Heli forklift dealers will support Patsy Pitzul when she walks 60Km to raise money for breast cancer research later this year.

Pitzul is the wife of Robert Pitzul, owner of Heli forklift dealership Robert Pitzul Enterprises, in Quebec. She will participate in the "Weekend to end Breast Cancer?walk benefiting the Montreal Jewish General Hospital, taking place August 24-26.

Pitzul's sister died from cancer recently.

Heli's Canadian master distributor, Heli Fork Lift Canada (HFLC), and its four Quebec dealers will donate a cash amount to the hospital for each forklift sold from now until August 15.

HFLC general manager Jim Chesla hopes the effort raises at least CAD10,000. Heli currently has 24 dealers in Canada.

Gavin Hamilton and his family

Meanwhile over in the UK, JCB design engineer Gavin Hamilton and his partner Clare Bowen-Jones will be participating in the annual JCB Lakeside 5-mile (8-Km) Fun Run next month to raise money for Queen's Hospital in Burton.

Hamilton and Bowen-Jones are grateful for the hospital's care when their daughter Keeley was born weighing just 1lb 14oz (0.84Kg). They have raised GBP700 (USD1395.60) for Queen's neo-natal unit through other events and aim to raise another GBP300 (USD598.1) at the run.

JCB's lakeside run raises money for the NSPCC, a UK child abuse advocacy group, through registration fees. However, many participants raise money for other causes through sponsorship.