$8,340.65

And to coax you to donate, here are three things I’m offering:

Sponsored rides! -Yes, if you give me money and tell me your sponsoring me for a ride, I’ll go out and do a training ride in your name, and I’ll post of pic of me doing it on the social media. Sponsorship is 1$ per KM up to 100$, then its 2$ per km. For example:  if you donate 200$, I’ll do a 150km ride (ugh). All sponsored rides overs 80 km will wait until I can get outdoors, the rest will be inside.

Tune Ups: If you want, donate 100$ and I’ll tune up your bike! Since I have 20 years experience fixing bikes, I figure I might as well us it to good end. Tune up are for labour only, repair parts will cost extra.

Finally, the big one: for $500 or more, Author and Journalist John Ibbitson will come and do a talk! If you have an event, book club, group or class, and you live in the Ottawa area, John will come and talk about stuff that he’s written, about the political scene, about his years as a journalist - whatever is relevant and interesting to your group.  If you’re out of town it’s a 1000$ donation, and you pay transport & lodging.

Thanks,

Grant