Alberta Ride For Sight 2 days away & so close to my goal

[The Grizz]

Hi everyone,

I would like to introduce you all to a fund raising event that is for The Foundation Fighting Blindness. I have been involved for the last 10 yrs as a fund raiser and this year, being my 11th I have taking on the roll of Assistant Chair & Coordinator for the Red Deer area.

This is a motorcycle event open to every level of rider and every make of bike & also anyone who doesn't ride. This years event is being held at the Stoney Nakota Resort & Casino, 30 min west of Calgary on June 11 / 2011. There will be many thing's to take in such as a show & shine, bike games, dunk tank, vendor market place,classic car show, Second Gear Club Trials Show, outdoor beer gardens with a DJ, native interpretive dancers, roast beef dinner in beer gardens, Harley Davidson demo rides, silent auction. There will be entertainment provided by the BLUES BROTHERS REVUE. Lot's of great food, people and fun.

If you would like to attend the event you can simply raise $50 or donate $50 at the event and you are in for the day. If you would like to have a donation book get in contact with me and I will get you the info where to pick one up or I can send one to you.


A little back ground info on Ride For Sight.

Ride For Sight is the single largest private fund raising initiative for vision research in the world. Over the year's, Ride For Sight has grown from a small local fund raising event to a national charity which raises more then $1 million annually and to date has raised over $18 Million. Ride For Sight gives 100% of donations to the Foundation Fighting Blindness & 100% of the money raised in Alberta STAYS in Alberta to fund our researcher's. More info can be found at the following website:

http://www.rideforsight.com/alberta.php

A little info on the event itself

The actual event that we put together is a thank you to all our fundraiser and is ALL paid for by our volunteers that work a Calgary casino every 2 years and by sponsorship from businesses and corporations. Absolutely NONE of the donation dollars are used to pay for any of the event.

I fell very strongly about this event because eye disease can hit anyone at any age of life, right out of the blue. I know without my eye sight my career would be over and would not be able to enjoy the little thing's in life like riding, seeing my kids / grandkid's grow up, see my wife playing with our Huskies and of coarse reefing.

If you would like to make a donation's please use my personal sponsorship page here :

http://my.e2rm.com/personalPage.aspx...336&Lang=en-CA

Any amount of donation from as little as $5 help's greatly. If you need more info e-mail me at grizzwelding@platinum.ca

Thanks to all who take the time to read this. And a HUGE THANKS to all who make a donation.

[The Grizz]

Here's an article that ran in the Edmonton Sun on Friday,

http://www.edmontonsun.com/2011/05/2...7d28a9b2ea%2C0

[ALang]

Hmmm.BEER>

[The Grizz]

Originally Posted by ALang

Hmmm.BEER>

Beer, bikes and good people make for a great day, not to mention its a great cause.

[The Grizz]

Here are a few pic's from last years Ride for Sight.

Dunk tank & yes that is me in the background.



Show & Shine



Random shots






Kananaskis Heli tour are located on-site



Aerial shot my wife shot when we went for a little tour



Casino Show Girls



Evening entertainment provided by Chilliwack

[The Grizz]

I am hoping that maybe a few vendors would make a small donation & some friends will drop a 5 or 10 spot on my sponsorship page

Bump to keep it on top

[The Grizz]

Every dollar donated makes a difference, last year I had several donations of $5 each from a bunch of really great high school kids.

[The Grizz]

keeping it on top but sadly no donations from anyone here yet, come on people you could not see your SW tanks if you suddenly started to lose your sight.

[ALang]

I will. Been super busy, and missed this posting later on.
Thanks for the reminder. Let me know how it went!
Lenny.

[ALang]

How to get yo your sponsorship page??