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Lorne Duke
- National: 122nd
- Province: 56th in ON
- My Team: 1st
I'm Riding For
Avrum Shalom (Jeffrey) Duke
May your memory be a blessing. Dad
My Story
This June, I am taking part in the Great Cycle Challenge to fight kids' cancer!
I am riding to honour the memory of my son, Avrum, whose battle with cancer ended in May, 1982. Avrum was 10.
Over 1,400 children are diagnosed with cancer every year, and it's the biggest killer of children from disease in Canada.
Kids should be living life, not fighting for it.
So I am raising funds through my challenge to help these kids and support SickKids Foundation to allow them to continue their work in developing treatments and finding a cure for childhood cancer.
Please support me by making a donation to give these kids the brighter futures they deserve.
Your support will change little lives.
Thank you.
My Challenge
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42.4 km ride - 42.40km Road Cycling - Thursday, July 18, 2019
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36.8 km ride - 36.81km Road Cycling - Monday, July 15, 2019
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47.0 km ride - 46.98km Road Cycling - Sunday, July 14, 2019
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32.8 km ride - 32.84km Road Cycling - Monday, July 8, 2019
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51.8 km ride - 51.76km Road Cycling - Sunday, July 7, 2019
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Wrap-up and thank you
4 Jul 2019The Great Cycle Challenge was to have officially finished on June 30th. Due to inclement weather in many parts of the country it is continuing into July While I will continue to ride in July and will certainly accept additional contributions to my fundraising I will not be putting in the same effort as I did in June.
In June I more than doubled my 540 km ride goal, riding 1110 km; the furthest I have ever ridden in a month. I did 2 rides in excess of 75 km. A pretty good way to celebrate my 75th birthday.
Together we contributed $3035.00 to the fundraising effort in support of children's cancer research.
Our efforts, both in the ride goal and the fundraising, place us in the top 1% in Canada and in the top 100 participants in Ontario.
Thank you to everyone who joined me in honouring the memory of my son, Avrum Shalom Duke.
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43.8 km ride - 43.81km Road Cycling - Monday, July 1, 2019
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37.5 km ride - 37.53km Road Cycling - Sunday, June 30, 2019
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32.9 km ride - 32.86km Road Cycling - Saturday, June 29, 2019
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25.7 km ride - 25.67km Road Cycling - Thursday, June 27, 2019
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50.8 km ride - 50.83km Road Cycling - Thursday, June 27, 2019
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80.2 km ride - 80.19km Road Cycling - Tuesday, June 25, 2019
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2.6 km ride - 2.64km Road Cycling - Tuesday, June 25, 2019
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28.3 km ride - 28.32km Road Cycling - Monday, June 24, 2019
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54.5 km ride - 54.52km Road Cycling - Sunday, June 23, 2019
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54.3 km ride - 54.29km Road Cycling - Friday, June 21, 2019
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37.3 km ride - 37.27km Road Cycling - Thursday, June 20, 2019
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20.3 km ride - 20.29km Road Cycling - Thursday, June 20, 2019
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Never
19 Jun 2019Day 18 - 60 kilometers
Never did I expect to participate in an event with over 22,500 individuals sharing a common goal!
Never did I expect to participate in an event lasting 30 days!
Never did I expect to be among the top riders (153rd today)!
Never did I expect to be among trhe top fund raisers (98th today)!
Never again do I want to lose a loved one to cancer!
Let's kick cancer's butt!
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Never
19 Jun 2019Today is day 18 of the challenge and I rode another 60 kilometers.
Never did I expect to participate in an event with over 22,500 individuals.
Never did I participate in an event lasting 30 days.
Never did I expect to be among the top fund raisers (98th today)
Never again do I want to deal with losing a loved one to cancer!
Lets kick cancer's butt!
Never did I expect to be among the top riders (153rd today).
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60.6 km ride - 60.58km Road Cycling - Tuesday, June 18, 2019
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Day 17
18 Jun 2019Day 15 was a write-off between fixing a flat and replacing a tire. Yesterday and today were both '2 Chai' rides. I'm now at 625 kilometers. Will I make it to 1000 by the end of the month?
Today was my first ride wearing my 'hero' shirt. Received several nice comments.
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42.7 km ride - 42.66km Road Cycling - Monday, June 17, 2019
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36.3 km ride - 36.32km Road Cycling - Sunday, June 16, 2019
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Day 14
14 Jun 2019WOW!!
Despite the wet windy weather i completed another '3 Chai' ride and reached my ride goal.
So:
Ride goal achieved!
Fund raising goal achieved!
75 km ride achieved
Weight lost, reduced waist size achieved!
HERO jersey received!
Thank you to everyone who has supported me .
L'Chiam - To Life
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54.8 km ride - 54.78km Road Cycling - Friday, June 14, 2019
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$2,500 raised to fight kids' cancer!
I just hit $2,500 to fight kids' cancer! Thank you so much for your support.
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49.1 km ride - 49.14km Road Cycling - Wednesday, June 12, 2019
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31.6 km ride - 31.56km Road Cycling - Tuesday, June 11, 2019
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10.7 km ride - 10.71km Road Cycling - Monday, June 10, 2019
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77.2 km ride - 77.20km Road Cycling - Sunday, June 9, 2019
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22.8 km ride - From Peter's - June 8, 2019
From 288 Pickford to 21 Rockway
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15.4 km ride - To Peter's - June 8, 2019
From 21 Rockway to 288 Pickford
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24.8 km ride - 24.82km Road Cycling - Friday, June 7, 2019
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Day 6
6 Jun 2019Rode with Ottawa Social meetup this morning and then continued on with Francine and latter by myself. 74.8 KM. Almost made my goal of doing 75 km to celebrate my birthday 3 weeks early. Here is a picture from today's ride.
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28.5 km ride - 28.51km Road Cycling - Thursday, June 6, 2019
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46.3 km ride - 46.31km Road Cycling - Thursday, June 6, 2019
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42.6 km ride - 42.59km Road Cycling - Wednesday, June 5, 2019
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2.6 km ride - 2.55km Road Cycling - Tuesday, June 4, 2019
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30.0 km ride - 30.04km Road Cycling - Monday, June 3, 2019
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Waterways of Ottawa-Gatineau
3 Jun 2019We started our ride in the rain but eventually found the sun. 4 GCC cyclists and 2 supporters rode 50 kilometers in our first group ride of the Great Cycle Challenge.
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50.2 km ride - 50.20km Road Cycling - Sunday, June 2, 2019
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5.3 km ride - 5.30km Road Cycling - Sunday, June 2, 2019
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54.2 km ride - 54.20km Road Cycling - Saturday, June 1, 2019
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First Ride
1 Jun 2019I've just come in from completing my first ride of the challenge. 3 chai - 54 km.. Looking forward to our first group ride tomorrow. Expecting 10 participants to ride another 50 km.
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New Fundraising Goal
27 May 2019Once again I am raising my fundraising goal. My initial aspirations were modest and I revised them upwards each time the goal was met. Today I am being very ambitious. 5 Chai -$90 per day. $2700 total
Thank you to everyone who has supported me to date. To those who have pledged support here is your opportunity.
L'chaim - To Life
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10 Days to go
21 May 2019Reasons to celebrate:
1. I'm over 90% of the way to achieving my revised financial goal of $1640.00.
2. My weekly rides are now equaling the distance I need to ride each week of the challenge.
3. My body is holding together with only minor aches and pains.
My thanks to everyone who is supporting me.
Lorne
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Second New Fundraising Goal
20 May 2019Several days ago I achieved my original fundraising goal. Thank you to everyone who is supporting my efforts.
Today I am revising my goal for the second time.
The new goal is 'three chai' - $54.00 per day - for a target of $1620.00!
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$1,000 raised to fight kids' cancer!
I just hit $1,000 to fight kids' cancer! Thank you so much for your support.
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New Fundraising Goal
29 Apr 2019Thanks to your generous support I have exceeded my original fundraising goal over a month before the start of the challenge.
Therefore I have doubled my goal to $1080.00; from one Chai ($18) for each day of June to two Chai ($36) for each of the 30 days of June.
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$500 raised to fight kids' cancer!
I just hit $500 to fight kids' cancer! Thank you so much for your support.
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WOW!!
18 Apr 2019What a day!
Sunshine and temperatures that reached 14 degrees C.!
First ride of the season to Manotick!
First 'triple chai (54 km)' ride!
First ride of the season with friends!!!!
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11 Apr 2019
Finally it warmed up enough for another training ride. Need to start working on my pace; I'm slow after a winter lay-off.
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Training
7 Apr 2019I've just completed the first 'chai' training ride. 54 days of training to go before June 1st. Hopefully the snow will be gone from the trails soon. Some of my favorite routes are still impassable.
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Correction to 'Why 540 KM?'
5 Apr 2019The third sentence of the second paragraph is missing a key word. It should read as follows:
Some days I may ride 0 KM, other days may be 3 or even 4 chai KM (54 or even 72 KM).
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$250 raised to fight kids' cancer!
I just hit $250 to fight kids' cancer! Thank you so much for your support.
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Why 540 KM?
5 Apr 2019When I decided to participate in the Great Cycle Challenge I needed a goal - one that was a challenge and yet attainable. This challenge is about life, about finding cures for cancer so that children may live.
I focused on the Hebrew word for life - chai - and decided to ride chai -18 - kilometers for each day in the month of June. That's 540 kilometers. Some days I may ride 0 KM, other days may be 3 or even 4 KM. To meet my goal I will ride more than twice as far as I rode last June
I invite all my friends to join Team L'chaim - To Life and participate in the Great Cycle Challenge.
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My Sponsors
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Susan Haag
“Lorne, Thank you for riding to raise funds in memory of your son Avrum. I am happy, and humbled, to be able to contribute to such a wonderful cause. I will ride as much as I can in June and hopefully on some of your Monday night rides! Susan Haag”
$300Received this donation 106 days agoLorne
“Susan, Thank you so much for your support. I do not know what to say; I never expected donations of this size. Again thank you!”
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Jay Kellerman
$180Received this donation 60 days agoLorne
“Jay, Thank you so very much for your support.”
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Lil McNichol
“Thanks for all you do. You are a good friend to cancer survivors.”
$120Received this donation 77 days agoLorne
“Thank you very much for your generous donation.”
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Sandra and Al Kellerman
“with love and best wishes for a successful ride. In loving memory of your beloved son Avrum Sara and Al Kellerman”
$118Received this donation 65 days agoLorne
“Thank you for your support Sandra and Al.”
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Kick Cancer's Butt Day matched donation
“Here's your matched donation from Sick Kids Foundation's generous volunteer board members who are matching your donations, John Francis, Katie Taylor and Jake Herman. THANK YOU so much for your awesome efforts to kick cancer's butt!”
$108.52Received this donation 37 days agoLorne
“Thank you Katie, John and Jack for your support of all the participants in the Great Cycle Challenge.”
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Keir Fawcett
$100Received this donation 38 days agoLorne
“Keir, thank you so much for your support and your generous donation.”
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Liz Gould
“Good luck Lorne!”
$81Received this donation 67 days agoLorne
“Thank you so much Liz for your generosity and for ensuring that I reach my goal!”
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Stephen Acker
“Winderful and important cause. Good luck in your riding, Lorne and best wishes, Stephen”
$72Received this donation 41 days agoLorne
“Thank you very much for your support Stephen.”
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Belle Kizell
$70Received this donation 68 days agoLorne
“Thank you Belle and Howard.”
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Donald McIntosh
“Yo! Lorne! I just did a bit of a challenge myself, though the cycling was to an Esperanto event in Kingston. I took two days to ride down on Thursday and Friday the 16th and 17th and two days to ride back on Tuesday and Wednesday the 21st and 22nd. On the way down between Perth and Westport I saw a lot of electronic signs saying the road would close on Tuesday, so I had to plot a new route back when I was down there. The new route was a tad longer, of course, but it went along the Cataraqui trail, which is more of a snowmobile track, really, very rough, but it sure went though some pretty country.”
$70Received this donation 57 days agoLorne
“Donald, Thank you very much for your donation and support. I am very pleased to hear that you are doing well. We will get together soon.”
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John and Diane Campbell
“Remembering dear Avrum. May this disease be eradicated.”
$70Received this donation 51 days agoLorne
“Diane and John - Thank you for the wishes you express and for your generous donation.”
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Lester Brown
“Sorry to hear about this loss. It has certainly taken a toll in your family. The best to you.”
$70Received this donation 106 days agoLorne
“Thank you very much Lester.”
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Peter McNichol
“You are a good friend and a great ambassador for cancer.”
$70Received this donation 77 days agoLorne
“Thank you Peter. ”
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Phillip Hurst
“Happy to support this cause! Phillip”
$70Received this donation 26 days agoLorne
“Thank you very much for your support Phillip.”
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Sydney Wertman
“Tears still flow when I think of him. I know how much this loss has taken a toll on all our lives. We think that this always happens to someone else but I discovered that to others i am someone else. Good work. Rick”
$70Received this donation 44 days agoLorne
“Rick and Marilyn, Thank you! You supported Judy and me 37 years ago and you are still supporting me today even as you deal with the tragedies in your own life. Stay strong. Love”
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Joel and Toby Yan
“We are proud to support you in this worthwhile effort to raise funds for cancer research in memory of your son Avrum Duke, zichrono livracha. Ya'asher koach to you for this very worthwhile activity.”
$54Received this donation 69 days agoLorne
“Thank you Toby and Joel for your support.”
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Alan Halpren
$50Received this donation 48 days agoLorne
“Thank you Alan for your support.”
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BRIAN BROOKS
“LET`S BEAT CANCER PERIOD”
$50Received this donation 54 days agoLorne
“Brian -I can not agree more. Thank you very much for your support..”
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Christina March
“Great cause and great way to remember Avrum”
$50Received this donation 47 days agoLorne
“Thank you Christina and Doug. Your encouragement and support help me to keep going.”
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Claudia Munk
“ALL the best with your goal Lorne!”
$50Received this donation 47 days agoLorne
“Claudia, Thank you very much for your support.”
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danielle dugas
“Best wishes Lorne! Keep up your good work.”
$50Received this donation 68 days agoLorne
“Thank you Danielle and Ira for you support.”
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Etta Liba Duke
“Thank you Libby for your donation honouring the memory of your nephew, Avrum.”
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Jacques Patenaude
“Lorne, I appreciate you telling me about Jeffrey last nice. I hope you will reach your goal. Go Lorne Go! ...lol Jacques”
$50Received this donation 45 days agoLorne
“Thank you very much Jacques for your support.”
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John Phillips
$50Received this donation 89 days agoLorne
“John - Thank you very much. Your support means a lot to me, both for this effort and in general. Without people like you I would not be able to be as active as I am.”
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Maurice Klein
“All the best luck to you in this challenge for a worthy cause.”
$50Received this donation 39 days agoLorne
“Thank you very much for your support Maurice.”
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Michael Davidson
“A great and worthy funding raising effort, Lorne. My sympathies on the loss of your son. Yes, his memory should be for a blessing.”
$50Received this donation 42 days agoLorne
“Thank you Alysse and Michael.”
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Michelina Crothers
“Way to go Lorne keep up the great work!”
$50Received this donation 89 days agoLorne
“Thank you so much Michelina for you support. I look forward to you joining us on some of our rides.”
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Yemisi Dare
“This is a inspiring and worthy challenge that you have taken on, Lorne- your son would be so proud of you, as am I.”
$50Received this donation 35 days agoLorne
“Thank you Yemisi for your support and your kind words.”
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Anonymous
“2 chais to start you on your journey”
$36Received this donation 77 days agoLorne
“Thank you.”
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Lawrence Wolofsky
$36Received this donation 48 days agoLorne
“Rosalie and Lawrence Thank you very much for your support.”
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Anonymous
“Good luck Lorne! I hope you have great weather and no problems in reaching your goal.”
$36Received this donation 44 days agoLorne
“Thank you very much.”
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Toby & David Brooks
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Carole Boudreau Lauzon
“Keep up the good work for such a great cause. Hope to join you on weekend rides. You’re a true inspiration!”
$35Received this donation 40 days agoLorne
“Thank you Carole for your support and your kind words.”
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Jane Mulvihill
“Wonderful work you are doing - Kick cancer's butt. Jane”
$35Received this donation 37 days agoLorne
“Thank you for your support Jane.”
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Ken Nelson
$35Received this donation 54 days agoLorne
“Thank you very much Ken. Your support is much appreciated.”
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Kevin Warren
“Good luck Lorne.”
$35Received this donation 33 days agoLorne
“Kevin, thank you for your support. It is greatly appreciated.”
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Leonor Rosas-Shapiro
$35Received this donation 49 days agoLorne
“Thank you Lee for your support. ”
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Mark Silver
$35Received this donation 52 days agoLorne
“Thank you very much for your support.”
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Michael Shalla
“Great work Lorne!”
$35Received this donation 38 days agoLorne
“Thank you very much for your support Mike.”
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Michelle Utting
“All the best Lorne.”
$35Received this donation 66 days agoLorne
“Thank you Michelle for your support. I hope forward to seeing you on the trails.”
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Raymond Ockrant
“good luck on your challenge, this is a great cause. All the best.”
$35Received this donation 56 days agoLorne
“Thank you Ray for your support. Come ride with me one evening.”
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Sean McCann
“Avrum is looking down at you and is proud of you Lorne”
$35Received this donation 34 days agoLorne
“Thank you for your support Sean.”
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Sharon Brodo
$35Received this donation 24 days agoLorne
“Sharon, Thank you for your support.”
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Sylvia Greenspoon
“Lorne, May you go from Strength to Strength. Sylvia Greenspoon”
$35Received this donation 50 days agoLorne
“Thank you Sylvia and Rick.”
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Astrid Mesterom
“Great challenge Lorne. Nice write up about your handsome son, so young. Let’s kick cancers butt.”
$25Received this donation 43 days agoLorne
“Thank you Astrid for you support. Our efforts are kicking cancer's butt; i wish the progress came faster.”
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Rolly Dusseault
“Best of luck with this challenge, Lorne”
$25Received this donation 89 days agoLorne
“Thank you Sandy and Rolly. Enjoy your trip. Looking forward to hearing all about it on your return.”
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Sam Ludmer
“Good Luck!”
$25Received this donation 83 days agoLorne
“Thank you Sam .”
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Satish Thakrar
“Sorry for your loss, Lorne. I appreciate you are raising money by cycling for cancer research. Thanks.”
$25Received this donation 105 days agoLorne
“Thank You Satish. Hope to see you on the trails soon.”
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David Hyde
“Great Work!”
$20Received this donation 28 days agoLorne
“Thank you for your support David.”
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Rhoni Fern Goldman
“Ride on, Lorne..may Jeffrey inspire you as you go.”
$20Received this donation 56 days agoLorne
“Thank you for your support Fern. Please come out and join me on some of the rides.”
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Tamouh Hakmi
“Thank you Lorne for doing this.”
$20Received this donation 67 days agoLorne
“Thank you Tamouh for your support.”
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Harriette Kligman
“I am sure you will reach your goals - you have the determination.”
$18Received this donation 105 days agoLorne
“Thank you Harriette.”
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Harvey Goldberg and Ruth Kahane
$18Received this donation 64 days agoLorne
“Thank you Ruth and Harvey for your support.”
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anon
“Thank you.”
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Lorne Duke
“Kicking things off with my own personal donation to fight kids' cancer!”
$36Received this donation 107 days ago -
Anonymous
“Thank you”
$10.48Received this donation 33 days ago
