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Trenton’s tiny Gord Downie donates to Gord Downie Fund for Brain Cancer Research
BY ERIN STEWART
Two-and-a-half year old Bentley Davidson raised $500 for the Sunnybrook Foundation’s Gord Downie Fund for Brain Cancer Research.
Trenton – Two-and-a-half year old Bentley Davidson, also known as Trenton’s tiny Gord Downie, raised a total of $500 for the Sunnybrook Photo submitted Foundation’s Gord Downie Fund for Brain Cancer Research. to whatever cause is in need at that “He raised a good portion of it, time, I think it’s a good stepping stone about $260 in lieu of candy on Halfor Bentley to give back instead of alloween night, and the other $240 of ways receiving so I think we’re going it we took to social media and our to start that,” she said. friends and family helped top up to Although White said it feels amazthe $500 mark,” said Bentley’s mom ing to give back, she said there are Shannon White. many mixed feelings because it’s also Bentley became an internet sena very sad situation. sation around Halloween thanks to “We’re so proud of Bentley and givsome creative help from White. ing forward to a good cause but the She decked Bentley out in an imreason we’re doing it is also a sad mopeccable Gord Downie costume, a ment,” she said. “The fact that Gord costume reminiscent of Downie’s now Downie is suffering with this incurable fabled final concert last summer, that disease is heartbreaking so it’s a mixed was so spot-on it made waves online emotion.” and even received recognition from Downie, the lead singer of CanaThe Tragically Hip on Facebook. dian rock band the Tragically Hip, White said their Halloween evening announced his diagnosis of Glioblaswas amazing and people were happy to toma in May, an aggressive form of support Bentley and the Gord Downie brain cancer, and then went on a final Fund for Brain Cancer Research. cross-country tour. “We did maybe a two-block radius and within that people cause,” she said. The Gord Downie Fund for Brain Cancer Research will give After such an amazing response this year, White said they are were approaching Bentley and knew what he was doing from Sunnybrook the tools to help beat brain cancers that are currentseeing it on the news or reading it on social media so a lot of thinking of making it a tradition to collect donations instead of ly unbeatable, states the donation page at donate.sunnybrook.ca. people were very generous and wanting to give and donate to this candy on Halloween, “To do a donation in lieu of candy on Halloween and donate
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