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Well we started the day at a very nice time and got to sleep in a bit for the first time since Friday. Yesterday was the Blueberry Paulsen and everyone worked very hard and was quite tired and sore by the end of the day but all finished with a smile on their faces knowing the reason we all ride....for the kids. We got started in Castelgar this morning and were served a lovely breakfast by the members of the Legion. It was great and they continually supply us with a nice warm breakfast and a few laughs to start. We had some special breakfast guests, Brendan, Angela, Tory and Orsen. Brendan is a 7 year old boy that we have supported and he was such a sweetheart. I was lucky enough to have him and his family sit at my table and he kept us all entertained. He loves all sorts of vehicles and talked at length about these with us. He is a very sweet little guy and we set him on the police Harley Davidson motorcycle after breakfast and took some photos of him. He was thrilled! We left Castlegar after breakfast and pedalled to Nelson. We were met just outside of Nelson by the Nelson Police department who gave us a police car escort into town and blocked off all intersections for us en route to our lunch destination of the Nelson RCMP office. We were so touched by the reception that was waiting for us. We were greeted by Nelson city police members, Nelson RCMP members, the mayor of Nelson and another very special guest.........., who was another child that we supported. She is an adorable little girl who, we learned today will be receiving a special camera and laptop computer which will assist with her vision and classroom studies at school. Her mother, .......was so appreciative of all of our efforts and it was great visiting with her. We were treated to a nice barbecue lunch and presented with funds that were donated by businesses in Nelson and collected by the Nelson PD. After lunch we travelled 31 kms from Nelson to the Balfour ferry, which is where we will start tomorrow. It was a beautiful ride, led by one of our seasoned riders and original Cops for Kids founders, Garth Letcher. All of the riders commented on what a great ride it was. We checked in at the Prestige on the Lake, which is where we have stayed the last several years that I have been on the ride. This is a BEAUTIFUL hotel and we LOVE staying there and look forward to it every year! Dinner was hosted by the Kiwanas Club of Nelson. They are amazing and treat us like royalty when we come here. Edith, Eugene and Reit (and many others whose names I can't think of right now) made us a PHENOMENAL (that's for Julio) steak dinner with very special potatoes made by Reit. This is one of our highlights of our trip. It is a night where we can all relax and kick back and have a casual social evening. Not only did they feed us an amazing meal, they also gave us a donation!! All in all, it was a great day. Signing off for the night and thanks for reading, Sandi Fazan
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Cops for Kids had a special treat at our breakfast in Grand Forks at the Flames Restaurant. Molly Imrie's family (a past grant recipient) joined us and said a few touching words to the Ride Team - "Some of you may recognize me. I don't remember a year that I wasn't here with my friend Andree to help serve you breakfast before you headed out of town. This year is different though. This year I'm here to say thank you. Last October our 14 year old daughter Molly was diagnosed with Osteoscroma. The same kind of bone cancer that Terry Fox had. She would have to be in Vancouver for about a year. She would need to be close to the hospital at all times. At the start, the only thing that we knew for certain, was that we needed to say together. It would take a team of doctors, nurses and staff at the Children's Hospital to make Molly better... all that we could do was be there for her. Thanks to you... we were able to do that. Not only did your support make it possible for our family to stay together; it also gave Molly the courage to get through some of her toughest moments... Many of your colleagues from the Kootenay Boundary Area had another fundraising event for Molly. They had challenged her Junior Girls Zone Team to a game of basketball. When we first went to Vancouver, Molly didn't think that she ever wanted to come home again. She didn't want people to think that she was a freak... the girl who had cancer. But when we watched the video tape of that game, we laughed and cried the whole way through. When it was over... Molly gave me a hug and told me that she could go home again. Watching the video helped her to see that nobody thought that she was strange... she could see that they were there because they cared. Molly's girls won that game in overtime, and you would have been very poud of all of the players that day. They played the game the same way that Molly would have if she had been there... with all of their hearts"
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