay View Crew
69	Alma Provenzano	Bay View Crew
70	Maddie Vaillant	Feet First
71	Nimarta Gill	Pace Makers
72	Monique MacEachern	Kitchen Collective
73	CHINEZE ADEBISI	Pace Makers
74	Ardie Terry	Beets on Feets
75	Barbara Bulmer	Beets on Feets
76	Willie Terry	Beets on Feets
77	Gord Bulmer	Beets on Feets
78	Lori Van Santvoort	Beets on Feets
79	Carole Lapointe	Old Soles
80	William Jean-Louis	Beets on Feets
81	athena provenzano	Bay View Crew
82	Aldina FARIA	Bay View Crew
83	Joanne Noble	Beets on Feets

Event Day Details

Save the date - TGP Day is September 20, 2025!

Start/Finish Google Map

Marina Park Dr, Thunder Bay, ON P7A 0E8

We will start and finish in the same place as last year, walking through the Marina walkways with a 2.5km loop. All pathways are paved and accessible and no road closures are needed.

Schedule

10:00 am: Meet Check-in

10:45 am: Muster Gather for Opening Remarks

11:00 am: Move Send-off

12:00 pm: Munch Light meal served

1:00 pm: Mosey Thank You! See you in 2026!

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: Check out the maps below to see where we will be walking.

Rest Stop: Keep an eye out for opportunities to rest and refresh with yummy snacks along the route.

Signage: Routes will be well-signed with bold branded 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 participating at the Main Event on Saturday, September 20, 2025 must check-in upon arrival.

Please Note: There is no registration fee to participate in The Grand Parade but fundraising is encouraged.

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.

Offsite fundraising walkers can contact their local event director to arrange shirt pickup the week of the event.

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 must register online and accept the electronic waiver.

Adults accept the waiver automatically when they register online.

Youth/Children under the age of majority need a waiver signed by their parent or guardian.

An online waiver form will be emailed to all parents/guardians before TGP Day.

You may also bring a filled-out printed waiver.

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

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Thunder Bay Maps

Check out this year's TGP route maps below:

2/5kmView + print!

Contact Us

TGP Thunder Bay 2025

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