February 2009
6 posts
Have Faith
For Valentine’s Day, the Most Beautiful Woman in the World gave me this beautiful acrylic “stone” with an embedded angel and the words “Have Faith.”
This loving gift is EXACTLY what I needed that moment. Watching my donation meter seemed to make the Antarctic thaw look like the Indy 500, I started to fear we would fall short of our $50,000 goal. The Most Beautiful...
Montreal Bicycle Show - Salon du vélo à Montréal
Several folks led by Jamie Foster attended the Montreal Bicycle Show to raise awareness of the Sears National Kids Cancer Ride. Lynne Jenkins, a national rider from 2008 and Daniel Charpentier from a Sears store in Montreal gave of their personal time to ensure a successful event. Thousands of people attended. We distributed brochures about the Ride, sold bandanas, and sold SNKCR plush toy...
Where Your Donations Go in Ottawa
The Sears National Kids Cancer Ride and the Coast to Coast Against Cancer Foundation currently support two charities in the Ottawa area:
Children’s Hospital of Eastern Ontario (CHEO), Oncology Program “The oncology program provides specialized care to children and youth affected by cancer, including patient, family and community education. Transition to adult care centres is...
Triathlete Jean Lacroix Supports our Ride
At my client site at the Privy Council, I was fortunate to share the floor with some triathletes, one of whom is Jean Lacroix. Since getting to know Jean a little better, or at least as much as computer people get to know each other, I’ve come to admire his discipline. Day in, day our, except for “cheat Friday’s” he trains, trains trains, trains. In 2008, we won second...
