Scotty Cartwright hand over money raised through Diamonds Gentlemen's Club calendar sales to Megan Durda with the Ronald McDonald House

By Liam Verster

Fight For Hope

Scotty’s Burger Shack’s Fight for Hope reaches fundraising milestone, other events help the cause

Nov 20, 2020 | 2:12 PM

In just two-and-a-half years, Scotty’s Burger Shack has raised over $50,000 for critically ill children as part of their Fight for Hope campaign.

A portion of every sales transaction goes into a special fund, the Hope Metre, and when that metre hits $10,000, $5,000 is donated to the Kids With Cancer Society and $,5000 goes to the Ronald McDonald House.

On top of the money raised through sales, Fight for Hope has recently benefited from a partnership with Diamonds Gentlemen’s Club’s sales of the Models for Mankind calendar.

“So, we were able to be the recipient of a $3,000 donation from the venture alone,” says Scotty Cartwright. “So $1,500 went to the Ronald McDonald House, and there will be a $1,500 cheque distributed to the Kids With Cancer Society, just from that local charitable aspect of the Bear Babes calendar.”

Along with this donation, Cartwright also took part in the Tour of Hope for the first time this year.

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He found out about a local teenager who had just been diagnosed with lukemia, and, after discussions with the family, decided to sponsor her for the 9-day long ride to support the Kids With Cancer Society.

“So I rode a pedal bike 800 kilometres from Scotty’s Burger Shack to Grande Prairie, to Grande Cache, to Hinton, to Edson, to Edmonton, and then 100 kilometres around Edmonton to the Westlock/Barrhead area, to complete my first ever Tour of Hope of 823 kilometres.”

During that tour, Cartwright also stopped in and made a donation to the Society.

He adds that he hasn’t ridden a bike in ages and was gifted an old mountain bike for the Tour, which did not make for an easy trip.

Cartwright is unsure if he will participate in the ride again, but says if he does, he’s going to be sure to have a proper road bike.

Meanwhile, Scotty’s Burger Shack in Crooked Creek is still open for business, and Cartwright says as long as their open, they’re raising money for the cause and he’s very grateful of everyone who has helped the cause so far.

“At Scotty’s Burger Shack, because of the love that everybody that’s ever walked through that door, that’s why we’re at that $50,000 mark. Everybody’s a part of that family, that mission, that venture, that journey of hope for critically ill children. And it’s something we should all be proud of, and I thank you all for all of your love.”