Dapper dressed motorcyclists ride for men’s health in Kelowna, B.C. – Okanagan | 24CA News
A giant group of motorcyclists wearing dapper apparel turned quite a lot of heads in Kelowna, B.C. Sunday morning.
As practically 100 riders revved up their engines to carry consciousness to males’s well being points.
“You have to do your part, you have to spread awareness it’s such a huge thing. This is just a real fun way of doing it in my opinion. It’s a fun way, you get to get all dressed up dapper. We get to ride motorcycles,” mentioned Nick Langelaan proprietor of M&M Performance.
The Distinguished Gentleman’s Ride in Kelowna was one among many internationally Sunday.
Although rain was coming down all through the valley, it didn’t cease riders from heading out on two wheels.
“It was pouring down rain, I actually changed outfits three times. I was going no matter what, we were all going to go no matter what. But the goal of the event has been achieved and overachieved,” mentioned Michel Tremblay, host of Kelowna’s Distinguished Gentleman’s Ride.
That objective was to boost $10,000 and this group went above and past, elevating over $18,000 for the trigger.
One of the opposite objectives for the annual occasion is to spark a dialog about prostate most cancers.
“It’s these constant voices that I think make a huge difference that it’s okay. Especially with prostate awareness, it’s OK to talk about it, it’s OK to go get checked. There doesn’t have to be a stigma around it, it’s very important,” mentioned Langelaan.
The different matter of debate was males’s psychological well being. Riders had been encouraging one another to be open to these tough conversations.
“You don’t hear them talking about it as much, especially in the motorcycle community. It’s not the strongest thing but it doesn’t matter about that,” mentioned Langelaan.
The fundraising objective worldwide was $5 million between the lots of of cities concerned. Donations can nonetheless be made on the Distinguished Gentleman’s Ride web site.
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