Inaugural Sarnia Pyjama Walk helping build community, organizer says

As a mom of a childhood cancer survivor, Shannon Shepherd has ties with other families in Sarnia-Lambton who’ve gone through similar heart-wrenching journeys.

“Even just locally . . . there’s five or six families I personally know,” she said.

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Sunday, at Sarnia’s inaugural fundraising walk for support charity Childcan, there were at least a couple of families she didn’t recognize, she said.

“It’s shocking to me how quickly something like this can bring together a bunch of families,” she said.

Building local support systems for families dealing with childhood cancer was one of the major reasons behind launching Sarnia’s Pyjama Walk, she said.

“We’re so used to as cancer families driving an hour” to London, she said. “But to know that there’s more local support and mo