It’s my pleasure to nominate a Halton Regional Police Civilian member for the Police Hero Honour Roll Award. Mike Duhacek has been a proud member of the Halton Regional Police Service for 25 years. He is the acting Facilities Manager and founder of www.helpmeburycancer.com, the author of One Foot in Front of the Other and the Canadian Ambassador of Cops for Cancer. He embarked on a walk of over 1,000,000 steps across the province of Ontario, from Windsor to Ottawa, in the coldest month of the year, in February 2013. He pulled a 125-pound sled behind him with the word CANCER to raise awareness and funds for the Canadian Cancer Society. Mike took more than 10 steps for every Canadian who would die from cancer that year. Mike and his RV support vehicle were led across our province by all the police services along the way.
Mike has done countless speaking engagements at schools, corporate functions and Cancer Society events to share his story. He published a book, One Foot in Front of the Other, The Journey of a Million Steps. This book can offer hope and comfort to those who need it, and with each copy sold, profits go back to the Canadian Cancer Society.
Mike has organized and coordinated annual head shave campaigns and created, led and coordinated Movement Challenge Events where he has run an ultra and multiple marathons supporting his team and the Cops for Cancer movement.
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