The north location was lined up out the door Thursday evening.

By Sheena Roszell

burgers to beat MS

Grande Prairie crushes thousands of Teen Burgers Thursday during Burgers to Beat MS

Aug 23, 2019 | 9:24 AM

It was lined up out the door for teen burgers Thursday at Grande Prairie A&W restaurants.

Thursday’s Burgers to Beat MS raised $66,181 through city A&W locations. The north side location alone raised over $60,000.

Susan Senecal, President and CEO of A&W travelled to GP for the event and said each year they are blown away by the support of Grande Prairie and area residents.

“We have been admiring and we are thrilled year over year by the performance of Grande Prairie. The community pulls together in such an amazing way. Kind-hearted people, generous people, and certainly very committed people dedicated year after year to making it better and better.”

Senecal also credited the local staff at A&W for making the campaign so successful and she said the support of the car community through the car show contributed to the event and was appreciated.

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Thursday’s event also featured a car show. These were the winning vehicles.

For the past six years Grande Prairie has been number one in the country for fundraising. Numbers are still coming in and we should find out soon if we are number one for the 7th year in a row.

Pam Valentine, President and CEO for the MS Society says they are amazed every year what a small community like Grande Prairie can do in terms of fundraising.

“I think in a smaller community people know who their neighbours are and they know somebody in their circle that has MS; it’s a friend, it’s a mother, it’s a daughter, it’s somebody that they know and so there’s a real personal connection I think,” she said. “When you think about MS, the reality is there are 11 people in Canada every day that are being diagnosed. It affects three times as many women as it does men and it affects people when they are young. On average, people are diagnosed at the age of 20 to 49, so there is a life of MS that is in front of them.”

Some of the money raised in Grande Prairie will stay here and fund programs at a community level.

The campaign has come a long way, but there’s still a long way to go, said Valentine.

“We have invested about $180 million in research and in 20 years have gone from having just three treatments available to having upwards of 15 today, and these treatments are much more effective than they were 20 years ago.”

Q99’s Stephen won the teen burger meal eating championship.