Want to tour the legislature with Les Leyne? Work out with a personal trainer at PISE? Have Pedro Arrais help you buy a car? Jam out at JazzFest with arts writer Adrian Chamberlain?
All this can be yours thanks to a Times Colonist online auction in support of my Tour de Rock fundraising campaign. The proceeds support pediatric cancer research and Canadian Cancer Society programs such as Camp Goodtimes, the summer camp for children with a history of the disease.
While I focus on bike riding, My Times Colonist colleagues are generously donating their time and talents to help raise money for the campaign. The auction will be online until June 20 at Gobid.ca.
Check out the amazing items for sale:
• Two tickets to Gordon Lightfoot’s Oct. 22 concert in Victoria
• A truckload of horse manure shovelled and delivered by reporters Carla Wilson, Jeff Bell and Richard Watts
• Tour of the legislature from legedary provincial affairs columnist Leyne. He’ll throw in a copy of his new book, too.
• Six workout sessions with reporter Cindy E. Harnett and the Pacific Institute for Sports Excellence’s top training expert, who helped her lose 30 pounds in the Times Colonist Health Challenge
• A Highlanders or HarbourCats game with sports writer Cleve Dheensaw
• An afternoon at the Nutcracker ballet with arts writer Amy Smart this Christmas
• Automotive writer Arrais’s assistance in finding the right car at the right price for you
• A bike ride and lunch with MAMIL (middle-aged man in Lycra) and columnist Jack Knox
• A media communications consultation (over some scotch or cocktails of course) with business writer Andrew Duffy
• Go with arts writer Adrian Chamberlain to Grammy-winning singer Angélique Kidjo’s June 24 JazzFest concert
• A night at the movies with film writer Michael D. Reid
• Two tickets to Walking with Dinosaurs at Save-on-Foods Memorial Centre on Sept. 21
• Two tickets to the Sooke Philharmonic Solstice Spectacular at the University of Victoria’s Farquhar Auditorium on June 29
So go online and bid before someone else snaps up these amazing items!
Katie DeRosa is one of the media riders for this year’s Cops for Cancer Tour de Rock, a 13-day bike ride from Port Alice to Victoria. Follow DeRosa's blog for details about the ongoing training, leading up to full coverage of the ride Sept. 20 to Oct. 3. To donate to her fundraising campaign, click here.
