The rain let up just in time for the organizers and participants of the fourth annual Bridge City Boogie this past Sunday. Our own Cherry Insurance alien, Inarek came out in full force to cheer the runners and walkers on.

"I couldn't believe how many people came out," commented Inarek. "I'm glad I was there to meet all of the participants."

A record-breaking 5,167 people ran, walked, rolled and shuffled around the Bridge City Boogie trail. The event supports three local charities: Canwest Raise-a-Reader, the Saskatoon Crisis Nursery, and the Boys and Girls Club of Saskatchewan.

Check out photos from the event below.

Cherry Insurance is proud to be the hole-in-one insurance sponsor at the Jim Underhill Memorial Golf Tournament happening Monday, July 5th, 2010 at the Riverside Golf & Country Club.

All donations will go to the Jim Underhill Memorial Fund that was recently established at the Saskatoon Community Foundation. Golfers must be pre-registered and in the staging area by 12:30 p.m. Shotgun start at 1:00 p.m.

Contact the Saskatchewan Association of Optometrists’ office at (306) 652-2069 or Riverside Golf Club for registration details.
 

Cherry Insurance is proud to sponsor this year’s 2nd annual Mogathon as a Corporate Asphalt Sponsor.

On Saturday, June 26th, the Mogathon committee is expecting over 1,000 participants. Events and races include: 30 km race, 30 km relay race, half marathon race, 10 km race, 2 km family event, kids’ activities and the No-K Beer Run.

All proceeds from the Mogathon go toward the treatment and awareness of prostate cancer and other urology diseases through the Urology Centre of Health at St. Paul’s Hospital in Saskatoon.

Prostate Cancer Facts

• Presently the most commonly diagnosed cancer in Saskatchewan men. It usually grows slowly and can be cured or managed successfully.
• On average, 429 Canadian men will be diagnosed with prostate cancer every week.
• On average, 83 Canadian men will die of prostate cancer every week.
• One in eight men will develop prostate cancer during their lifetime, mostly after age 60. One in 27 will die of it.
• When diagnosed early, five-year survival rates are over 90% -early detection is the key.

For more information or to register, go to www.mogathon.com.
 

With all of the rain this past week, Inarek couldn’t get out on his ship so he looked for indoor adventures instead. He ended up at TCU Place on Saturday where the Saskatchewan Marathon Race Expo was in full force.

The Race Expo is where all Saskatchewan Marathon participants pick up their race packages. Around 2,500 people also took in the Expo booths which ranged from massage and chiropractor services, to retail, vitamins and fitness expert services. There weren’t any other space travelers in the crowd, but Inarek met all sorts of enthusiastic walkers and runners as they picked up their packages for Sunday’s race.

Now here were people who know the value of forward planning and hard work! It wasn’t a stretch when Inarek explained the lessons he learned in preparing for the unexpected – an area where Cherry Insurance can help.

Inarek was so inspired by the participants’ race aspirations – he wanted to join them on Sunday. The Marathon volunteers provided him with an honorary registration – but after hearing how he has been spending most of his time practicing his spaceship landing skills and not training for the marathon, they convinced him to run next year.

Whew… good thing they talked some sense into him! 

Poor Inarek.. this is one alien who can't seem to land his spaceship whenever he drives it.

In fact, he crashed right in the middle of one Saskatoon journalist's traffic report.

 Click here to listen to the Traffic Report.

Thankfully no one was hurt, but the incident reminded everyone on University Bridge the value of insurance and being prepared for the unexpected.

To learn more about how you can drive worry-free, check out our Auto Insurance information.