Our Community

Great West Fitness and Tennis is proud to be a part of your community! When approached by the Board of Directors of Run For Water, they shared a vision for hosting a high calibre running race in Abbotsford where 100% of the funds would go directly towards citizens in Ethiopia to receive clean water. We knew we wanted to be involved.

It was hard to hear, as fitness professionals who promote the benefits of exercise and importance of drinking water daily, that every 15 seconds, a child dies from a water-born disease and more than 40,000 people die every week for lack of clean water. We knew we needed to be involved.

We were so happy to be involved in Run For Water 2010! Members and staff participated in running, volunteering for the warm up, handing out water, and cheering. It was a huge success raising over $200,000 (five villages will now receive clean water) with over 2000 participants! We are already excited about Run For Water 2011.

To learn more about the race and the organization it benefits go to www.runforwater.ca