Bike A Thon 2012
The Rotary Club of Vancouver's 28th Annual Bike-A-Thon
will take place on Sunday, July 8th, 2012
Come and join us for a great day of FUN, RIDING and CELEBRATING!
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ON-LINE REGISTRATION AND PLEDGESYou can now register for the Bike-A-Thon 2012 on-line at Register On-Line.
After you register you will have a personal web page where you can monitor your progress, email friends for support and solicit new riders. Just Login here and enter your email address and password you created when you registered.
As a Donor you can Pledge to a Rider On-Line
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RIDER OPTIONS
As a Rider you have two options:
1. Register as an Individual Rider and ride the 120 km
2. Register as a Member of a Team where each Member rides the full 120km
or rides a portion of the 120km as a member of a Partnership Relay.
Team members who decide to ride as a partnership relay are responsible for transportation of partnership relay team members and their bikes from checkpoint to checkpoint. To register as a partnership relay team member, complete the on-line registration as a Team Member and indicate your desire to ride as a Relay Team member at the conclusion of the Registration process.
This is a fund raiser in support of the Deaf and Hard of Hearing in BC. To participate, each individual Rider and each Team Member is expected to raise a minimum of $300 in pledges.
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RIDER CHECK IN ON JULY 8TH
The ride begins at 6am from the Brentwood Town Centre at the corner of Lougheed Hwy and Willingdon in Burnaby. Riders should arrive between 5:30 and 5:45 and proceed to the registration table to receive their rider number and wrist bands. Please pin the number to the front of your shirt so it can be seen by the checkpoint volunteers. One wrist band is for your bicycle for security purposes.
Cars can be parked at the east end of the parking lot just off Lougheed Hwy.
Riders can expect to take about 1 hour to reach each checkpoint and most will arrive in Harrison by Noon. Any riders not finished by 2pm will be picked up and driven the rest of the way to Harrison.
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DAY'S EVENTS
Upon arrival in Harrison, riders can have a light lunch in the LIte Bite room.
The Resort spa and pool facilities are available to all riders and their families. Check the lobby signs for directions to the change rooms and the spas. Pease do not leave clothes or valuables in the change rooms. The rooms are not secure.
The Celebration Banquet is held at 4:30 for Riders and Families. Riders raising over $300 will receive one adult banquet ticket. Those raising over $500 will receive 2 adult banquet tickets plus 2 tickets for children 12 years old and under. Additional tickets can be purchased at the door.
At 6:30 a bus and truck will take riders and their bikes back to Brentwood.
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Click here for a History of RHF Donations
Some Facts about Hearing and Why We Do What We Do.
The Rotary Club of Vancouver hosts this annual fund raising event in support of the deaf and hard of hearing in British Columbia . Our Bike-A-Thon is celebrating its 28th Anniversary in July and in its 28 year history has raised over $2.1 million for the Rotary Hearing Foundation, a registered charitable society.
These funds have been used to support cochlear implant research at UBC, to establish the Rotary Hearing Centre at UBC and the Rotary Hearing Clinic at St. Paul ’s Hospital, and to support the Vancouver Community College Adult Education Programs for the deaf and hard of hearing.
We would like to invite you to be a part of this exciting program by participating in Bike-A-Thon 2012 which will be held on Sunday, July 8th, 2012. The ride begins at 6am from Brentwood Mall and follows the Loughheed Highway to Harrison Hot Springs Hotel, 120km away. Each year over 140 riders raise pledges in support of RHF and make the trek to Harrison . Last year alone we raised over $120,000.
There are many ways you can participate:
- Make a Corporate donation Raise $300 in pledges or more and ride the 120km yourself.
- Form a “Challenge Team” of riders from your Company and compete for the Team Cup which is presented to the Team raising the most in donations or pledges.
- Form a “Partnership Relay” with a spouse, friend and/or relatives each to ride a portion of the distance with each member raising $300 or more.
- Make a pledge to a Rider or contribute directly to the Rotary Hearing Foundation. Tax receipts are issued for pledges and donations over $20.
- Donate a Prize for the Celebration Banquet.
For more information, call Pam at our office - 604-685-0481.
Bike-A-Thon 2010 was a roaring success and we had 10 year old Janelle Milne bring us up to date on her cochlear implant story. Some of you will remember the video we saw in 2001 when Janelle first received her implant. If you would like to see that video again or for the first time, click here to see Janelle on YouTube.
The Rotary Bike-A-Thon Committee visited the Cochlear Implant Services at B.C. Children’s Hospital on April 22, 2009. Click here to read about BC Children's Hospital's Early Hearing Screening Program and the advances in Cochlear Implant Technology.
Our Sponsors
In Support of:
UBC/VGH Hospital and Hearing Centre
