In Canada, Sikh Bikers raise over $60k for Canadian Cancer Foundation

• Sikh bikers in Canada rode a total of 12,000 kilometres to raise funds for the Canadian Cancer Foundation
• $60k will go towards research, prevention plans and in assisting people towards their fight against cancer
• One of the major reasons and purposes of this 12,000 km trip across the nation was to build relations between the mainstream community and the Sikh living next-door

"This is a totally committed and passionate group of community members," said Allan Mugford, Canadian Cancer Foundation's regional director. He quoted these words in appreciation towards the Sikh bikers in Canada who rode a total of 12,000 kilometres to raise funds for the agency and they completed their tour on Sunday, July 17. The fundraising effort left everyone stunned and amazed as they raised over 60,000 dollars for the noble cause.

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The group of bikers toured their way through British Columbia, Alberta, Manitoba, Ontario and Quebec, before turning around in Montreal for a noble cause. This tour gathered the attention of many citizens and more than 70 individuals and groups made donations to support the cancer charity. The 24 members made their way into Surrey, Canada, where they not only raised awareness and garnered people's interest into their virtuous journey but also attempted to build bridges between various communities, mentioned indiandiaspora.com.

The huge sum of money will go towards the research, prevention plans as well as in assisting people towards their fight against this deadly disease. The funds will also be used for paediatric cancers and children undergoing chemotherapies. "We thought about those kids that are in need of that money and so that gave us energy and we kept fighting through it," said one of the 24 riders, Charnjit Dhadda. One of the major reasons and purposes of this 12,000 km trip across the nation was to build relations between the mainstream community and the Sikh living next-door.

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This agenda was hugely successful and the founder of the Club, Harjinder Singh Thind was quoted saying to CTV news that, one of the major reasons and purposes of this 12,000 km trip across the nation was to build relations between the mainstream community and the Sikh living next-door. "Every city we went to the Sikh community, the non-Sikh communities, everyone was cooperative of us," he said to CTV news. Along this journey these bikers met the supportive member of different communities and their journey was documented with the help of local TV channels and radio stations where they shared their story.

The ride was in partnership with Canadian Cancer Foundation.

– prepared by Karishma Vanjani of Newsgram. Twitter: @BladesnBoots

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