Move over Flames and Oilers – some devoted Calgarians are actually going head-to-head in their very own Battle of Alberta.
It’s a battle that brings every kind of advantages for teenagers who undoubtedly deserve a lift.
The competitors is a part of a enjoyable problem pitting the north of the province in opposition to the south as individuals participate in a Walk and Roll fundraising occasion throughout June.
Participants get out every time they will, on foot, on bikes or in wheelchairs.
“It brings so many different individuals together that are all living with physical challenges, getting them out to be active,” occasion organizer Sheralee Stelter stated.
Stelter is with Cerebral Palsy Kids and Families, one in all eight Alberta charitable companies collaborating within the effort.
The cash raised goes towards applications that assist individuals dwelling with disabilities.
The collaborating companies additionally present medical gear for his or her shoppers and adaptive bikes for teenagers like five-year-old Oscar.
‘(The bike) allows him to be around other kids his age and join her sister when she’s out on her bike,” Oscar’s mother Tracy Oh stated. “It’s awesome.”
Money raised by the Walk and Rollers additionally helps cowl the price of sending youngsters with disabilities to particular adaptive camps in the course of the summer season.
“It boosts the self-esteem and helps them be part of what they’re deserving of,” stated Tricia Spruit of the Spina Bifida and Hydrocephalus Association. “It gives them that opportunity to just be a kid.”
Spruit says irrespective of who comes out on prime on this Battle of Alberta “everybody’s a winner.”
