We are about to undertake a significant cross-Canada charity fund raising tour – “The ALS Ride Across Canada” This tour is inspired by a short documentary film – ‘Documenting Charity (and the art of street shaving)’ we worked on this past May.
The original 5 minute documentary was about what people can accomplish in one day. (We raised $530.62 for the ALS Society by selling hugs on the street – since people with ALS, also known as Lou Gehrig’s disease, usually lose the use of their arms in the early stages of the disease, and therefore can’t hug for themselves!)
Through this process we have truly discovered what ordinary people can accomplish if they set their minds to it. We have been so inspired by what we accomplished in one day that now we have committed to continue our fund raising efforts for this disease – which kills more Canadians every year than AIDS, and yet has almost no public awareness or funding – by riding a Harley Davidson (with a sidecar!) across Canada.
If you would like to see the original 5 minute "Cannes Film Festival" award winning documentary please go to...
http://www.vfs.com/blog/2007/05/24/doc-team-winnes-cannes-contest/
If you would like to see some of the media coverage please go to...
http://www.vfs.com/blog/2007/05/29/cannes-doc-in-the-news/
For more information on ALS please visit…
3 comments:
I think this is great but am concerned whether this person has ever ridden a motorcycle and sidecar. It may not tip over, but it will not go around corners unless the driver knows how to drive it, I know from experience.
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Please see our updated comments listed above titled Addressing Safety Concerns. Thanks for caring!
How long have you both been married?
Who'd idea was it to do this?
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