Cops for Cancer Tour de Coast is returning to the Greater Vancouver, Sea-to-Sky and Sunshine Coast to continue its mission to change the future of childhood cancer forever.
The eight-day fundraising initiative sees law enforcement and emergency services personnel cycle across the region to raise money for childhood cancer research and a national support system for families affected by childhood cancer. Powell River RCMP constable Alex McNulty will represent the qathet region for the second year in a row.
Throughout the tour, events and activities are scheduled for riders to engage with local communities, schools and area residents along the route, including a Cops for Cancer dinner from 5 to 8 pm on September 16 at Carlson Community Club (4463 Joyce Avenue) in Powell River.
Tour de Coast will kick off in Vancouver on September 13 and end in Vancouver on September 20. Other stops include the following:
North Vancouver, September 13
WHAT: Cops for Cancer Tour de Coast – Opening Ceremony
WHO: Canadian Cancer Society, Tour de Coast Riders, Youth Program Ambassadors, students
WHEN: 9 to 10:15 am
WHERE: Xwemelch'stn School, 107 Lower Capilano Road, West Vancouver, BC
Sechelt, September 15
WHAT: Cops for Cancer Tour de Coast – Cops for Cancer Community Day
WHO: Canadian Cancer Society, Tour de Coast Riders, Sunshine Coast RCMP
WHEN: 12 to 2 pm
WHERE: Sunshine Coast Botanical Garden, 5941 Mason Road, West Sechelt
Richmond, September 20
WHAT: Cops for Cancer Tour de Coast - 18th Annual Richmond Community Dinner
WHO: Canadian Cancer Society, Local Businesses, Credit Unions and families
WHEN: 6 to 10:30 pm
WHERE: Riverside Banquet Hall, 1231 Burdette Road, Richmond, BC
Vancouver, September 20
WHAT: Cops for Cancer Tour de Coast – Closing Ceremony
WHO: Canadian Cancer Society, Agencies, sponsors and families
WHEN: 3 to 4 pm
WHERE: Canadian Cancer Society, 575 West 1oth Avenue, Vancouver
Cops for Cancer began in 1994, when sergeant Gary Goulet of the Edmonton Police Service met Lyle Jorgenson, a then five-year-old boy who had cancer. Goulet requested the meeting after learning that Lyle was being ridiculed at school because of his hair loss due to chemotherapy.
Goulet was so moved by the boy’s story that he rallied his colleagues to shave their heads in solidarity. In 1997, the first Cops for Cancer Tour de Rock launched with a dozen police officers cycling from one end of Vancouver Island to the other. Today, Cops for Cancer has evolved across the country including four cycling tours in BC. Hundreds of law enforcement and emergency services personnel have raised over $54 million through Cops for Cancer events.
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