Become a sponsor of the Canada Ride for Refugees - click here to learn more!

RIDE NOTES: The RIDE is still open for business!

1. The RIDE site will continue to accept online donations until October 31st, 2009.

2. RIDERS and TEAMS (especially those looking to hit their $1000 minimum level) can continue to collect pledges but must forward them post-dated by October 31st for them to be credited to their team or personal account. Checks must be made out to The Ride for Refugees with the riders name (or team name) printed clearly on memo line.

Tweeting on 2010/03/11 11:43 am: Carruthers Creek lunch meeting with eight pastors and leaders who are considering the RIDE for 2010.

Tweeting on 2010/03/10 4:58 pm: Ajax meeting tomorrow morning with pastors and friends from Carruthers Creek - thanks Dave Adams for those introductions and Mika and Angela

Tweeting on 2010/03/10 4:54 pm: Just back from chicago while Mika was landing new relationships and rides in orillia and newmarket. Ka-boooom - the rides in bloom

Tweeting on 2010/03/08 12:36 pm: One minute video that explains the need, the hope and the challenge - http://bit.ly/a8Sxow

Tweeting on 2010/03/07 9:37 pm: Is it possible that things are actually working in Africa? I hope its true! http://bit.ly/bynl4H

RIDE NEWS: 21 seconds - the best youtube video you'll watch tonight! (2009/09/25 9:40 pm)

Sept 25 - I don't know who this great kid is but I'm proud of her. She made her pitch, she made it with conviction and she invited me to give AND to ride with her on October 3rd. Click here now to watch this 21 seconds of one kid making... [read more...]

Tweeting on 2010/03/07 4:34 pm: RIDE alumni, TEAM BEYOND featured in on-line article. Old cameras raise standard of living for many. http://bit.ly/ddB0VI

Tweeting on 2010/03/06 3:03 pm: What do you call it when you are forced out of your home to work for free for others in authority... slavery perhaps? ttp://bit.ly/aS9EBd

Tweeting on 2010/03/04 7:13 am: Big trip to Turkana, Kenya and a massive refugee camp there, Kakuma - leave March 17 - home March 30. http://bit.ly/a7YKxc

Tweeting on 2010/02/21 11:04 am: In North Bay meeting with Event Director and looking at Ride Routes - this will be a great location this fall

Tweeting on 2010/02/10 9:42 am: RIDE has big changes pending - 2010 campaign launch and major announcements due March 1st

RIDE NEWS: The RIDE is all over the internet! (2009/09/22 6:22 pm)

The RIDE can be found in the news, on blogs, twittered and twitted, facebooked and linked a 100 different ways.Here are some quick links that prove how wide the LOVE is growing. [read more...]

Tweeting on 2009/10/05 6:01 am: Formula for impact: get 3400 friends to ride a gazillion miles for one beautiful purpose. Love the RIDE.

Tweeting on 2009/10/02 8:12 am: Its RIDE Day Eve - 3000+ riders and 410 teams registered so far with $500,000 raised worldwide and lots of time left for new riders to join.

Tweeting on 2009/10/01 8:21 am: If we don't read their stories we miss the opportunity to learn - ride hard but don't neglect your understanding http://tinyurl.com/yb6o4rn

Tweeting on 2009/09/27 10:18 pm: 250+ help Fort Erie RIDE celebrate the community gathering around the most vulnerable - well done to Sharon Whissell and team

Tweeting on 2009/09/25 3:14 pm: It doesn't matter what other people think, the question is "what do I think about people needing refuge and, what am I doing about it?"

RIDE NEWS: (2009/06/25 8:17 am)

June 25 - Ottawa, Canada - The RIDE is proud to be bringing the Ride for Refugees to Ottawa this October. But it is all happening through the concerted effort of the Matthew 25:35 Network and their expanding team of churches, business and volunteers who are serving 100's of refugees through... [read more...]

Tweeting on 2009/09/24 1:07 pm: Dust storm in Sydney worst in 70 years - that would have been cooler than the snow we had for the RIDE in 2006 :)