Port Perry Pedals donates $56,000 to Lakeridge Health Foundation

Nov 23, 2023

Port Perry Pedals 2023 organizing committee

Port Perry Pedals donates $56,000 for PET-CT at Lakeridge Health

Port Perry Pedals is proud to have raised and donated $56,000 to Lakeridge Health Foundation for the purchase of a PET-CT scanner at the Durham Regional Cancer Centre.

Funds were raised through our third ride which saw 200 cyclists of all ages and abilities travel one of our 5 picturesque routes.

PET-CT is expected to arrive by end of year 2024, and is the final piece of equipment in the "Our Cancer" campaign.

The campaign was especially personal for event founder Marc Gibbons, a cancer survivor who has had 8 PET-CT scans performed outside of the Region of Durham. Marc completed his cancer treatment just a few weeks before Port Perry Pedals 2023 after a four-year long battle with lymphoma.

The Port Perry Pedals team is incredibly grateful to our sponsors, donors, and everyone involved in this truly special cause and event. Thank you.

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Territorial acknowledgement

Port Perry Pedals acknowledges the Treaty and Traditional Territories of the Mississaugas of Scugog Island First Nation and the Mississauga peoples. We are grateful to engage our work, and ride our routes on lands that are situated within the Williams Treaties and pre-confederation Treaties.

We acknowledge the land out of respect for the Indigenous nations who have cared for it since time immemorial. The settlement of these lands has been marked by poor treatment of Indigenous peoples and we commit to working with them towards a shared understanding of truth and reconciliation.