The ride was launched at the Mississauga Real Estate Board offices on July 7.
Motorcycle enthusiasts rode from Mississauga, Ont. to Sault Ste. Marie in this year’s Realtors Care Foundation Motorcycle Ride for Charity.
The group of sponsored riders included the Realtors Care Foundation’s David Trick, past chair; Don Richardson, public governor; Richard Hawkins, Realtor governor and Lynn Martin, public governor. There were 33 registrants for the four-day ride – some riding the entire time, others for a day or two. The trip was more than 2,500 km long.
Visits were coordinated with the Mississauga Real Estate Board; Oakville, Milton & District Real Estate Board; Woodstock-Ingersoll & District Real Estate Board; Realtors Association of Grey Bruce Owen Sound; The Georgian Triangle Real Estate Board; The Barrie & District Real Estate Board; Orillia & District Real Estate Board; Parry Sound Real Estate Board; Sudbury Real Estate Board; Timmins Real Estate Board and Sault St Marie Real Estate Board. Additional donations to the foundation were collected at these boards, bringing the total amount raised to more than $40,500.
Also included in the itinerary were visits to several recipients of foundation grants. On day one, the group came to the Halton Lighthouse Shelter in Oakville. It is an emergency shelter committed to providing safe, secure, short-term accommodations to individuals who are experiencing some type of housing crisis. Day two brought the ride to Barrie and a visit with representatives of the David Busby Street Centre. This shelter’s mission and vision includes improving living conditions for individuals within Simcoe County who are homeless or at risk of homelessness.
Riders had a tour of the Maison Vale Inco Hospice, which provides residential hospice palliative care in the Sudbury-Manitoulin Districts
Before departing from Sudbury on day three, the group was invited on a tour of the Maison Vale Inco Hospice. It provides residential hospice palliative care in the Sudbury-Manitoulin Districts, compassionate support and quality care to individuals and families in a home-like environment. The last day ended in Sault St. Marie, where the group shared refreshments with the Sault Ste. Marie Real Estate Board and Algoma Residential Community Hospice representatives, also dedicated to providing compassionate end-of-life care to palliative patients and their families. These organizations are not-for-profit and depend on the support from their communities. Through the Realtors Care Foundation grants, they have received funds to assist them in achieving their goals.
The goal for the foundation charity ride over the last few years has been to travel throughout Ontario to raise the awareness of the foundation and its goals to the communities, fellow Realtors and real estate boards. So far riders have visited 33 of the 42 real estate boards in Ontario. In 2011, the remainder of the boards will be visited.
