Follow Ramesh's Journey

Day 31 - Edmonton, AB - Non-Cycle Day

by Ramesh Ferris, posted in Road Updates - Mon, May 12, 2008

Today was exciting! It all began at 6:40 am in the studio of City TV’s Breakfast Television Show where Cycle to Walk had the opportunity to spread its message in a live interview. Thanks Wendy and all the Staff at City TV for welcoming us into your studio. Later in the morning, Cycle to Walk was presented a gift card for $500 for the team to use on any items sold by the Hudson’s Bay Company. Thanks to the HBC for the t-shirts.
The Cycle to Walk message has grown in the Rotary community as well, and there was another opportunity to share our message with the Rotary Club of Edmonton West. Below is a picture of club President Don McDiarmid and I after lunch.

As long as there is a single case of polio in our world no country is polio free. Polio has no boundaries and does not discriminate no matter what ones ethnicity, ability, religion, gender, sexual preference, or political background. We need to work together and end it now.

Also today, Cycle to Walk was privileged to have the opportunity to speak with about 60 international students from Grant MacEwan College’s English as a Second Language Program. So many words of encouragement and praises that Cycle to Walk’s messages need to be shared on an international level. Thank-you to the students and teachers for your kind donations of over $250 to Cycle to Walk. I was touched by all the kind words of encouragement you provided the team today! In particular, it meant a lot for me to hear from a doctor from Afghanistan that the work of Cycle to Walk is both essential and appreciated.

One month ago today the Cycle to Walk launched in Victoria. The team has advanced through one territory, and two provinces. The message is making a national and international impact. Our message is getting louder, and the excitement of Cycle to Walk is growing!
Thank-you Canada and thank-you to our global community.

And there is an important route-change announcement: the Cycle to Walk tour will now travel north from Tofield, AB and then east down the main Yellowhead highway (and all communities along the route) into Saskatchewan.