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Posted: Aug 05 2011
Ride to Conque Cancer
Team OvCaRe
Tetra Society of North America
Tools for Tykes Vancouver Project
Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation Canada
Ride to Conquer Cancer
Team OvCaRe
Different Bikes has had the pleasure to work with team OvCaRe for the past three years that they have participated in the BC Ride to Conquer Cancer. Team OvCaRe is made up of people with one common goal: the desire to make a difference in the lives of those suffering with ovarian cancer. Not only do the OvCaRe group of researchers and clinicians work tirelessly to improve outcomes for ovarian cancer patients through the amazing work that they do, they’re also members of the cycling team!
Different Bikes wanted to give this hardworking team a kick-start on their fundraising goals for 2012. With a very healthy amount raised in 2011 of $76,810, their goal for 2012 is $90,000.
Team OvCaRe boasts some of the “founding fathers” amongst the ranks: Drs. Blake Gilks, David Huntsman and Dianne Miller. Riders also include other researchers, PhD students, laboratory technologists, ovarian cancer survivors and most importantly of all, caring citizens from the community at large.
The team worked tirelessly to raise money for the advances made possible by the OvCaRe group of researchers and clinicians and also trained their buns off in preparation for the ride itself, a two day cycling journey from Vancouver, BC to Seattle Washington covering a distance of approximately 250km. More info on Team OvCaRe...
Leslie Vice, DB Marketing Director with Team Captain Nadia Gale and team rider Lisa Raeburn
Tetra Society of North America
Tools for Tykes Vancouver Project
The Tools for Tykes project is designed to meet the needs of children and youth with significant physical disabilities who struggle with obstacles in their daily lives. The custom assistive devices that Tetra volunteers create tackle many kinds of problems and as a result, help children and youth live more independently and enhance their health, self-confidence, happiness, participation and inclusion among family and peers.
Tetra has a very long list of devices that they have built to accomodate cycling for children and adult with disabilities.
Leslie Vice, DB Marketing Director with Jordan Rongavilla, Tetra Tools for Tykes Funds Development
Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation
Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation (JDRF) is the global leader in setting the agenda for type 1 diabetes research worldwide and is the largest charitable funder and advocate for type 1 diabetes reserach. Our mission is to find a cure for diabetes and its complications through the support of research.
Founded in 1974 by parents of children with type 1 diabetes, JDRF is passionate about our commitment to raising funds to drive world-class research to develop new and better treatments to improve the lives of people who have type 1 diabetes and keep them as healthy as possible.
JDRF efficiently and effectively directs resources to research aimed at finding a cure and developing new treatments, drugs and therapies. JDRF is committed to agressively following the most promising paths to cure, better treat adn prevent type 1 diabetes.
Leslie Vice, DB Marketing Director with Mark Hosak, JDRF Fundraising and Development Assistant
