8th Annual Fire Truck Pull for Dementia Recognizes World Alzheimer's Day

Teams flexed their collective muscles in a test of strength and teamwork to pull a fire truck for a good cause.

Nine teams of 10-12 ‘pullers’ hit the AON Citi Centre on Aylmer Street on Friday to compete to see who can pull a 44,000-pound fire truck across a 100-foot pull zone the fastest.

Teams included the Dementia Defenders, AON 1 and 2, Day Service and Minds in Motion, Ptbo Axe Club, CIBC Private Wealth, SGS 1 and 2 and Trent Rowing.

Team SGS1 ended up taking home the title of fastest pullers with a time of 19.85 seconds.

All proceeds raised supported local programs and services at the Alzheimer Society of Peterborough, Kawartha Lakes, Northumberland, and Haliburton.

Local strongman Kevin Fast was in attendance and pulled a truck by himself.

Fast also offered up some advice for teams that attempted to pull the truck as well.

According to a media release on Monday morning, $9,000 and counting was raised from the event.

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