Team Mikey's Bikers -- please join our fight against cancer!
In September 2024, Team Mikey's Bikers will hit the trails once again for the eighth year in a row to help improve cancer care right here at home in Atlantic Canada! Thanks to the incredibly generous support of our family, friends, and co-workers, members of our team have raised $185,753 over the years to improve cancer care and support patients and their familes through some of the toughest moments of their lives. Our team captain, Mike Parsons, continues to navigate his own journey with cancer after being diagnosed with primary myelofibrosis (a form of chronic leukemia) in 2017 and will help to lead this fight against cancer once again in 2024.
We have all been touched by cancer. That’s why our team is saddling up to move the needle in cancer care in this year’s 10th anniversary, special edition of BMO Ride for Cancer.
Nova Scotia has the highest cancer rates in all of Canada. 1 in 3 patients will not survive. To help combat these alarming stats, our BMO Ride for Cancer community is rallying like never before to introduce liquid biopsy technology that will help determine if a patient’s cancer is cured, if it has returned, and, if so, how best to treat it.
Faster diagnosis saves lives, which is why BMO Ride for Cancer is on a mission to fund rapid cancer detection and monitoring for patients who have already undergone treatment. With a simple blood test that can happen anywhere in the province, QEII experts will use this revolutionary technology to uncover whether patients are cancer-free after surgery and the earliest signs if their cancer has returned.
This technology will be a total game-changer, which is why our team is laser-focused on bringing it to the QEII Health Sciences Centre. Life-changing benefits include:
- improving survival rates and provide potential cures with earlier detection and personalized treatment options;
- unlocking access to more clinical trials;
- sparing patients from unnecessary treatments and harmful side effects;
- keeping care closer to home and ensuring equitable access, as patients can undergo a simple blood test in any community in Nova Scotia;
- reducing the number of visits required to the QEII, which ultimately impacts wait times;
- providing critical answers about a patient’s cancer sooner, helping to relieve anxiety and worry; and much more.
By supporting our team's ride today, you are joining a community dedicated to transforming cancer care for Nova Scotians. Your support will pave the way for a future of hope for all of us.
Are you ready to save lives with us?
To learn more about liquid biopsy technology and the impact your critical donation will have, visit https://YourRideforCancer.ca/Impact.
Thank you to our supporters
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J Stevens
$515
Anonymous
$515
Greg Sharam
$450
Anonymous
$450
Anonymous
$260
Michelle Lane
Thanks for making such a difference Heather. You go girl!
$250
Alleen & David Parsons
Have a great ride!
$250
Stuart Micklethwaite
Very proud of you my love.
$250
Alleen & David Parsons
Have a great ride!
$250
Alleen & David Parsons
Have a great ride!
$250
Alleen & David Parsons
Have a great ride!
$250
Alleen & David Parsons
Have a great ride!
$208
Duncan Allen
$208
Don Allen
$200
Max
You go girl!
$156
Peter Hall
Word.
$150
Ken Popowich
$135
Alex Alkhoury
$104
Catherine Grenier
Congratulations for your courage Julie!
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Alison Clark Milito
🩷🩷🩷
$104
Christina & Jonah
$104
Jim Reyno
Good luck!
$104
Jennifer Bain
$104
Marsh-knickle & Associates
Go Leo Go!!
$104
Kevin Robertson
$104
Lori Camobell
$104
Lori Campbell
$104
Anonymous
Thank you for doing this ride to raise funds and awareness. It sounds like some amazing technology is being developed thanks to your efforts. Not sure if you can hear it in NB but I'm cheering you on...
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Carole Mcdougall
Thanks for riding for this cause! Proud to sponsor you!
$104
Fiona Kirkpatrick Parsons
$104
Jennifer Walinga
All the best Leo!
$104
Michael Parsons
$104
Rick & Deb Helinski
$104
Gary Sonnichsen
Keep up the fight Mike!
$104
Rob Murphy
Keep up the great work, Mikey’s Bikers!
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Cheryl Embrett
Yay, you!
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Donna Saker
$104
Charlie Alpers
$104
Sharry Ferguson
Hey H It is a pleasure to support you as you bike for this most worthy cause
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Julie Tompa
$104
Paula Taylor
Beat of luck!
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Jason Poole
Glad to support you Leo!
$100
Maryanne Pertson
$100
Lindsay Linkletter
$100
Carolyn Townsend
Thank you for stepping up! ❤️
$78
Janet Goguen
$78
Tina Comeau-surette
Best of luck this year!
$62
Karen Ware
$60
Francine Belliveau
$52
Betty Dermer-norris
Best of luck Leo!!!
$52
Gretchen Amirault
Way to go, Heather!
$52
Elizabeth Cabral
Good luck Julie 💕
$52
Tracy Smith
$52
Pi
$52
Beckie Fox
$52
Barbara Macdonald
$52
Randy Sageman
$52
Lindsay Edwards
$52
Christopher Jauer
$52
Karen Gibson
Way to go Natalie! You are the best sister 💐
$52
Brian Tapper
Good luck .Too many touched by cancer
$52
Coleen Mclachlan
Happy riding Pat!
$52
Pat Lee
$52
Renelle Leblanc-scott
You go girl!! So proud of you!!! 👏🏻
$52
Heather White
$52
Katie Kinnaird
Thanks for doing this!
$52
Elizabeth Hilton
$52
Patricia Ulan
Atta girl!
$52
Susan Randles
$52
Jane Labreche
Have a great ride!
$52
Cathy And Michael
$52
Anonymous
$52
Linda Deveau
Congratulations on all you do!! 🥰
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Robert
Have a great and safe ride.
$52
Scott Macdonald
$52
Campbell Allen
$52
Ewan Allen
$52
David & Sherri Topple
From two survivors, thank you for your efforts to further the important research! Have a great ride, Fiona!
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Myrna King
$50
Erin Wilson
GO SUPER PAT GO!
$50
Ozzie
$50
Noella
$50
Daniel
$50
Melanie Dunlop
$50
Mae Leblanc
Good Luck!!
$50
Lisa Morris
$50
Leo Thornley
$50
Suzanne Cirtwell
Good luck!
$50
Bob Leger
Ride!!
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James Shaw
$50
Stacey Cote
$50
Mallory Landry
$42
Claire Horwich And Dane Hurley
$42
Terry Beaulieu
Good luck
$40
Hugues
$31
Cindy Murphy
$31
Pat Dinan
Good Luck
$31
Sylvia D. Mattinson
$30
Terry Murray-arnold
$26
Jessica Meagher
$26
Christine Mcginnis
$26
Cindy Murphy
$26
Susan Lawlor
Thank you for dedication to this cause
$26
Natalie Thornley
$26
Ryder Thornley
$26
Jane B
Have a super ride!
$26
Melodie Vaughan
$26
Karina
Good luck :)
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Valerie Corkum
You go Girl!
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Jody Sampson
$25
Kate Whalen
$25
Ashley Henneberry
$25
Tracy Ward
$25
Brigitte Patry
$25
Vickie Cunningham
$25
Paul Leblanc
$21
Joan & Ivan Macleod
Thanks for riding for cancer.
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Kristy Hoddinott
Happy riding :)
$21
Janet Josselyn
You are an inspiration!!!
$21
Kyla
$21
Alyssa Sealy
$21
Ainsley Fraser
$20
Darryl Payne
You rock!!
$20
Tina Noel
$20
Mario Belliveau
$20
Julie Belliveau
$16
Gerrie Grevatt
$10
Sarah Becker
$5
Sandy Cranton
Our Team Members
Fiona Kirkpatrick Parsons
$974
Michael Parsons
$2,590
Natalie Thornley
$851
Leo Thornley
$941
Julie Tompa
$827
Paul LeBlanc
$930
Pat Lee
$1,209
Christopher Jauer
$52
Scott MacDonald
$156
Don Allen
$416
Susan Randles
$52
Heather White
$1,172
Meghan Allen
$515
Campbell Allen
$502
Ewan Allen
$502
