Media Advisory - General Rick Hillier (ret.) celebrates the start of the
Motorcycle Ride For Dad 10th Anniversary Tour
OTTAWA, July 22 /CNW/ - With less than two weeks to go, momentum and excitement are building for the Motorcycle Ride For Dad 10th Anniversary Cross-Canada Tour, powered by TELUS. The biggest charity motorcycle ride of its kind in Canada, is an initiative to raise funds and awareness for two causes that affect each and every Canadian - the Military Families Fund and the fight against prostate cancer. Hundreds of riders will rev their engines for the start of the Tour in St. John's, NL on the morning of Sunday, August 1st, 2010, and continue across Canada until the final stop in Victoria, BC on August 29th, 2010.
General Rick Hillier (ret.), Tour co-chair, and Michael Sangster, vice-president, government relations, TELUS, are available on July 27, 2010 for media interviews and radio call-in shows. They will ask Canadians to support these two causes and donate.
WHAT: Motorcycle Ride for Dad 10th Anniversary Cross-Canada Tour
Campaign
WHO: General Rick Hillier (ret.), Tour co-chair
Michael Sangster, vice-president, government relations, TELUS
Garry Janz, president of the Motorcycle Ride For Dad
Wayne Rostad, National Ride Marshal
WHEN: July 27, 2010
WHERE: Media interested in interviews must schedule them prior to July
26, 2010 by contacting Kelly Goulet, 613-447-6412
The 10th Anniversary Tour is stopping in the following Canadian cities:
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Location Date Location
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St. John's, NL Sunday, Aug 1st 10a.m.-11a.m.
Opening Ceremonies
CFB St. John's
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Dartmouth, NS Tuesday, Aug 3rd 5p.m.-6p.m.
CFB Shearwater
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Charlottetown, PEI Wednesday, Aug 4th Mark's Work Wearhouse
455 University Avenue
Charlottetown, PE C1A 4N8
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Gagetown, NB Thursday, Aug 5th 4p.m.-5p.m.
CFB Gagetown
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Hartland, NB Friday, Aug 6th 11-12p.m.
Photo opportunity:
World's Longest Covered
Bridge
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Val Cartier, QC Saturday, Aug 7th 2p.m.-4p.m.
CFB Val Cartier
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Montreal, QC Sunday, Aug 8th 12p.m.-2p.m.
CFB Long Point
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Hawkesbury, ON 3:30p.m.-4:30p.m.
Goulet Motorsports
189 rue John
Hawkesbury, ON K6A 1Y1
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Ottawa, ON 6p.m-7p.m.
Canada Aviation and Space
Museum
11 Aviation Parkway
Ottawa, ON K1K 4R3
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Ottawa, ON Monday, Aug 9th 5p.m.-9p.m.
Lone Star Ranch
670 Cedarview Road
Ottawa, Ontario K2R 1E5
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Ottawa, ON Tuesday, Aug 10th 10a.m.-10:30a.m.
P1: Scotiabank Place
1000 Palladium Dr.
Kanata, ON K2V 1A5
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Pembroke, ON 12:30p.m.-1:30p.m.
Mark's Work Wearhouse
(tentative)
1100 Pembroke Street E
Pembroke, ON K8A 6Y7
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Petawawa, ON 3p.m.-5p.m.
CFB Petawawa
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Perth, ON Wednesday, Aug 11th 11:30am-1p.m.
Martin Whyte's Tree Farm
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Kingston, ON 12p.m.-9p.m.
CFB Kingston
Rider pre-registration
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Kingston, ON TELUS reception
TBD
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Trenton, ON Thursday, Aug 12th 10am-11:30am
CFB Trenton
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Simcoe County, ON
(CFB Borden) 7:30p.m.-9:30p.m.
CFB Borden
Glass Tiger Performing:
8p.m.
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North Bay, ON Friday, Aug 13th 2p.m. -3p.m.
Mark's Work Wearhouse
955 McKeown Avenue North
Bay, ON P1B 9P3
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Sudbury, ON Saturday, Aug 14th 11a.m.-12p.m.
Mark's Work Wearhouse
1425 Kingsway
Sudbury, ON P3A 4R7
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Sudbury, ON 12:00p.m.-1:00p.m.
The Shop Harley Davidson
2240 Long Lake Road
Sudbury, Ontario, Canada
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Marathon, ON Sunday, Aug 15th 6p.m.-8p.m.
Royal Canadian Legion
Branch 183
Marathon, ON P0T 2E0
(807) 229-1771
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Thunder Bay, ON Monday, Aug 16th 5p.m.-6p.m.
Mark's Work Wearhouse
969 Fort William Road
Thunder Bay, ON P7B 3A6
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Kenora, ON Wednesday, Aug 18th 8a.m.-9a.m.
Breakfast with "Belt
Drive Betty"
Location to be determined
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Winnipeg, MB 12p.m.-2p.m.
CFB Winnipeg
Lunch
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Brandon, MB 5p.m.-6p.m.
Mark's Work Wearhouse
911 18th Street N
Brandon, MB R7A 7S1
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Moose Jaw, SK Thursday, Aug 19th 3:30p.m.-4:30p.m.
Mark's Work Wearhouse
473 Thatcher Drive E
Moose Jaw, SK S6J 1L8
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Regina, SK 5:30p.m.-6:30p.m.
RCMP presentation
Location to be determined
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Rouleau, SK
(aka Dog River) Friday, Aug 20th Photo opportunity: Time
and place TBD
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Saskatoon, SK 12p.m.-1p.m.
City Hall
222 - 3rd Avenue North
Saskatoon SK S7K 0J5
Presentation to the Mayor
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Edmonton, AB Saturday, Aug 21st 5p.m.-8p.m.
CFB Edmonton
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Calgary, AB Monday, Aug 23rd Event TBD
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Kamloops, BC Friday, Aug 27th 3p.m.-4p.m. (tentative)
Mark's Work Wearhouse
1395 Hillside Drive
Kamloops, BC V2C 1Y3
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Victoria, BC Sunday, Aug 29th 4p.m.-5p.m.
Closing Ceremonies
CFB Esquimalt
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About the Motorcycle Ride For Dad
The 10th Anniversary Motorcycle Ride for Dad's Celebration Tour powered by TELUS is a once-in-a-lifetime national event that links the Military Families Fund and Motorcycle Ride for Dad, a grass-roots national movement of people with a shared passion for motorcycling and prostate cancer awareness. From its humble beginnings, the Ride For Dad has grown to include 29 cities in every province in the country, and plans are underway for several more. Today, more than 250,000 men, women and children have been involved, raising more than $5 million to fight prostate cancer!
About the Military Families Fund:
The Military Families Fund was created in April 2007 by General Rick Hillier (ret.), the former Chief of Defense Staff to assist military families faced with unforeseen and often immediate needs that have resulted due to conditions of service. The fund continues to grow through the generous contributions of Canadians, corporations and other organizations, adding a new vehicle to support Canadian Forces members and their families.
More information on the 10th Anniversary Tour is available at www.RideForDadCanada.org
For further information: Kelly Goulet, Motorcycle Ride For Dad, Tel: 613-722-6131, Cell: 613-447-6412, [email protected]; Megan Fielding, TELUS Media Relations, Tel: 416-883-3461, Cell: 416-894-0817, [email protected]
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