Canadian Father Rides for a Cure for Juvenile Diabetes

[Melody]

Team H2V Cycling Canada Coast to Coast in 9 days

http://www.teamh2v.com/img/taylor.jpg

TAYLOR BALAGNO - Youth Ambassador
Her Dad is the driving force behind this ride.
{Photo: Team H2V}


Inspiration: Taylor, my 11-year old daughter. Like other parents of Type One children, I am weary of living with the fear that my child may not wake up one morning. I want a cure before my daughter turns 18. ~ Kyle Balagno

The Province story (http://www.canada.com/theprovince/news/story.html?id=a528c98c-0fae-4e8a-a092-86239c3f4b79&k=26311)

Team H2V Website (http://www.teamh2v.com/)

Please support this amazing endeavor, which may end up in the Guiness Book of World Records and most importantly, help find a cure for the many children who cope with Juvenile Diabetes.

They will have a webcam so you can follow their progress, as well as a blog.

You can make donations online (http://www.teamh2v.com/index.php?content=donate), or support the riders as they ride through your town. They are looking for bike clubs to help as well. Funds will go to the Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation.

[ChrissyFishy]

:thumbup: we should all go meet him when he is in our city and tell him we read it here. He could hear it all across canada!!! I will make a donation for sure!!!!:yes:

[Melody]

That's great Chris! I guess making the donation is the easy part compared to what he's doing.

[ChrissyFishy]

:yes:

[CACAdmin]

What a great dad! :thumbup: That's quite the undertaking.... and for a very good cause. It must be tough to watch your kid struggle to cope with diabetes (instead of being your typical carefree kid).

[ChrissyFishy]

I checked the blog and they're off!!!!

[Melody]

Oh good, hope they do well!

[thegrandpoohbah]

My boss trains at Innovative Fitness and has rode with these guys before at other events. I just got home from driving him out to Hope so that he can ride the final leg with the group tomorrow morning. Should be quite a sight, seeing that many riders roll into town.

[Melody]

That's fantastic! Glad you could help out. Its great that they'll make a good showing here. I hope he reaches his goal.

[Melody]

You'll have to scroll down the page for some odd reason, but there's a pic of them in The Province (http://www.canada.com/theprovince/news/story.html?id=a1306294-ce16-46a6-bcec-247245c9cde1). They didn't quite hit their goal YET, help them out if you can!

[CACAdmin]

They also got TV news coverage last night so that ought to help them reach their goal.

[Melody]

Oh good - I don't watch TV so I didn't realize that... well maybe the occasional cartoon if the kid has it on, but I deny that I'm watching that too. :laugh: I don't even know what channel the program guide is on or what channels we have or even which remote to use....lol.