David Visschedyk rolls through Sharbot Lake
by Jeff Green
Six weeks ago, David Visschedyk dipped his bicycle, and his artificial leg, in the Pacific Ocean, and two weeks from now he intends to dip both in the Atlantic Ocean at
Halifax
harbour. He has been cycling about 150 km per day, six days a week. This Monday, he cycled from Peterbrough to
Sharbot
Lake
Provincial
Park
, en route to
Ottawa
, and stopped by the
Sharbot
Lake
Beach
with some local cyclists to a reception hosted by Central Frontenac Mayor Bill MacDonald and Mary Howes from the Frontenac chapter of the Canadian Cancer Society.
David set out with the relatively modest goal of raising $15,000 for The James Fund for Neuroblastoma Research at Sick Kids hospital in
Toronto
, but with two weeks, to go, he has almost raised over $75,000. With stops in major centres such as
Ottawa
,
Montreal
and
Quebec City
still ahead of him, the total will rise considerably. While in
Sharbot
Lake
, David had a reunion with his Aunt Eleanor Hands from
Kingston
. For more information, go to Cyclingforcancer.ca.
