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AboutFace is on edge of CN Tower -- for others By Nathan Howes OAKVILLE BEAVER STAFF What better way to face your fear head-on than at 1,168 feet walking along the edge atop the CN Tower. On Oct. 28, Oakville's Jessica Fitzpatrick will be one of 30 "EdgeWalkers" as part of the Face Your Fear Charity EdgeWalk in Toronto to raise funds for AboutFace, a not-forprofit charity that provides emotional, peer and social support, resources and educational programs to individuals with facial differences and their families. Its programs and services promote tolerance and gives individuals a sense of inclusion, as it shouldn't matter what somebody looks like, Fitzpatrick said. "Sometimes going out and walking in public can be a bit of a challenge or maybe someone is self-conscious of a mark on their face or a newly acquired scar," said Fitzpatrick, AboutFace manager of marketing and outreach. "We're trying to give individuals an experience where they can go out of their comfort zone and do something that is a little bit frightening to them so that they can feel a little bit of what the day-to-day challenge can be for somebody with a facial difference." Fitzpatrick is no stranger to heights or extreme events ­ she has gone skydiving twice before with the organization at its annual Leap of Faith event­ but she said the walk will be scarier. "Skydiving you're free falling for like 60 seconds and by the time your shoot opens you're like `oh okay this is relaxing now,' whereas the edge walk it's like 20 to 30 minutes of walking around this thing and you can see right down through it," said Fitzpatrick. AboutFace is the first charity to participate in the EdgeWalk, and Fitzpatrick is among one of the first groups of people that will partake since it opened this summer, she said. "It's totally safe and the whole process takes about an hour and a half, by the time you check in, sign paperwork (and) go through a really extensive security check ­ with the metal detectors and breathalyzer and everything," said Fitzpatrick. "You have to wear one of their jumpsuits and then you go up and they suit you up and you don't have anything with you that could fall. They take it pretty seriously." When people get up on the edge, the bottom grate is seethrough, Fitzpatrick said, and then tower staff will have them put their toes over the edge and lean forward "right over the edge," and then they will do it in reverse and put their heels over and fully lean back. "It's totally open, it's an open grate and you're attached, you have a body harness on and a strap that's attached to something, but there's no rails, nothing to hang on to. You're kind of just walking on the outside of the CN Tower," said Fitzpatrick. The entire event will last 90 minutes and people go up in groups of six that spend 20-30 minutes each around the edge of the tower. Every person needs to a raise a minimum of $500 to participate and all funds go to AboutFace, she said. As of Oct. 27, more than $23,000 has been raised, which surpassed the organization's original target of $10,000. One of its major fundraisers and programs is Camp Trailblazer. It is a nationwide camp that is hosted every fall for children with facial differences aged 10 to 18. "It is a first time in a lot of these kids lives that they're a majority and not a minority, and they are able to not worry about teasing or bullying and being accepted by their peers," said Fitzpatrick. See Working page 33 29 · Friday, October 28, 2011 OAKVILLE BEAVER · www.insideHALTON.com % 0 4 E SAVlloween All Ha dy can ze treats Individual si WEEKEND DEALS! WHILE THEY LAST! Friday, October 28 to Sunday, October 30, 2011 40 5 THREADS PER INCH SAVE $20 Saturday ly! O2n 9th Oct. 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