A Look Back at 2018 at Ride for Mom in Season 6 Episode 3 Segment 1

Season 6 Episode 3 Segment 1
Patricia Nicholl of the Alberta Council of Women's Shelters.

Sitting at Blackjacks Roadhouse in Nisku, AB, surrounding by about 70 bikes on the Ride for Mom charity event, Ride Like a Local interviewed Patricia Nicholl of the Alberta Council of Women's Shelters.

Alberta Council of Women's Shelters is an advocacy group for women's shelters in Alberta.  They are the voices of the shelters and provide education, fundraisers, and events to raise money in support.  They provide support to their members and leaders and look for solutions to end domestic violence.

These shelters save lives, strengthen families and improve communities.

Every knows someone who has been a victim of domestic violence.  Raise awareness as we are stronger together.

To learn more or to donate, go to https://acws.ca/about-acws

If you are blessed enough to live where you can be riding today, please remember to ride like everyone around you is blind and can not see you.

Belt Drive Betty
Editor & Rider

KILOMETRES FOR KIDNEYS

June 23, 2018 the The Kidney Foundation NABT Branch is pleased, excited and proud to announce the first annual Kilometres for Kidneys Motorcycle Poker Run Fundraiser.

If you or someone you know has fallen victim to Kidney disease or any disease knows what is involved when dealing with something so unfortunate. The costs to keep things going when you’re down are high but still need to be looked after. 

All money raised on this day will go towards assisting kidney patients and their families in Northern Alberta and the Territories by providing short term emergency financial assistance. The funds raised will help with medical equipment, medicine, food, gas, rent, and utilities to individuals who experience financial stress due to their illness.

So if you and your riding friends are looking for something to do on June 23, 2018 and are in the area of Nisku, AB perhaps you may consider attending. Even if you’re not in the area you should consider this ride.

Starting at Blackjacks Roadhouse & Games Room, 2110 Sparrow Drive, Nisku AB T9E 8A2.

Registration $40.00, includes breakfast and lunch, ride is all day from 8am-5pm.

It’s going to be a great day of riding, sharing, making friends, and plenty of fun for everyone!!!

Visit www.Kidney.ca/NABT-PokerRide to get yourself registered!!!!!

Ride Safe and have a BLAST!!!!

Unit 57 Benefit Concert and Ride on June 24th, 2017

Cancer affects us all. We are fortunate in Alberta to have access to a world class facility for cancer treatment at the Tom Baker Cancer Centre in Calgary. Many patients and their families have spent days, weeks, months or more in this facility dealing with life changing illnesses. This can cause a financial burden on patients and their families for such things as travel, lodging, food and parking etc. patients should be focused on healing rather than finances.

Last year, the Patient Financial Assistance Program (PFAP) was accessed more than 3,863 times by over 835 families across Alberta, thanks to the support of folks like you. Based on Alberta's current economic climate, requests for PFAP have increased by 43 per cent from 2015/16 and we expect the demand will continue to grow. 

We would like to invite you, your neighbour, family and co-workers...to the Unit 57 Benefit Concert and Ride on June 24th, 2017. All bikes welcome. 

We will meet at the McMahon Stadium in Calgary and ride Hwy 40 through the beautiful foothills of Alberta and end at the Twin Cities Hotel, Longview to enjoy some excellent local bands, a pig roast and a silent auction. 

Space is limited; you can buy your tickets in advance for $25 at www.twincitieshotel.ca. Tickets include admission to the concert and food; beverages are available for purchase.

This is a request for a donation for our event; your donation will benefit the families who need it the most. All businesses that provide a donation will be recognized throughout the event.

All funds raised at this event will be donated directly to the Alberta Cancer Foundation, and will support the Bone Marrow Transplant PFAP. 

Promotions will be on local radio/news stations, social media, and commemorative T-shirts will be available for purchase. 

Sincerely,

Chris Goss & Paulo Alves, Owners

Twin Cities Hotel, Longview Alberta

For more information you can contact:

Nicola (Nikki) O'Carroll

Development Officer, Events South

Alberta Cancer Foundation

Toll Free: 1-866-412-4222

Direct: 403-476-2672

or 

Chris Goss

Co-Owner, Twin Cities Hotel

403-312-8569

To view endorsement letters or for more information you can go to  https://www.facebook.com/chris.goss.98837 

Cancer affects us all.  We are fortunate in Alberta to have access to a world class facility for cancer treatment, the Tom Baker Cancer Centre in Calgary, AB.  Many patients and their families have spent days, weeks, months or more in this facility dealing with life changing illnesses.  This often causes serious financial difficulty, and things like travel, lodging, food and parking etc, all take a toll both the patient and their loved ones.

Last year, the Patient Financial Assistance Program was accessed more than 3,863 times by over 835 families across Alberta, thanks to the support of folks like you.  Based on Alberta's current economic climate, requests for Patient Financial Assistance have increased by 43 per cent from 2015/16 and we expect the demand will continue to grow.  Thank you for making a difference in the lives of these patients by supporting events like this one. 

All funds raised through this campaign will be donated to the Alberta Cancer Foundation to support the Alberta Cancer Foundations Bone Marrow Transplant Patient Financial Assistance Program. 

Gofundme page https://www.gofundme.com/unit-57-benefit-concert-and-ride

Getting ready for a great fundraiser

Thanks to a certain person who shall for now remain unnamed, the Rider Friendly Phone Book will be about 5 - 6 weeks late getting out.

This person backed out of their contract after stringing me along for 6 weeks and now I have to decide whether to just let it go or pursue other options to recover the cash.  In business as in life,  your word is supposed to mean something. Contracts are supposed to mean something but I have no heart to fight anyone else right now.

It also means I have about 400 phone calls to make to let people know the books are going to be late and there is not a damned thing I can do about it - at least I haven't figured out a way - yet but I am working on it.

Our website overhauls and our new apps will hopefully make up for some of the inconvenience of it all.  Watch for their unveiling very soon!

On to the topic of the day...Getting ready for a great fundraiser!

As many of you know I am being sued by Ray Sasseville, Joan Hansen and Sturgis North/Canada.
I need to raise the money to fight this lawsuit and this coming weekend will be an important one for me. We have the Freedom of the Press Poker Run and Rally happening at Blackjacks in Nisku, AB, on Saturday.

Cost is $20 per hand for the Poker run which leaves Blackjacks at 10 AM and returns between 2-3PM. The BBQ will be on, a DJ will be spinning tunes, there will be a few vendors, 50/50 draws and silent auction items.

 Justin King, stunter extraordinaire will be on hand to do a stunting demo! Steel Horses Photography will be on hand as well!

So why do I need to raise funds?  Why am I being sued?

I wish to draw your attention to the documents of their claims against me on my defense fund page - (right hand side - 1/2 way down) and to this letter from their lawyer with their latest and newest claims against me. Before now I was only able to share part of this letter, but I can now share it in it's entirety as it is formally part of public record and can be purchased for download on the BC Court Services site:

According to them, I have had a vendetta since BEFORE the 2012 event and yet, I produced their newsletter, I was a sponsor, a reporter and a vendor at the 2012 event and I never said anything negative about them until well after the event.

My lawyer has crafted the rebuttal letter with my counter offer to settle - but until the draft is edited and sent to the other parties, I am not allowed to reveal it's contents just yet, but when I am, I will share it with you, but again not until it is available in the public domain of BC Court Services.

In the meantime....I need to be prepared

I need to raise a minimum of $3,500 this weekend to pay the next round of bills attached to my defense - lawyer, research assistant etc...and If Sturgis North/Canada, Ray and Joan do not accept my counter offer to settle, my lawyer has told me to prepare for a $50,000 bill to get us into court to prove I have done my job properly and that nothing I have said or provided for evidence is out of line or libellous as it is was in the public domain and was said by others.

The very heart of my defense is Freedom of the Press, freedom of speech and freedom of opinion.
To read everything I printed visit my defense fund page.

As a sponsor, rider and vendor who attended both events, I am entitled to my opinion and as a former event coordinator myself, the dissection of the event. As a reporter, I am allowed to bring up the facts that pertain to the event and it's coordinators.

I am looking forward to seeing a lot of people out this weekend.

If I raise more money than needed to fight this suit, I will be donating the extra money to another worthy cause, Doug Jenson - a local Edmonton musician who was recently diagnosed with Lou Gehrig's disease and is in need of an electric hospital bed and lift.

We will have a silent auction table devoted to my good friend Doug - I hope we can raise some funds for him too. His sister Kennedy will be on hand and Terry Evans from K97 is going to try and join us for the ride!

It is my fondest hope that you will come out and support me and the Freedoms this country affords us.

If you can't come out but would still like to support me, you can buy a Tee Shirt through Tee Spring to support me or make a direct donation to my defence fund.

I thank all who have already contributed, those who can only offer moral support and those who are going to come out to the fundraiser on Saturday.  No matter how you can or have supported me, it is all important to me - the letters, the emails, the phone calls and of course the funds.

I love this community and want to keep working to protect and promote it for years to come!

Thank you for all the prayers for my husband, he returns to work on a trial basis on Wednesday!

I wish you all a fantastic week and if you are blessed enough to be riding today, please ride like everyone around you is blind and cannot see you!

Belt Drive Betty
Editor & Rider