Beardy’s Woman To Run Marathon In Holland

Friday, October 07, 2005 at 14:47

 

 

A nurse from Montreal Lake is headed to Amsterdam next week to join the fight against diabetes.

 

Margaret Gamble, originally from the Beardy’s/Okemasis First Nation, will compete in a marathon as a member of Team Diabetes Canada.

 

Gamble says she has seen first-hand the dehabilitating effects of the disease and wants to make a difference.

 

She says she hasn’t had a lot of time to train, however, so she may scale down the length of her run.

 

Gamble has raised over $5,000 by herself to enter next week’s event.

 

She encourages those wanting to help to donate money to the Canadian Diabetes Association.