We had a very exciting day yesterday, with much news to report. On Monday we had a fundraiser in Pictou, Nova Scotia. This is where Redtail Nature Awareness Camp is located, the charity that Ben Miller is raising money for. Redtail Camp is a small summer camp, where kids get to go and learn about the environment around them, and how to interact with it. It teaches them about the beauty and complexity of the natural landscape. Tandem Rider Ben Miller attended the camp as a youngster.
The camp is threatened with being shut down, as all of the surrounding lands have been bought by an American logging company. They intend to clear cut the acreage, and pulp the trees. Redtail needs to raise $250, 000 By December of this year to buy off the parcel of land. Ben is trying to help them do it.
After our night at Redtail, we cycled into Dartmouth, Halifax. Along the way, we were met by reporter Colleen Jones from the CBC. Colleen did a story on us, and it made the national headlines. This made us very, very excited.
We spent last night in Dartmouth, and this morning we cycled over the Bridge into Halifax to do a spot on CTV Breakfast Television
http://www.facebook.com/video/video.php?v=136348603064917&ref=mf
We spent the rest of the day doing a "Media Blitz"
We were very fortunate to have many people in Halifax reach out to us, and coordinate several amazing ventures. Such as meeting the Mayor, Peter Kelly. He met us outside City Hall and congratulated us on completing. We asked him if he wanted to go for a ride on the bike, and he accepted. We took him for a small tour.
Later that afternoon, we took the bike down to blackrock beach, and dipped the front wheel in the Atlantic. We were greeted with an entourage of supporters to cheer us in. Once again, the outpouring of support from the public amazed us. We really appreciate everything people have done for us to get us this far.
Tonight we have a party fundraiser at the Waterfront Warehouse in Halifax. This is our last chance to raise some serious money for the charities, and we know it will be a huge success!!
But it's not over yet. Much more Tandem Love to come. Episode 4.
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Well Done Guys. All of us in Fort Langley B.C. Are very proud and happy for you all. Come home safely . Your stories on the blog were so good very well written. Hope to hear more.
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