(L-R) Red Deer Motorcycle Ride for Dad Co-Chair Al Nicks and Chairperson John Kammerer interviewed at rdnewsNOW station. (rdnewsNOW/ Sheldon Spackman)

By Alessia Proietti and Sheldon Spackman

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“Ride for Dad” this Saturday for prostate cancer research

Aug 12, 2022 | 9:43 AM

Roughly 1 in 8 Canadian men will develop prostate cancer during their lifetime, according to the most recent data by the Canadian Cancer Society.

Red Deer will be hosting its fourth Motorcycle Ride for Dad fundraising event for prostate cancer research this Saturday, August 13.

“Cancer is indiscriminate. It doesn’t matter race, age, nationality, anything like that. It’s one of those things that nobody wants to talk about but at the end of the day, if we can save one man’s life, we’ve done a good thing”, said Co-Chair Al Nicks.

Beginning at 7 a.m., the event will start with a pancake breakfast at Turple Brothers motorsports store in Gasoline Alley (175 Leva Ave.). At 9 a.m., riders will take a scenic route northwest towards Pigeon Lake and wind up back at Poplar Ridge Hall (Range Rd 283) in Red Deer County for a silent auction, gifts, and prizes which will be open to the public.

Despite the name, Nicks says all vehicles are encouraged to join, with some vintage cars already registered to ride.

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You also don’t need to be a person potentially at risk to join the movement.

“Fifty per cent of our crew is female. They live by the mantra that ‘I might not have a prostate but the one that I love does’,” he said.

While no monetary fundraising goal has been set, Chairperson John Kammerer says 90 per cent of the funds raised during the Ride for Dad event will go to the Prostate Cancer Fight Foundation towards research and awareness initiatives back in the area where the funds were raised.

“Our biggest objective is to have fun and do something well for our community,” said Nicks.

According to John Hopkins Medicine, the 5-year survival rate is almost 100 per cent, if the cancer is caught early.

Kammerer urged that men over 40 years old speak to their doctor and get a yearly blood test as a checkup.

Nicks also says that Red Deer’s Ride for Dad hosts multiple fundraising events throughout the year.

The Ride for Dad campaign started in Canada in 2000, now including 44 communities across the country. With more than 250,000 men, women, and children involved over the years, the mission has raised over $37 million.

The Canadian Cancer Society states prostate cancer is the third leading cause of death from cancer among men in the country.

by Alessia Proietti and Sheldon Spackman

“Ride for Dad” this Saturday for prostate cancer research

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