Savage aims to raise awareness, funds for Heart and Stroke Foundation
Friends John Forbes, on the snowmobile, and Ray Savage put in thousands of miles together on New Brunswick snowmobile trails. Forbes passed away in September from a cardiac event but had thought he was experiencing COVID-19 symptoms. - ContributedAYLESFORD, N.S. — The recent loss of a great friend has inspired an Aylesford man to undertake an epic snowmobiling trip to raise funds and awareness.
“I was just sitting there one night thinking about him, and it popped into my brain that I was going to do this,” Savage said about his upcoming journey.Celebrating Cancer Survivors: Aylesford cancer survivor says the experience changed his outlook on life for the better He said he started kicking the idea around and decided to make it a fundraiser for the Heart and Stroke Foundation of Canada. As of the morning of Feb. 2, Savage had raised $2,600 of his $3,500 goal. He said he was pleasantly surprised to raise so much money before the trek even began, and he may end up increasing his goal.Although the two initiatives go hand-in-hand, Savage said he really wanted to make the project more of an awareness campaign than a fundraiser.
Savage has reached out to snowmobile clubs and federations to let them know about the journey and to invite other snowmobile enthusiasts to join in for a leg along the way. He said his experience has been that middle-aged men in the Maritimes are in dire need of messaging around how to take better care of themselves and what symptoms to watch for.
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