By NATALIA HAWK
When someone in your life is affected by cancer, it’s often difficult to know how to react.
You want to fix things. You want to make them all better again. But you can rarely do anything to remedy the situation – and that can leave you feeling pretty helpless.
Annie Crawford was left feeling helpless when she lost her father to bowel cancer. She wanted to raise money for cancer research, but she wasn’t quite sure how to go about it.
Annie had a background in social work and human resources, as well as a lifelong passion for running and fitness. And so she decided to start up an entirely new training program that somehow brought running and fundraising together.
With that decision, Can Too was born. It’s a non-for-profit organisation that runs group fitness sessions and puts together training programs for people who want to kick a fitness goal, while encouraging them to raise money for Cure Cancer Australia.
Can Too currently trains 9500 people in three different states (NSW, VIC and QLD) and so far, they’ve managed to raise $13.3 million dollars. Which is a whole lot of money for those who need it most.
I had a chat to Annie to find out more about Can Too and what motivates her to do what she does. Her insights were fascinating.
Nat: Why do people join Can Too?
Annie: We train people towards different goals that they want to achieve – such as run a 10km, run a half marathon, do an ocean swim or do a triathlon.
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I trained with CanToo last year and it is a great program. I could already swim but it give you the support to go further and train with some amazing people that you may not have met in life otherwise. If you are thinking about it - do it! Everyone was so nice and so supportive (with both the training and the fundraising).
I had the pleasure of training for a half marathon with Annie in 2007, the early days of Cantoo ,she is an amazing inspirational person. What she, as one person, has done for this world cannot be under estimated. 1 person can make a difference.