Posts from June 2025
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I just want to officially announce that, despite my liberal use of em dashes–a noble form of punctuation that’s being unfairly targeted as a sign of AI slop–nothing in this blog is, has ever been, or ever will be AI generated.
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I’m riding in the 2025 Enbridge Tour Alberta for Cancer, raising money for the Alberta Cancer Foundation, and have so far raised $2,744, exceeding my $2,500 goal and surpassing my 2024 effort!
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And remember, by donating you earn a chance to win a pair of hand knitted socks!
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.
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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!
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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.
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