{"id":2103,"date":"2012-05-26T13:53:50","date_gmt":"2012-05-26T20:53:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/huntadventures.ca\/newAdventures\/?p=2103"},"modified":"2020-05-17T12:07:57","modified_gmt":"2020-05-17T19:07:57","slug":"als-walk-a-thon","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/huntadventures.ca\/newAdventures\/?p=2103","title":{"rendered":"ALS Walk-a-thon"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I travelled to Vancouver for an ALS walk-a-thon which was held in Steveson. The weather turned out to be beautiful, a bluebird day, and the route of the walk was very scenic along the water&#8217;s edge overlooking Vancouver Island. There was a good turnout, possibly about 300 people. Pictured is the &#8220;warm-up exercises&#8221;.<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/huntadventures.ca\/newAdventures\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/IMG_1274.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/huntadventures.ca\/newAdventures\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/IMG_1274.jpg\" alt=\"warm-up\" title=\"warm-up\" width=\"560\" height=\"302\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-2091\" srcset=\"http:\/\/huntadventures.ca\/newAdventures\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/IMG_1274.jpg 560w, http:\/\/huntadventures.ca\/newAdventures\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/IMG_1274-300x161.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 560px) 100vw, 560px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The main reason I attended this event was that my step-sister, Sylvia, who was an Olympic athlete in freestyle skiing, presented the ALS Society of British Columbia with a check for $5000, on behalf of RBC. In this photo L to R are: Wendy from ALS BC, me, Sylvia, and Wally Buono, coach of the BC Lions and ALS BC spokesperson.<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/huntadventures.ca\/newAdventures\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/IMG_12731.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/huntadventures.ca\/newAdventures\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/IMG_12731.jpg\" alt=\"cheque\" title=\"cheque\" width=\"560\" height=\"444\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-2104\" srcset=\"http:\/\/huntadventures.ca\/newAdventures\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/IMG_12731.jpg 560w, http:\/\/huntadventures.ca\/newAdventures\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/IMG_12731-300x237.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 560px) 100vw, 560px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Thanks to the organizers, volunteers, Sylvia, and RBC for this event and donation which goes to support and research for persons with ALS.<\/p>\n<p>While in Vancouver I had a chance to watch and meet some of Canada&#8217;s wheelchair basketball team. They were on a week-long training camp and I visited with my high-school friend, Brett, who is the team physiotherapist.<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/huntadventures.ca\/newAdventures\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/IMG_1266.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/huntadventures.ca\/newAdventures\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/IMG_1266.jpg\" alt=\"bball\" title=\"bball\" width=\"560\" height=\"415\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-2084\" srcset=\"http:\/\/huntadventures.ca\/newAdventures\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/IMG_1266.jpg 560w, http:\/\/huntadventures.ca\/newAdventures\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/IMG_1266-300x222.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 560px) 100vw, 560px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I travelled to Vancouver for an ALS walk-a-thon which was held in Steveson. The weather turned out to be beautiful, a bluebird day, and the route of the walk was very scenic along the water&#8217;s edge overlooking Vancouver Island. There was a good turnout, possibly about 300 people. Pictured is the &#8220;warm-up exercises&#8221;. 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