Be Part of… The Big Move Sept. 20

An exciting It’s Our Time Campaign event to mark on your calendars is the The Big Move Cancer Ride – a 50-kilometre and 100-kilometre bike ride through Niagara on Sunday, Sept. 20. Both 50-kilometre and 100-kilometre rides are fun rides, rather than competitive races.

All proceeds will support the development of the Walker Family Cancer Centre. Corporate sponsors making this possible are:

Plenary Health Niagara; PCL Construction Leaders; Fallsview Casino Resort; Davies Ward Phillips & Vineberg LLP; Walker Industries and Aramark Healthcare.

Gather a team, or ride as an individual, but don’t miss out on this amazing adventure! Registration fee is $50 and includes a shirt, catered lunch and food/drinks along the route. Riders aged 14 and up are asked to make a minimum pledge commitment of $500. The ride starts and ends at Club Roma, Vansickle Road, St. Catharines.

“All of these funds will support cancer care in Niagara, allowing cancer patients to make their personal journey at home, here in Niagara,” says Sandra Sabo, It’s Our Time Campaign Director for North Niagara.

Each year, more than 15,000 individuals receive care at the Oncology Clinic at St. Catharines General Site. Many of those patients then have to travel elsewhere for cancer care services not available in Niagara. Once completed, the Walker Family Cancer Centre will allow 95% of cancer patients to receive both their chemotherapy and radiation treatment in Niagara.

So get moving! Ask your colleagues, friends and neighbours to sponsor you for The Big Move – then come out and participate in training, running every Thursday until race day at Rockway Community Centre at 6 p.m. for a one-to-two hour ride with volunteer trainers. Training will vary in length and intensity.

To learn more, view the routes and register, go to www.bigmovecancerride.com. You can also make a pledge for another rider online.