Ciaran Galts and Liam O’Flynn are taking their cancer fundraising mission to Europe.
Galts and O’Flynn are part of an eight-member team, all of whom are under the age of 24, that will be participating in the Ride to Conquer Cancer in Vancouver at the end of August. As part of their fundraising campaign they will be taking two months to cycle through Europe, with their journey beginning in Bergen, Norway on June 21st and continuing through 12 different countries before ending in Italy on August 24th.
While the journey will be the first of its kind for O’Flynn, Galts has done something similar in the past, although without a fundraising component. Galts noted he wanted to do something similar to his previous experience this summer, but also wanted a way to do more and help the community. The team found a way to do that through the Ride to Conquer Cancer, an annual event where cyclists bike from Vancouver to Seattle in one day after raising money for cancer research. While they cycle across Europe their online donation site, which is through Ride to Conquer Cancer, will be collecting their fundraising for the Ride to Conquer Cancer. Once they return from Europe they will enter the event, which will donate the money they raised to the BC Cancer Foundation.
While there are many causes O’Flynn, Galts and the rest of their team could have chosen to cycle arcoss Europe for, Galts said choosing the Ride to Conquer Cancer was quite simple. Cycling is something he and his teammates are passionate about, and nearly everyone has been impacted by cancer. While the team has a goal of raising $8,000, O’Flynn explained they will also be raising awareness for cancer research during their cycle across Europe.
One thing the boys are looking forward to is the sustainable lifestyle they will be living overseas. Not only will they be cycling everywhere, but they plan to sleep in tents in each city they reach.
Anyone wishing to donate to the team’s roughly 5,000 kilometre fundraising journey can do so through their donation page, found on the Ride to Conquer Cancer website under the team name, ‘The Next Adventure.’
