We need your vote!

Please Help: IDEAS needs YOU!

Rob Hill (of No Guts Know Glory fame) and I will be racing at the 2006 TransRockies Challenge race in early August. We have been training hard and have entered an online contest to gain some technical and logistical support for this event. The contest is through a great company in BC called RaceFace. They manufacture high-end mountain bike components.

Rob and I are racing to give more exposure to the Intestinal Disease Education and Awareness Society. We want to show everyone in the world what ostomates, and Crohn's and cancer survivors can do.

So what can you do. Well, our entry was shortlisted, so this means we have a video online and the internet community gets to VOTE on who they want to see win this contest. Please click on this link and follow the directions on how to access the voting. If you feel compelled to support our cause vote for us. If one of the other stories touches you, vote for them. It's that simple. It may take you a few minutes, but if you would like to see Robert and I attempt one of the greatest challenges any ostomate has faced (besides being ill) then give us your vote.

If we win this contest it means we get a dry place to sleep at night (as opposed to being in a tent on the ground) and a shower at the end of a long day (which means we get to change our pouches in somewhat better conditions). We also get a mechanic to help with our bikes, which is huge, because in a race like this the last thing you want to have happen is to go down with bike failure.

Voting starts July 1, 2006 and ends on the July 7, 2006. Please take the time to help us out. For more information check out RaceFace here and the TransRockies here.

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