Devoted to helping little hearts

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"