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“Ramesh Ferris is an Indian-born Canadian with a message: the end of polio is within reach. The 28-year-old polio survivor is hand cycling across Canada this year as part of the Cycle to Walk campaign – a fundraising and public education initiative geared to bring polio back to the forefront of people’s minds.“

Cycle to Walk is helping to raise funds for the World Health Organization’s Global Polio Eradication Initiative. Click here to read about us from their website.

A piece on Cycle to Walk’s upcoming visit to Wasaga Beach featured in the Midland Free Press

“The 28-year-old contracted polio at six months of age. It paralyzed his legs for life.

He is expected to be in the area Aug. 2, and a welcoming ceremony is being planned at King’s Wharf.“

Click here to read the full article.

At 11 AM, Cycle to Walk participated in an official ride in to Sudbury. It was a gorgeous day and we cycled over the Bridge of Nations, which has flags representing all nations from which the citizens of Sudbury originate. It was very nice to meet up with old high school and Youth Synod friends. During the ride, CBC Radio’s Tracy Fuller conducted the most unique interview I’ve ever been a part of: with a microphone in hand, she cycled with us and spoke with me on the move! Tracy told me later that she was transferring to CBC Whitehorse in the near future. Perhaps we’ll conduct a follow-up interview back home.

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Cycle to Walk has raised over a quarter of a million dollars since we began, but more money is needed. We’re still in need of corporate sponsors to offset the costs of this campaign as well. You can donate directly to the campaign online, and sponsorship information is available here on this website.

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This morning started off with a wonderful visit with the Reverend Henk Willems and his wife Sue. They gave us some great words of encouragement, donations, and… a big bag of peanut brittle! My confidence got quite the boost later on when I hand cycled up a hill and passed a horse and buggy with two passengers. It’s not every day that I get to say I won a race against a horse going up a hill! Then again, maybe I was the only one racing. Regardless of details, it felt nice.

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When you cross Canada, you really come to appreciate just how immense it is. With that in mind, the further we go across this country, the smaller it seems to get. I met Len and Ali La Prairie today as they stood on the side of the road to show their support. As it turns out, their daughter Karen lives in Whitehorse and works for the same department as I did before Cycle to Walk began: the Department of Health and Social Services – a major Cycle to Walk supporter.  As Cycle to Walk’s momentum builds, I’ve noticed people waving to the team from their homes, workplaces and sunroofs. A young man named Oliver stopped us on the highway to give a donation and to learn more about the campaign. It’s really exciting to be a part of this, and to know that polio is becoming a topic of conversation again!

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