The school career of several young and secondary young people is strewn with pitfalls. To encourage them to persevere, the Foundation for students of the School Service Center of the Region-de-Sherbrooke Room held its annual relay race on Friday, which gathered 800 athletes on Saturday.
For some students in difficulty, going to school is a bit like jogging, according to volunteer Noémie Roy, met near the Triolet high school, in Sherbrooke, where the start and arrival line of the activity was located.
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Noémie Roy, volunteer with O2 relay
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In the race, we must persevere. It is not always easy. There are times when you say to yourself: I’m going to stop, I’m really tanned
she says.
The mother gets involved because academic success is close to his heart. There is a lot for whom it is difficult. I know, I have three children. You have to endure them in there.
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800 athletes participated in the race that was deploying in several places in Sherbrooke. Coureurs notably faced the steeple trails from Mont-Bellevue.
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The concept of Relais 02 is simple: voluntary runners to run 55 km in the streets of Sherbrooke in a team are invited to create one who must count a young person in high school and primary, a member of school staff, a parent and relatives.
The teacher at the Triolet school, Steve Lussier, put on his sneakers to stretch his legs with his son. This is a meeting that the duo has not been lacking for three years.
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The English teacher Steve Lussier and his son have fun running together for a good cause.
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It is to demonstrate to young people that we can train, that we can run and that the important thing is not to break records, but to surpass yourself
mentions the English teacher by tightening his son. To run with him is the most beautiful moment of the year.
The atmosphere was celebrating on Saturday. The smiles were on all faces, despite the rain.
For this edition, 66 teams took part in the event. It is much more than the twenties 15 years ago, when creating the race, but a little less than last spring.
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The owner of the Running Club Runway to discover herself, Mary-Lou Butterfield, has organized the event for 15 years in partnership with the Foundation for students of the School Service Center in the Region-de-Sherbroooke.
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What is remarkable is to see the commitment of people to be in good shape, in health, underlines the organizer of relay O2, Mary-Lou Butterfield. Before, we had misery to find runners for the longest distance. Now there are some who get baked to have it.
Two scholarships of $ 500 were drawn among the teams for the realization of a project at school, for example for the purchase of books at the library or external game modules.
