This update is from GCI Canada member Mark Yandt who was one of the riders in the event.
Our Canadian youth camp, Camp Connections, recently held its third annual Peddling Kilometers fundraiser. The 200 km bicycle ride was completed by 13 riders (pictured below) who worked hard prior to the ride selling pledges for the kilometers they would cover. In this way funds were raised for Friends of Camp Connections (FOCC), an organization that subsidizes the registration fees paid by needy campers.
Over the past three years the event has brought participants together from Ottawa, Montreal, Toronto, Peterborough and Petawawa and has raised over $22,000 (Canadian). Though this year’s results are not yet finalized, it looks like we’ve raised over $10,000! This is a testament to the efforts of the riders who worked for months doing fundraising prior to the ride. Not only did they gain support from friends and colleagues (in person and online), they had the opportunity to tell people about the value of Camp Connections.
This year’s ride started at Parliament Hill in Ottawa and took us through eastern Ontario to Hawkesbury where we stayed overnight before heading the next day to Montreal. Camp director Lynn Lawrence welcomed us with a hot shower and a BBQ dinner.
