Any time a collection of people come together to raise funds for a worthy cause, like feeding children in Kenya, Africa, its a praise worthy event! This past Thursday evening just over 125 people from the North Kildonan Mennonite Brethren Church met together at Birds Hill Park for a Bike-a-thon in Support of Arvid Loewen and his Tour for Life. Arvid for the past couple of weeks has been attempting to cycle 457 km./day northeast of Winnipeg for a total of 23 consecutive days. His goal to pay for food for 2013 children for 1 year through financial contributions to Mully Children's Family Charitable Foundation.
Each rider was asked to get pledges that would go towards a goal of raising $10,000 that evening to go towards this cause. I'm happy to announce that over $20,000 was raised in that evening! The fundraiser has taken on an even greater air of urgency as Kenya is experiencing a drought. The Thika river in Ndalani, a main source of water for everything has dried up resulting in food costs tripling. Arvid will continue cycling until July 26th. If you wish to know more about the Tour for Life or the Mully Foundation you can visit their site at http://www.spokeimpact.com/ .
I don't actually know who's bike this was, but I'm guessing someone a little smaller?? The evenings festivities included a kids bike course, bike decorating, face painting and games. Adults could ride their bike, walk, jog, or rollerblade around Bird's Hill Park on an 11+ Km course.
Some serious biker's , some just having fun!
CHVN Radio was out to cover the event.
1 comment:
awesome photos, looks like a great event for a great cause!
Glad to see your photo panning skills put to use! Great work!
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