Dave Mercer's Casting for a Cure is a non-profit initiative, fully endorsed by the Canadian Cancer Society.

Casting for a Cure was founded in 2005 in honor of Dave's mother, Ann Mercer, who, like too many Canadians, lost her battle with cancer. It is our commitment to raise funds through the angling community to help in the fight to end cancer.

What an event this turned out to be! 
On Saturday, May 10th, 2008, Shimano held their first national Casting for a Cure Cast-a-thon across Canada.   Over 45 retailers across Canada participated in this one event.  These retailers signed up individuals to particpate in a national cast-a-thon where each participant would cast for 5 minutes straight making as many casts as they could in that 5 minutes.  These individuals collected pledges for their participation which benefited Dave Mercer’s Casting for a Cure, which, in turn benefits the Canadian Cancer Society.

Many of the individuals were encouraged by various events in their lives.  They each had been affected by cancer in some way, either themselves directly, or by close friends or loved ones.  One story was of a young boy in Guelph who had recently lost his older brother to cancer at the age of 26.  It is because of individuals like these and the great retailers that supported the event that we were able to work together to help fight cancer. The pledges are still trickling in and once all pledges are received, we will report the total funds raised for Dave Mercer’s Casting for a Cure.

Thank you to all those who participated in Shimano’s first Casting for a Cure Cast-a-thon and thank you to all the retailers that went above and beyond to make sure this event was a success.  Your hard work and efforts are making a difference!  Thank you also to Shimano for such a great event and we look forward to an even better event in 2009!

The 2008 season for Dave Mercer’s Casting for a Cure has now begun! The kick off to the 2008 season began at Bass Pro Shops in Vaughan, Ontario on March 15th and 16th with the annual Casting for a Cure BBQ. What a great weekend for the event and thank you to everyone for your support.

If you wish to become a Casting for a Cure Angler and compete for the titles of Dave Mercer’s Casting for a Cure 2008 Angler of the Year and Casting for a Cure’s All-Star Angler and to help in the fight against cancer, please print and complete the registration form below. Make sure to submit your registration form now to become a Casting for a Cure Angler for the 2008 season!

Registration Form

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Pledge Form

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What a year 2007 was for Dave Mercer’s Casting for a Cure! To date, thanks to the angling community and those that supported them, we have raised over $51,000.00!!

Congratulations to Simon Frost for winning the title of Casting for a Cure’s 2007 Angler of the Year! His total weight for the year was just over 428 lbs! It is great to have his and the many other anglers’ participation:

Brian Blowes, JP DeRose, Jeff Kerr, Dave Mercer, Corey Nault, John Noel, Scott Palmer, Don Sangster, Harrison Sillen, Mike Smith, Derek Strub, and Chris Tieber.

Congratulations once again to Don Sangster for winning the title of Casting for a Cure’s 2007 All-Star Angler! For the second year in a row, Don Sangster has raised the most funds for Dave Mercer’s Casting for a Cure campaign which benefits the Canadian Cancer Society.

Thank you to all the participants and volunteers for this year’s events and those that supported them. With their ongoing support, the investment in the full spectrum of cancer research will continue to have the greatest impact in fighting this disease and bring us closer to finding cures.

Special Thanks To:

Bass Pro Shops Canada
Mason.Bennett.Johncox
Johnsonville Bratts
JP DeRose
Simon & Melanie Frost
Paddletales
Aurora Bassmasters
Bass Talk