Ride for Bryan: Up and Running

Tuesday 31 May 2011

Up and Running

With only around 9 weeks to go things are up and running. I received commitment from the company that I work for Hillross to pay for 15 Jerseys which I plan on selling by way of donation to the Friends of Bryan. This has been a very generous offer from Hillross and should bring in close to $1,500 to the Charity. I have approximately 4 Jerseys left if anyone is interested please email me at Ryan.Myler@hillross.com.au.

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My brother in law (who is my riding partner in the transrockies) was also successful in approaching his company for a donation of $500 to Friends of Bryan. RUD are a sales and engineering company specialising in the industrial, mining, power generation and lifting sectors. What a great start.

For those wanting to make a donation please ustilise the direct deposit facilty of the Friends of Bryan Family Trust or make cheques payable to The Friends of Bryan Inc and post them to c/ - Stacey Harland 20 Stewart St Withcott Qld 4352.

The Direct Deposit details are as follows;

Bryan Flemming Family Trust, National Australia Bank, BSB 084 961, Account Number 16 410 2994

Please also complete the request from here to receive a receitpt. ttp://www.friendsofbryan.com/Rec_Request.html

If anyone has any ideas on how I should market this or who I should approach please post up your comments as I would love you to share your ideas.

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Welcome to Ride for Bryan

Late last year I decided to embark on a challenge to compete in one of the most gruelling mountain bike races around the world. The Transrockie's Challenge is regarded as being in the top three most difficult mountain bike races in the world. This has been one of my aspirations for a very long time and my brother-in-law, (Matt Pauli) was foolish to join me in what should surely test my mental and physical abilities to their limit.

The race is a 7 day race traversing the Rockie Mountain's in Canada.

As part of doing this ride I wanted to make a difference by helping raise funds for ' The Friends of Bryan Inc' which is a Charitable organisation established to help a local motor cyclist Bryan Flemming meet the ongoing cost of rehabilitation after a training accident.

Bryan suffered injuries to his spinal cord between his C6/C7 vertebrae (Near the base of his skull) and is now an incomplete quadriplegic. This means Bryan can feel nothing from his chest down, and has only minimal movement in his arms and wrists with no movement in his hands, legs or feet.

According to the Spinal Injuries Association, the current cost for basic support for a person who sustains an injury at age 20 with a life expectancy of 70 is $1.05m for a paraplegic and $8.4m for a quadriplegic. Costs included in these amounts are only initial hospitalisation, personal assistance equipment, home-modifications and doesn’t include costs such as ongoing medical & pharmaceutical, transportation or recreation costs.

You can check out what the Friends of Bryan are up to on http://www.friendsofbryan.com/.

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Tuesday 31 May 2011

Up and Running

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