Event has raised close to $90,000 approaching this year's running
“He was a worker, he never just sat around,” said his mother Jennifer. “He was always doing something.”
In his final days of hospice care, Markus was surrounded by loved ones, including his closest group of friends who were able to pay him one final visit. During the visit, Markus passed along his final dying wish to his buddies Cason Vandenberg, Marcus Dehaan, Eric Timmerman, Levi Vandeburgt, James Thalen and Lincoln Louwerse. He wanted them each to go get a new set of rollerblades to play hockey with so they could, in his words, “have something to do this summer other than watch your screens.
But their level of appreciation extends beyond just his caring group of friends. With Markus’ spending the final days of his life in Canuck Place, it’s a location held very dear to his parents’ hearts. Approaching this year’s event, the goal was to raise $40,000 in hopes of eclipsing $100,000 since its first year. As of Wednesday the boys have raised almost $90,000, with many donations as large as $1,000.
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