2024 MitoSpin
On February 3rd the MitoCommunity joined us from across Canada for our annual, national spinathon! With our MitoCommunity’s support we raised $97,428.05 to help us develop life-saving programs, support those living with mito, and advance critical research.
2023 Power of 8 MTB
After ten years of raising awareness and funds for MitoCanada, Power of 8 held its last mountain bike event in Saskatchewan on September 9th, 2023. Our heartfelt thanks and appreciation to Adriana and her team for dedicating their time and energy to MitoCanada.
2023 World Mitochondrial Disease Week
From September 18th to the 24th, 2023, the global mito community united to raise awareness, educate and advocate for those living with mito. We had a number of activities planned to support the Canadian MitoCommunity and contribute to global awareness efforts!
2023 Walk N’ Roll 4 Mito
Throughout September and during World Mitochondrial Disease Week, Canadians across the country used their energy to move for Walk N’ Roll 4 Mito 2023. Thank you to all our MitoCommunity, donors, fundraisers, and amazing team who helped us exceed our fundraising goal. Walk N’ Roll 4 Mito 2023 raised $50,000!
2023 Calgary Marathon
On Sunday, May 28th, 2023 Megan and Rich ran handcuffed at the Calgary Marathon. As they ran the 42.2 km event in 3:18:38 they celebrated their relationship, brought awareness to mito health and disease, raised over $10,000 for MitoCanada, and smashed another Guinness World Record!
2023 MitoSpin
On February 26th we virtually hosted our annual, national spinning event. With our MitoCommunity’s support we raised over $86,000 to help us develop life-saving programs, support those living with mito, and advance critical research.
Walk N’ Roll 4 Mito 2022
Thank you to all our Walk N’ Rollers who stimulated their mitochondria throughout September. Your efforts helped us raise $32,000 to support us in Energizing Lives. Check out the highlights from the 2022 Walk N’ Roll for Mito pages.
2022 MitoSpin
On February 26th we virtually hosted our annual, national spinning event. We raised over $80,000 to help us develop life-saving programs, support those living with mito, and advance critical research.
Walk N’ Roll 4 Mito 2021
In 2021, 20 participants used their energy to raise over $25,000. Thank you to Walk N’ Roll founder, Louise Gibson, and all of our participants in helping us ensure all lives are powered by healthy mitochondria!
MitoWeek 2021
From September 19th-25th, we celebrated World Mitochondrial Disease Week. Throughout the week we had over 48 Canadian and tons of international landmarks light up green for Mito!
A Dream Can Inspire Hope In Others
Jon Paradowski had a dream, to celebrate MitoCanada’s 10th year anniversary by running across Canada virtually and to show the many “Faces of Mito”. On May 14, 2021, John Paradowski crossed the finish line after running over 7,000km.
OVER $70,000 RAISED
Our May 31, 2022 Virtual Marathon, with all the support, exceeded all our goals and expectations by tripling our fundraising goal. The six runners are phenomenal human beings who helped remind us what an incredible running community we have in Calgary.
Learn more about this amazing event.
