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Clarke said the canvassers in her zone return year after year, making her job as captain relatively simple.

"I have an excellent team that has stayed with me 15 years plus.

They've just been faithful.

That's half the reason I stayed with it." Borger said money that is raised by the canvass aids research but also helps pay for support services such as providing transportation for cancer patients.

In the Brockville branch, 100 volunteer drivers ferry patients back and forth to hospital appointments and other destinations.

Those volunteers, who will also be recognized during the April 5 event, took 5,100 trips with cancer patients and travelled over 4,100 kilometres last year.

He said anybody interested in offering their services is welcomed.

"We're always looking for more volunteers," he said.

Published in Section A, page 4 in the Friday, March 31, 2006 edition of the Brockville Recorder & Times.

Posted 4:30:34 PM Friday, March 31, 2006.

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