Uxbridge, Ontario - B.A.D. - Ride 13

Uxbridge, Ontario - B.A.D. - Ride 13

What A great day for a road trip, traversing over rolling hills, passing along side rivers and canals, by market gardens and through the picturesque villages of Kettleby, Brown Hill, Zephyr and Udora. Last year 1150 bikes and almost 1500 people joined in for B.A.D. Ride XII, this event raised almost $210,000 dollars to support Distress Centres.

One rider we spoke to estimated there were in excess of 2,000 bikers on the B.A.D Ride today as it Passed through Uxbridge. He also said we just missed about 30 who had stopped to fill up at the Local Gas Station in Udora.

There were only a few left by the time I arrived with my camera

The Stragglers Headed Through Udora

The ride paused at various spots along the way such as the the Belvedere Cookhouse Saloon in Pefferlaw, and the Udora General Store and The local Gas Bar before heading south through Uxbridge to The Markham Fairgrounds for an afternoon filled with great food, music and entertainment.

About the Distress Centres

Since 1967 the Distress Centres has provided 24-hour telephone support, 365 days a year. They continue to offer round the clock response to those experiencing emotional distress or in need of crisis intervention in addition to face to face support and counseling for people dealing with the effects of suicide and homicide.

Distress Centres

• have 600 volunteers who operate at three locations across the GTA (Downtown, North Toronto and Scarborough)
• respond to approximately 120,000 calls each year on the Distress Centres Helplines.
• after hours and on weekends, when other services are closed, is when more than half of their calls are received.
• provide consultation and outreach to other organizations across Ontario on suicide prevention.
• provide a "Resource Library" accessible to families, volunteers, staff and interested members of the community.
• provide assistance, in person, to persons dealing with a homicidal death through their "Homicide Bereavement Programme".
• through face-to-face "Survivor Support Programme", they counsel 500 families and friends annually who are suffering from the pain of bereavement caused by suicide.

Distress Lines are open 24 hours, 7 days a week 416-408-HELP (4357)

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MAKE IT A GREAT DAY