Today Susan and Jessica Fielding held a "Thank You" barbeque and review with some of the volunteers. We all agreed that things went very well for this first year for the Puslinch Event. Several suggestions were made as to how we could improve the Event for next year. Susan pointed out that ours was the first rural Event. Dan, who was the ambassador for both Events said that Guelph, with a population base of 100,000 raised about $21,000, while Puslinch with a population of 6,000 raised over $9,000--what a great show of community spirit! All the volunteers present said they would volunteer again next year! More volunteers are always welcome.
Next year's event will be held June 12. Hope to see you there.
The Outcome
The 2004 Event in Puslinch
A big thank you to Jessica and Susan Fielding for coordinating the Event and to all the volunteers and participants!
Final Update--June 10
We are all set to go! The volunteers are in place. The local corporate donators of raffle prizes have been very supportive and we have over forty prizes--something for everyone. There will even be a silent auction to attend a luncheon with speaker Pat Quinn. The Police will be on the route. There is a free hot dog lunch. Other activities include the Mayor in the Dunk Tank. He could be very wet by the end of the day.
Please bring only leased pets and they will be welcome.
The weather will have no effect on our spirit.
The prizes were on display at the Agricultural Society Chicken Barbeque being help on June 10 from 5:00 to 7:00 at the Community Center. Many tickets were sold and information about the event was distributed.
Original Info
The Wheels in Motion Event will be held on Sunday morning, June 13 at the Puslinch Communinity Center. This is the second year for the the Event and the first year of it being held in Puslinch.
The Event will begin at 9:30 with a church service. Registration will begin at 10:20, with the walk starting at 11:00. There is a one kilometer or a ten kilometer route that participants can choose to walk, run, bike or skate. There will be door prizes, a raffle, a dunk tank and a free lunch for participants. Also, tee shirts will be available.
Volunteers are needed to help coordinate this event, and sponsors are needed for donations of door prizes and of cash to help pay for the barbeque lunch. To send an e-mail to an organizer click here. Or, you can call co-organizers Jessica and Susan Fielding at 905-659-1050.
Rick Hansen Wheels In Motion invites Canadians of all ages and abilities to come out in communities across Canada on Sunday, June 13, 2004 and wheel, bike, skate, run or walk along a designated course to help raise awareness and funds to improve the quality of life of people with spinal cord injury.
Please participate and help make a difference. Contact us today to get involved.
There are 10,000 people a year who suffer spinal cord injuries. Half the net proceeds from Rick Hansen Wheels In Motion will be directed to priority needs identified to improve the quality of life of people living with a spinal cord injury in event communities. The foundation helps communities with such things as making their local buildings wheelchair accessible. The other half will be directed towards research including the development of a much-needed SCI registry.
Dan Harvey, our local ambassador, with Rick Hansen.
Together we can help keep the dream alive.
You can click here to go to the online registration page.