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We did it!
Well that sure was fast. Just a few days ago I was still shy of 75% of my $2,500 fundraising goal for the 2025 Tour Alberta for Cancer, but thanks to a sudden rush of new donors I’ve hit that milestone!
For the fourth year in a row I’m excited to say I’ve hit my minimum fundraising goal for this year’s Tour campaign! After taking Lenore’s advice and doing some targeted outreach to folks in my network, I saw a sudden rush of donations–nearly $1,000 in the last three days!–that pushed me over the top and beyond.
But the work doesn’t stop there! As relieved as I am to have reached the minimum to qualify for the ride, I’m equally excited to see how many more dollars I can pull in for the ACF in these final few weeks before the event.
Continue reading...2025 Tour Raffle
Better late than never, right? Were you excited but disappointed when you didn’t win a pair of hand knitted socks last year by donating to my Tour Alberta for Cancer fundraising campaign? Well now you have another chance! Support my efforts to raise money for the ACF and earn a chance to own a pair of socks made by yours truly!
Or following the link to the post to learn more!
So the Tour this year is on July 19th and 20th, which puts it just one short month away. And this is the first post to mention the Tour Alberta for Cancer or my associated fundraising campaign. I am remiss.
There are certainly reasons for that–my life has seen some fairly profound changes as I ended my career break and re-entered the workforce–but it’s about time I wrote something given this is a particularly special Tour for me as my wife Lenore rides with me for the very first time!
But I also need your money!
Each year we riders raise a minimum of $2,500 for the Alberta Cancer Foundation, an organization to which I have a person connection given how cancer has impacted my family and friends. While my campaign this year is going surprisingly well despite a lack of effort on my part–as of this writing I’m at over $1,800, which ain’t bad!–I still have some work to do.
Continue reading...Fundraising Achievement Unlocked!
We did it! Thanks to the generosity of so many, including Taber Cares, who matched the donations that put me over the top today, I hit my $2,500 goal for my Tour Alberta for Cancer ride!
I am so very excited to announce that, as of today, I’ve hit my goal for my Tour Alberta for Cancer fundraising campaign! The key was Taber Cares, which held a donation matching event for up to $200,000 in donations to ride participants. Between my own self-donation, a couple of timely contributions from folks in my network, and the equivalent matching donations, all those funds pushed me over the top!
Of course, the fundraising doesn’t stop there. While reaching the $2,500 goal secures my participation in the in-person ride, I will certainly keep pushing to raise even more, as every dollar to the Alberta Cancer Foundation funds critical programs here in the province.
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A beautiful day for a training ride! As a reminder, the second of three draws in the hand knitted sock raffle is coming up in June 19th, so donate now to get in on the action:
https://b-ark.ca/2024/05/16/tour-alberta-raffle.html
Tour Alberta for Cancer 2023
Well, the 2023 tour is finally over, and after a couple of days of recovery, a post-ride post!
Well, after a challenging two days in some incredibly intense summer heat, we did it! Team INVIDI completed the 2023 Tour Alberta for Cancer cycling event. And I’m proud to say our team managed to raise another $8,915 dollars for the Alberta Cancer society, all thanks to our many (many!) generous donors who helped the overall campaign reach a whopping $5,560,000 raised, blowing the doors off the $5,000,000 goal that was set for this year.
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