Lefebvre family raising cancer awareness one step at a time
There is an old adage that says “a family that plays together, stays together;” however, for Jim Lefebvre and his family, it could be said that “a family that walks many miles together brings many smiles together.”
If you should travel along the highways of Saskatchewan over the course of the next few weeks you may well see the Lefebvre family caravan on their Can-Survive Walk 2018.
The Lefebvre family journey began on May 1, from Grand Prairie, Alta., and over the course of the next 122 days Jim will be walking and jogging his way to the Immaculate Conception Catholic Church near St. Louis P.E.I. the site of his father’s gravesite on Aug. 31, on what would have been his 72nd birthday.
“This is something I have been dreaming up for a little while,” said Lefebvre in an interview with battlefordsNOW just outside of Ruddell on Sunday afternoon. “I wanted to do something when dad passed away from lung cancer in 2016 and the idea for the walk came along one day and I decided to run with it.”