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Peggy Stashick secret sauce was to celebrate special events for all that they were worth, and in so-doing, inspire others to do so as well.
The Flamboyant Metro Bakery worker lost her battle to ovarian cancer in 2016 and two years later the family began perpetuating Peggy’s memory with a fundraising Ugly Christmas Sweater Walk.
For the first time on radio, son Derek Stashick tells how the concept for the Ugly Sweater Walk came together.
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The Walk has raised over 120 thousand dollars in its short five-year history, and had an immediate resonance with Arnprior residents..
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Derek Stashick says even under the pall of COVID the walk remained remarkably resilient.
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Derek began his personal fundraising journey as a member of the ADHS school club that brought Relay for Life to Town in his teens.
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Full interview with Derek:
By Rick Stow