Canadian actor Ryan Reynolds made a digital look at a Cobourg, Ont. committee assembly to push for a neighborhood area to be renamed after a younger lady who died of most cancers.
Reynolds says Grace Bowen, who died in early 2015 from a battle with osteosarcoma, modified his life when he met her over a decade in the past by way of Toronto’s SickKids Basis.
The Canadian “Deadpool” actor attended the City of Cobourg’s group providers, safety and financial improvement standing committee to plead his case alongside Grace’s dad and mom.
“(The world) was Grace’s temple; that was her church, that was her the whole lot. Hockey was her life,” mentioned Reynolds. “Her identify type of mentioned all of it.”
Grace Bowen, 9, of Cobourg, Ont. Picture: MacCoubrey Funeral House.
The committee voted unanimously to maneuver this merchandise to the common council assembly scheduled for April 30, 2025, at which the complete Cobourg Metropolis Council will give their ultimate vote.
“As dad and mom of somebody who has misplaced a baby, I believe I can converse for anybody in our sneakers. The largest worry is that you simply’ll by no means hear another person say their identify once more,” mentioned Greg Bowen.
In December 2024, Reynolds and his spouse, Blake Full of life, pledged to match donations to SickKids as much as $500,000. That very same month, Reynolds was awarded the Order of Canada. Past fundraising, Reynolds has personally related with SickKids sufferers and paid tribute to Grace’s passing in 2016.
Reynolds mentioned it could “be lovely” for The Pond Enviornment to be renamed in Grace’s honour.
“I wasn’t doing something with this platform that I had, and Grace simply modified that.”
