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2022 Tour de Rock gets warm welcome in Parksville Qualicum Beach

Kwalikum Secondary raises $8,000 for Canadian Cancer Society

The 2022 Cops for Cancer Tour de Rock team pedalled their way to Parksville Qualicum Beach on Thursday, their sixth day on the road raising funds for the Canadian Cancer Society.

ItB次元官网网址檚 the 25th anniversary of the Tour de Rock, which started in Port Hardy. ItB次元官网网址檚 a 14-day cycling tour across Vancouver Island that will wind up in Victoria.

The team was given huge applause and a warm reception at every stop in District 69 that included the First Credit Union near the Bowser BC Ambulance Services, the Dashwood Volunteer Fire Department, the Town of Qualicum Beach, BaileyB次元官网网址檚 Cafe, Kwalikum Secondary School, Arrowview Elementary School and Thrifty Foods. In the evening, a Beer and Burger night was scheduled at the Parksville Community Centre, with more head-shaving events in store as well as a silent auction.

Parksville Coun. Adam Fras, who led the Tour de Rock team into District 69, calls the experience surreal.

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Donations have been rolling in since the tour began and Simon Douthwaite, Cops for Cancer Tour de Rock specialist, said to date theyB次元官网网址檝e already reached 80 per cent of their $850,000 target this year.

One of the biggest donations received by the tour in Parksville Qualicum Beach came from Kwalikum Secondary School. They presented the tour a cheque for $8,000, the largest amount the school has ever raised. The school has been raising funds for Canadian Cancer Society since 2016.

Three KSS Grade 8 students, Maddy Franklin, Riley Ferguson and Gracie Larson, were given recognition for raising $1,100 this year. They, along with the school, were applauded by the Tour de Rock members, who truly appreciated the donation.

The Dashwood Volunteer Fire Department raised $2,984 from the annual head-shaving event a week ago and on Thursday presented Tour de Rock a cheque worth $3,150.

BaileyB次元官网网址檚 Cafe in Qualicum Beach, which provided lunch to the Tour de Rock team, also handed a cheque worth $1,200.

The tour next heads to Port Alberni on Friday and on Saturday travels on to Ucluelet.

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Michael.Briones@pqbnews.com

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I rejoined the PQB B次元官网网址 team in April 2017 from the Comox Valley Echo, having previously covered sports for The NEWS in 1997.
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