Today I received an excellent letter from Margaret Jones-Bricker on behalf of the Canadian Cancer Society. It had some information in it that I found very valuable and wanted to share it with everyone. Thank you for the letter Margaret!

“Overall, incidence of childhood cancer has remained relatively stable since 1985 (varying from 144 to 159 per one million children). During the same period there had been a dramatic decline in childhood cancer death rates (dropping from approximately 40 to 20 per million children).

Since the early 1950s, death rates for childhood cancers have dropped by more than 50 per cent thanks to major advances in treatment; currently, approximately 80 per cent of Canadian children with acute lymphoblastic leukemia are alive five years after diagnosis.”

It just goes to show that what we are doing by fundraising is making an impact on the lives of these children and their families. Your part does make a difference to the lives of children impacted by cancer (and their families). Thanks to your donations more than 50 northern children and their families have been able to attend Camp Goodtimes (since 2003).

I just found out that I was voted “Prince George’s Best Realtor” for 2008. Thank you again for the honour Prince George,  I am truly humbled by your vote of confidence. Prince George is a wonderful place to live and work!

I hope to provide you service focused on helping you make informed decisions about the Real Estate Market. Please be assured that I will continue to do my best to live up to your high expectations. It’s the surest way I know to keep a customer happy.

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Here is an awesome video that shows what happens on the Tour de North ride. Please take the time to watch it (it’s nearly 7 mins). Thanks to Dennis Nore from the Canadian Cancer Socierty who provided this link. Enjoy!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?gl=CA&hl=en&v=ZEeM1kYAp1o

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I’m Riding!!! Yes, today I’m very pleased to announce that the RCMP has granted me the sole civilian rider position in this year’s Tour De North RE/MAX Cops for Cancer Ride. From this day on, no more beer and baked potatoes, I’m in training! Please feel free to check in with my blog to see how the progress is going.

As a grandparent my heart goes out to all the children that are personally dealing with cancer. My family and I want to do our part to support the RCMP in their historic and ongoing quest for making our communities a better place. To do this, I want to help the RCMP in raising money to send these children to camp. These special warriors deserve to have fun and to be just like any other child. This is the personal motivation I have for riding.

If you would like to support me in this project, please don’t hesitate to contact me.

The Prince George Citizen has written an article regarding this in the Monday, June 29th paper. Feel free to check it out: Prince George Citizen – June 29, 2009 .

Happy Canada Day everyone!

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And we are live!