Edmonton students raise 8K in support of Ben Stelter Fund
, an aggressive form of brain cancer. He died on Aug. 9, 2022, after fighting the disease for two years.In December, theBen Stelter Fund
was kickstarted with $100,000 — donations from Oilers captain Connor McDavid and Edmonton entrepreneur Ashif Mawji. The fund has four goals: magical experiences, medical equipment for families at home, outcome-based research and venture philanthropy.The younger Mawji said he wanted to honour his young friend, Ben, with his own initiative at school. He kept track of the growing tally on a school whiteboard.Story continues below advertisement
“It made me feel good. I wrote it many times, but I was really happy to see that was the number we came up with, considering our goal was $1,000.”
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