I’m facing the fight against 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.
On Saturday, September 28, 2024, I’m riding alongside a community with one common goal: transforming local cancer care at the QEII Health Sciences Centre.
Faster diagnosis saves lives, which is why BMO Ride for Cancer is on a mission to bring rapid cancer detection and monitoring to 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 game-changer. 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 my ride today, you are joining a community dedicated to moving the needle in 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?
To learn more about liquid biopsy technology and the impact your critical donation will have, click here.
My Achievements
Completed Profile Page
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Made a personal donation
Reached my fundraising goal!
Thank you to my Supporters
$104
Trevor Brown
$52
Pete
With you every mile. From my armchair of cause
$104
Janice Griffin
$100
Cait Hart
Love you Ruth! Way to go Dad!
$100
Debbie Clark
Safe ride, my friend
$26
The Matthews
Goid luck Gerry xx
$104
Cheryl Logan
Thank you for all you do to raise funds and bring awareness and honour Debs mum! Have a great, safe ride this weekend.
$156
Taysia & Tanner
Always proud of you Ger Bear! Love the kits. 🦊
$52
Joann Behr
Best wishes on your ride for aruth!
$63.23
Gerry Belanger
Many thanks to the Sand Castle team !
$104
Doug And Beverley
Thank you for all your help.
$50
Gerry Belanger
Thank you Ron !
$100
Nsd
$50
Cindy Hammond
Good luck Ger!
$100
Joseph Ingerman/manny Ribas
Go Gerry! No one should ever go through it!!
$130
Cliff Borden
$26
Kathryn & Georgia Wiggins
In happy memory of Ruth in Corringham, Canada and Cuba!
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John Duckworth
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$150
Hilary Kitz
$208
Caroline Peterman
Great cause Gerry. We support you and the goals of the ride 100%. Thanks to volunteers like you maybe one day a cure will be found.
$52
Karen Zajdman
$20.80
Timothy Wentzell
Gerry, This is a wonderful thing you are doing in Ruth's memory.. Tim and Nancy
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Jenny Sandison
May the wind always be behind you! Jenny
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Murray Nicholls
Good luck with the ride
$78
Sharon Welsh
$52
Heather & Tim
$104
Mary And Ian Rodger
Go for it, Gerry!
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Beverley Drysdale
We are cheering for you. Good luck on your ride. Doug and Beverley
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Domenic Mottillo
I appreciate the chance to be a small part of your journey every year. Hope it all goes well and wish you much success in your fund raising.
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Phoebe And Merrill
We still remember Ruth’s wit and generosity.
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Liz Heeney
Extra x !
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Liz Heeney
Good luck Gerry, thank you remembering my amazing Auntie Ruth, a very special lady. X Ride safely.
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Patricia Smith/ Alan Smith
Go Gerry!
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Anonymous
Tip 🚲
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Arthur Teixeira
Go Boy!!
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Francis Xavier Koczwara
Ride safely you are no getting younger!
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Emily & Jim
Keep pedaling!
$100
Well done Gerry, and for such a good cause. Regards Trevor