{"id":109882,"date":"2026-05-25T15:11:17","date_gmt":"2026-05-25T19:11:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/?p=109882"},"modified":"2026-05-25T18:38:07","modified_gmt":"2026-05-25T22:38:07","slug":"gallery-rankin-run-brings-community-together-to-fight-cancer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/2026\/05\/gallery-rankin-run-brings-community-together-to-fight-cancer\/","title":{"rendered":"Gallery: Rankin Run brings community together to fight cancer"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Rainy skies did little to dampen the enthusiasm of participants who gathered at Brock University on Saturday, May 23 for the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rankincancerrun.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Rankin Cancer Run<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The annual event, which was supported by Brock staff, students and volunteers, brought the Niagara community together in support of local cancer care, with participants taking part in one- and five-kilometre routes through campus.<\/p>\n<p>The day began with registration and community activities before the Kiddie Sprint at Weather Station Field. Opening remarks followed from Rankin Cancer Run representatives and Brock leaders, including President and Vice-Chancellor Lesley Rigg, event founder Tom Rankin and Megan Dyk, a Niagara teen whose cancer journey has been supported by Wellspring Niagara.<\/p>\n<p>Funds raised through the Rankin Cancer Run stay in Niagara and support local cancer care initiatives and organizations such as Wellspring Niagara.<\/p>\n<p>Following the run, participants returned to Weather Station Field for a barbecue and post-race activities.<\/p>\n\n\t    <style type='text\/css'>\n\t        #gallery-1697187427 {\n\t            margin: 0 auto 50px auto !important;\n\t\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t#gallery-1697187427 ul {\n\t\t\t\tmargin: 0 !important; padding: 0 !important;\n\t            list-style-type: none;\n\t\t\t\t}\n\t        #gallery-1697187427 li.gallery-item {\n\t\t        \/* margin: 0 !important; padding: 0 10px 10px 0 !important; *\/\n\t            float: left;\n\t            text-align: center;\n\t            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The annual event brought hundreds of community members to campus to raise funds for local cancer care.\" data-featherlight=\"image\" class=\"gallery-1697187427\">\n<img src=\"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/RankinRun_20260523_SL0003-300x225.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" alt=\"A man in a blue rain jacket smiles while speaking into a microphone during the Rankin Cancer Run opening remarks.\">\n<\/a><\/li>\n<li class='gallery-item'>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/RankinRun_20260523_SL0006-1600x1067.jpg\" title=\"Thousands of participants gathered at Brock University on Saturday, May 23 for the Rankin Cancer Run to raise funds in support of local cancer care.\" data-featherlight=\"image\" class=\"gallery-1697187427\">\n<img src=\"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/RankinRun_20260523_SL0006-300x225.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" alt=\"A runner passes the Ian Beddis Gymnasium at Brock University during the rainy Rankin Cancer Run.\">\n<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<hr style='visibility: hidden; clear: both; margin: 0;'>\n<\/div>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Rainy skies did little to dampen the enthusiasm of participants who gathered at Brock University on Saturday, May 23 for the Rankin Cancer Run.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":49,"featured_media":109886,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[9794,3,1],"tags":[3333,703,2365,1045],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/109882"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/49"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=109882"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/109882\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":109896,"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/109882\/revisions\/109896"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/109886"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=109882"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=109882"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=109882"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}