Canada’s Man In Motion, Rick Hansen, is calling on people from Trent Hills and surrounding area to join in the fun at the first annual Rick Hansen Wheels In Motion (RWHIM), presented by Scotiabank, to be held at Old Mill Park in Campbellford Sunday, June 13, 2004. Registration begins at 12:30 p.m. and warm-up stretches will commence at 1:45 by Physiotherapist Doreen Sharpe. Val Wynn, a spinal cord injury ambassador will be sharing some inspirational thoughts and the event starts at 2 pm. Mayor Hector McMillan will be on hand to open the event and guest Cassie Turner will join us.
People of all ages across Canada will wheel, bike, skate, run and walk in their communities to create a brighter future for over 40,000 people with spinal cord injury (SCI), and the over 1,000 newly injured every year.
“Bring your friends, family and co-workers,” said Rick Hansen, CEO and President of the Rick Hansen Man In Motion Foundation. “When you come and participate in an event such as this, you are not only rolling for people with a spinal cord injury today, you roll for all that is possible for people tomorrow. We are all capable of extraordinary things, of reaching out and supporting one another. An injury can happen to anyone, at anytime, and one day, with new treatments and cures, it will be possible to walk away. Meanwhile, we want to make a difference by removing barriers and supporting programs that will help improve the quality of life of people with spinal cord injury.”
Half the net proceeds from the event will be directed to improve the quality of life for people with disabilities in Trent Hills. The other half is directed to research, ultimately leading to a cure for spinal cord injury
Did you know:
• over 10 million Canadians are impacted by children, teenagers and adults living with a spinal cord injury;
• 84 per cent of injuries occur to people under age 34;
• health care costs over a lifetime can range from $1.25-million to $25-million;
• over 60 per cent of people with spinal cord injury are unemployed;
• 90 per cent of what we know about spinal cord injury has been discovered in the last ten years;
• a spinal cord injury can happen in a moment, but the effects can last a lifetime.
How to Participate on Sunday, June 13:
Participate on your own and ask your family, friends and neighbours to join you. Bring your bicycles, wheelchairs, inline skates and scooters, or walk and jog along.
The bike route will be around the canal or out to Church Key Brewery (16 kilometres), walk, run as far as you like around the Rotary Trail, over the Ranney Gorge Suspension Bridge and through Ferris Park. One lane will be closed on County Road 30 to make way for our wheeled walker, wheelchair, and scooter, skateboarders and roller-blading participants.
All participants completing their route will receive a free hot dog and WIM certificate and discount coupons for Sport Chek and helping the disabled as well.
Family fun will include in the Old Mill Park during the event: a wheelchair obstacle course; Venture Van obstacle course; basketball shoot; popcorn and barbeque will be available; 50/50 draw; prizes include $100 Gift Certificate from Home Depot, Tim Hortons Coffee maker donated by the Warkworth Service Club. The DJ will be Earl Maclean
We have already received a$100 donated by the IODE.
Major sponsors for the event are the Rotary Club of Campbellford, Therapacc Physiotherapy and Sharpe’s IGA.
Teams registered so far include the Women’s Network, Curves, Campbellford Memorial Hospital, and Rotary Club of Campbellford, TOPS, Lioness, Community Living Campbellford/Brighton and Therapacc Physiotherapy.
We encourage you to form a team and ask your clients and suppliers to join you.
Challenge your business competitors, and your friends and family, to participate, too.
Pledge or donate yourself and ask other people to support you. Pledge forms are available online at and are also available at the Chamber of Commerce, and Therapacc Physiotherapy or call Doreen Sharpe at (705) 653 0551 or visit the web site or call 1-866-60-WHEEL (1-866-609-4335
Register on line at as an individual or a team.
The Rick Hansen Man In Motion Foundation’s mission is to accelerate improvements to the quality of life of people with spinal cord injury. To date, the foundation has impacted the field of spinal cord injury by over $150-million. From 1985 to 1987, Rick Hansen ignited the passion and interest of the world as he wheeled the 40,000-kilometre circumference of the Earth in his wheelchair to raise awareness and funds for spinal cord injury, during the record-setting Man In Motion World Tour.
