B.C.’s Tour de Cure 2023 ride raises $7.1M for cancer research so far – BC | 24CA News
More than 1,500 cyclists from the world over are within the Fraser Valley for the weekend for the Tour de Cure fundraising journey.
Officials mentioned the journey has raised greater than $7.1 million to this point for the BC Cancer Foundation, simply this yr’s journey alone.
Despite air high quality statements warning of wildfire smoke within the area, the journey has gone forward as the danger has been deemed “moderate.”
It can also be imagined to be fairly a scorching day within the area. But regardless of these circumstances, organizers mentioned riders weren’t discouraged from displaying up.
“We have informed all of our riders it will be a hot weekend and we will have aid stations every 20 to 25 kilometres,” Sarah Roth mentioned, BC Cancer Foundation’s president.
On Saturday morning, the journey started in Cloverdale and riders will make their option to Chilliwack all through the day. A second journey by Chilliwack is scheduled for Sunday.
By the top of the journey, cyclists could have travelled greater than 200 kilometres.
“Everyone knows somebody with cancer and the more we can invest in research … that spring the hope for cancer patients,” Roth mentioned.
Those that want to donate, go to the Tour de Cure web site on-line.
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