Our Sponsors

Many thanks to the following donors for helping to pay for the expenses of GrandpasCan. Your support allows us to bring Charles Mulli to Canada, fly support crew to various destinations, pay for gas, food, etc. on the road. An event like this would not be possible without your generosity. Because our costs are covered, every dollar donated goes to the children at Mully Children’s Family, Kenya, Africa.

Thank you to our sponsors:
- Waldo & Edith Fast
- Ted & Mary Paetkau
- Larry & Sylvia Dyck
- Frank & Agnes DeFehr

Sponsors: (gift in kind)

Gwendolyn of idlingporsche:
Many thanks to Gwendolyn for the poster design and layout. Your talent and generosity are greatly appreciated. It is a pleasure working with you.

Loewen Railings:
The use of your RV will serve as a motel on wheels for 13 days. Thank you so much. We promise to keep it spotless throughout the entire ride. (yeah, right)

Enterprise Rent-a-Car (Regent Avenue):
Special thanks to Leanne for arranging for the use of a Grand Caravan (one way, to Halifax). This is the second time partnering with your company and it has been a pleasure dealing with you. Your support has helped to improve the lives of children at Mully Children’s Family in Kenya.

Think.Shift Advertising:
Thanks to David and his team for taking time to put together the GrandpasCan website. We know you were burning the midnight oil to fit this into an already overbooked schedule and we thank you for it.

Wiebe Chiropractic Centre:
Having been an athlete all my life, I thought discomfort (pain) was just something you lived with. When pinched nerves in my lower back started to impact my ability to participate in ultra-marathon cycling (which serves as my platform for my fundraising initiatives for orphaned and abandoned children), I needed help. I was referred to Kevin at Wiebe Chiropractic Centre. Within a year, his treatments greatly reduced my lower back pain. Bi-weekly “maintenance” allows me to continue to compete in world class ultra-marathon cycling events without further aggravating some old sports-related injuries. Thanks Kevin, for showing me that “pain” is not something that you simply have to “suck up.” You can treat it effectively and continue to live a very active lifestyle.

Wiebe Chiropractic Centre
Dr. Kevin J. Wiebe
101-1277 Henderson Hwy.
Winnipeg, MB
R2G 1M3
(204) 339-3600

Bikes and Beyond: Bikes and Beyond has been my bike store of choice for many years. The #1 reason is that I can count on them to come through for me. I regularly put over 20,000km per year on my bike(s), so service and timely replacements of worn parts are crucial for my confidence in my equipment. The knowledgeable staff at the store know that I don’t like to “tinker” with bike repairs/adjustments, so they make sure everything is in perfect working order. When I do my annual unsupported training ride from Vancouver to Winnipeg, I know that the bike serviced by the mechanics is up for the challenge.

Thanks guys for many years of supporting my fundraising cycling initiatives. I could not do what I do without you.

FreeLife Gochi Juice: Bruce Ulrich, FreeLife
I am training for the toughest cycling challenge yet, a 6040 km Guinness World Record attempt from Vancouver to Halifax. As in the past, I am counting on GoChi to give me the recovery I need during a couple hours of sleep a night.
Ethan, (representing Freelife) thank you for sponsoring my record attempt.
Please read about my brief experience during RAAM.
Race Across America is known as the “world’s toughest bike race.” In June of 2008, I had the privilege of finding out for myself. RAAM is a 5000km single stage bike race across the USA. That simply means any “off-bike time” is part of your race time. This leads to 20 hours a day of actual riding time, leaving little time for recovery. I was able to reach Annapolis, Maryland in 11 days, 3 hours and 19 min, first in my category (age 50 to 59) and 10th overall.

Before entering RAAM, I had a couple concerns.

1. How will my body recover with only a few hours of rest a day?
2. What will happen with the severe heat in the desert?
3. Will I be able to process all the fluid and calories required for such an extreme event?

A friend of mine introduced me to GoChi juice. After learning more about it, I decided to include it in my training for RAAM. Besides the extreme physical and psychological demands of RAAM, processing nutrition is key to any hoped for success. I began using GoChi juice about 4 months prior to RAAM, gradually increasing the amount. During the 11 days of RAAM, I consumed about 850 ml of it per day mixed in with my water consumption. Here is what I found. I do not have any scientific evidence, just personal experience and comparison to other events.

1. I found the taste to be pleasant, even after multiple days of consuming nutrition when I no longer wanted to.
2. I believe GoChi juice contributed to NOT experiencing upset stomach symptoms even though most of the eating was done while on the bike.
3. I was amazed to feel “refreshed” after only a few hours a night of recovery time.
4. I was amazed at my consistent energy level throughout the 11 days it took to successfully complete the world’s toughest bike race.

I strongly believe that the GoChi product enhanced my overall performance.
Thank you,
Arvid Loewen
….because it matters to this one…

Darryl Neustaedter Barg
A huge thank you for your skill and finesse in putting the promo video for “GrandpasCan” together. It is an effective tool in spreading the message of hope of MCF. Thank you for sharing your talent!

MTS
A big thank you once again goes out to MTS, who will be providing two smartphones for communication between vehicles, website updating, live web tracking, and more! We really appreciate the generosity.