The Alberta Most cancers Basis’s Enbridge Tour Alberta for Most cancers Passes $100 Million Milestone in its sixteenth 12 months

Over $7.3 million raised this 12 months alone for Albertans dealing with most cancers in Alberta’s largest biking fundraiser

STRATHMORE, Alberta, July 20, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — At the moment, over 1,400 cyclists and their supporters are gathering within the Strathmore space for Alberta’s largest biking fundraiser, the Enbridge Tour Alberta for Most cancers, supporting the Alberta Most cancers Basis. Because the Tour celebrates its sixteenth 12 months and over $7.3 million (and counting) raised this 12 months alone, it additionally marks a historic milestone by surpassing $100 million in complete funds raised. This outstanding achievement underscores 16 years of neighborhood constructing, recollections and making life higher for all Albertans dealing with most cancers.

All through the annual two-day occasion, cyclists will journey as much as 200 kilometres across the lovely Alberta countryside. The Tour is a enjoyable and significant method for Albertans to honour those that are dealing with or have confronted most cancers—together with family members, buddies, colleagues and neighbours. Whether or not using as a person, as a part of a company or neighborhood crew, or collaborating as a volunteer, there’s a place for everybody to make an impression.

“Now in its 16^th 12 months, this legendary occasion exemplifies the ability of a passionate neighborhood who’re united by a single goal: to make life higher for Albertans dealing with most cancers,” says Wendy Beauchesne, CEO of the Alberta Most cancers Basis. “We’re grateful for each rider, donor and associate, together with our buddies at Enbridge, who’ve devoted their time and sources to creating a distinction for the 24,000 Albertans who hear the phrases, ‘You’ve gotten most cancers,’ annually.”

Enbridge has supported the most cancers fundraiser for quite a lot of years, together with as title sponsor since 2010. This 12 months, the corporate’s devoted biking crew of 151 individuals has raised greater than $690,000 to assist the Alberta Most cancers Basis.

“Since 2010, the Tour has turn into a cherished Enbridge custom and collective rallying level, with lots of our workers using and volunteering, together with their buddies and households. The Tour is really a neighborhood – a spot of assist, consolation, camaraderie and encouragement – one united within the widespread mission and imaginative and prescient of a cancer-free future,” says Max Chan, senior vp and company improvement officer at Enbridge, and member of Alberta Most cancers Basis’s Board of Trustees.

Funds raised for the Alberta Most cancers Basis’s Enbridge Tour Alberta for Most cancers will assist modern most cancers analysis—together with ground-breaking medical trials, affected person assist applications and enhanced care at Alberta’s 17 most cancers centres, This assist will proceed to learn the one in two Albertans who will obtain a most cancers analysis of their lifetime together with most cancers affected person and rider, Janie Munro.

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“Occasions just like the Tour convey individuals collectively—most cancers touches so many lives in numerous methods and this occasion creates consciousness of that. This trip reminds those that we aren’t alone, and it raises cash for such an amazing trigger. We’re stronger in numbers,” says Janie. In August of 2023, Janie was identified with grade III, triple optimistic breast most cancers which is a really aggressive type of breast most cancers. After 16 rounds of chemotherapy, 25 rounds of radiation and a bi-lateral mastectomy, Janie is collaborating within the Enbridge Tour Alberta for Most cancers as a result of, “If I’ve confirmed something to myself this 12 months, it’s that I can do exhausting issues.”

Media are invited to hitch Janie and plenty of different inspirational Albertans at this weekend’s Tour occasions:

For extra info on the Tour, to register, or to donate, go to 2024.touralbertaforcancer.ca.

For media inquiries, contact:
Breanne Kraus, Director, Communications and Advertising and marketing, Alberta Most cancers Basis
breanne.kraus@albertacancer.ca | Cell: 780-905-9273

Enbridge Inc.
media@enbridge.com | Toll-free media line: 1-888-992-0997

ABOUT THE ALBERTA CANCER FOUNDATION
Within the darkest moments of a most cancers journey, we’re the sunshine. The Alberta Most cancers Basis exists to create extra hope and extra moments for all Albertans dealing with most cancers, irrespective of the place they stay or the kind of most cancers they’re dealing with. We encompass sufferers and their households with love and assist, whereas empowering the very best and brightest to sort out probably the most troublesome, difficult issues we face. As a single neighborhood of dedicated, passionate Albertans targeted on a single objective, we’re relentless in our pursuit of bringing the very best most cancers care and analysis doable to our province.

Collectively, we’re creating extra moments for extra Albertans dealing with most cancers.

ABOUT ENBRIDGE INC.
At Enbridge, we safely join thousands and thousands of individuals to the power they depend on on daily basis, fueling high quality of life via our North American pure gasoline, oil or renewable energy networks and our rising European offshore wind portfolio. We’re investing in fashionable power supply infrastructure to maintain entry to safe, reasonably priced power and constructing on twenty years of expertise in renewable power to advance new applied sciences together with wind and solar energy, hydrogen, renewable pure gasoline and carbon seize and storage. We’re dedicated to decreasing the carbon footprint of the power we ship, and to attaining web zero greenhouse gasoline emissions by 2050. Headquartered in Calgary, Alberta, Enbridge’s widespread shares commerce below the image ENB on the Toronto (TSX) and New York (NYSE) inventory exchanges. To study extra, go to us at enbridge.com.