“Having the youth and the community in Marathon take action to raise awareness about Indigenous history and to offer their support to LHF is both inspiring and wonderful and we are so thankful. This donation was made possible due to the generous acts of service by the junior golfers and community of Marathon,” said Teresa Edwards, Executive Director and In-House Legal Counsel.

Marathon is a small community of about 3,000 people located on the North Shore of Lake Superior, 300 klms east of Thunder Bay. The community came together to support the Junior Golfers and LHF- from personal donations and businesses providing prizes and corporate sponsorship –everyone helped to make the tournament a success. The LHF acknowledges and thanks the sponsors, volunteers, golf course staff and all the players of the Marathon Junior Golf Charity Tournament who helped to raise money toward educational resources that will lead to positive change.

The LHF has been in operation for more than 21 years as a national, Indigenous-led, charitable organization that has been working to promote healing and Reconciliation in Canada. The LHF’s goal is to educate and raise awareness about the history and existing intergenerational impacts of the Residential and Day School System, Sixties Scoop, and other colonial acts of oppression on Indigenous (First Nations, Inuit, and Métis) Peoples.

The LHF has 25 exhibitions that are available for loan for free. One exhibition, Escaping Residential Schools: Running for their Lives, is now available through an animated virtual video, along with the Survivors’ Oral Testimonies. The exhibition examines the experience of Survivors of the Residential School System and raises awareness on the impacts it has on our communities. For more information on the project, please visit: https://legacyofhope.ca/project/escapingrs/ The LHF is working on making its other exhibitions also available online.

The LHF also has curriculum from K-12 and for adults, along with Activity Guides, Training and Workshops, and Podcasts all aimed at educating Canadians about Indigenous history and the shared history of Residential and Day Schools, the Sixties Scoop, and the impacts to issues such as the high rates of Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls. The LHF works to develop empathy and understanding so as to eliminate racism and discrimination in Canada.