Raised:
$149,48493%Goal:
$160,000

Richmond

Hosted by Journey Home Community

240Participants41Teams50Volunteers

What moves you? The Ride for Refuge, a family-friendly fundraising bike + walk in support of local charities serving people seeking hope, safety, and freedom. Join us Saturday, Sept. 23, 2023!

Community Sponsors

Richmond (Journey Home Community) is super grateful for our fantastic 2023 sponsors! View all sponsors >

MacDonald Realty Westmar

Lead Sponsor

David Pel & Company Inc.

Richmond Scoreboard

Are you thrashing the competition (for a good cause)? Find out here! Stats are updated every 15 minutes. See how you stack up on the national scoreboard >

Teams

Participants

#	Team Name	Captain	Members	Raised
1	Founders' Feet	John Dyck	3	17,500.00
2	LHF Bad Boys & Girls for Life!	Drew Kowalenko	19	11,866.00
3	5K for refuge	Brad Kinnie	4	8,600.00
4	TEAM NACC - IN TRIBUTE OF JOHN SCHAAP	Peter Van Ooyen	28	8,481.00
5	Olivet	Wendy Amy	8	7,965.00
6	Journey Home Pedal Pushers	Miriam Soet	9	6,876.66
7	Linked	Lisa Zhang	17	6,465.00
8	Hillsiders and Friends	Dan Schmidt	15	4,775.00
9	Maureen & Russ's Foxtrot	Russ Fox	4	4,520.00
10	LightofHope	Osayi Aiwekhoe	9	3,940.00
11	Southside Riders	Duane Gingrich	1	3,700.00
12	Krazy Krenzlers	Michelle Krenzler	2	3,700.00
13	RP Riders	Cam Roxburgh	8	3,575.00
14	North Stars	Reg Dyck	9	3,247.00
15	Wong Bunch	Phoebe Wong	9	3,050.00
16	St. John's Easy Riders	Ann Barker	3	2,425.00
17	ECC Riders	Ken Pierce	1	2,065.00
18	UN Eagles	Jane Rukaria	3	2,050.00
19	Active 4 Refuge	Rachel Chin	5	1,765.00
20	Living Hope	Ruben Heyn	1	1,570.00
21	We Like It Outdoors	Vanessa Roth	3	1,540.00
22	MacNeill Christian Club	Jackson Leung	4	1,315.00
23	Robyn Hood and Merry Many	Robyn Epp	4	1,280.00
24	The Chariots	Jen Lee	5	1,245.00
25	SUPERNOVAS	Ron Hammell	8	1,140.00
26	#Blessed	Jessica Dailly	4	1,135.00
27	Wiens and Friends	Bert Wiens	5	1,100.00
28	The walkie talkies	Karin Poller	5	1,000.00
29	Walking by faith	Sara Martinez	1	980.00
30	Team Support	Adedolapo Abe	1	885.00
31	LK 20K	Lydia Kinnie	5	850.00
32	Small Victories	Seth Anderson	5	700.00
33	Team Judi	Judi Khalil	2	700.00
34	Team Takenaka	Emily MacNeil (Takenaka)	7	580.00
35	Ordinary Folk	Jorge Canedo E.	1	475.00
36	Every Nation Church	Efren Yang	1	375.00
37	Best Family Riders	John Best	5	375.00
38	Friends with big heart	Saeid Karimi	3	250.00
39	BPGC	Galacia Tan	2	150.00
40	Trinity Western University	Local Outreach	1	145.00

#	Name	Team Name	Donors	Raised
1	Brad Kinnie	5K for refuge	32	7,825.00
2	James Grunau	Founders' Feet	34	7,400.00
3	John Dyck	Founders' Feet	20	6,500.00
4	Duane Gingrich	Southside Riders	11	3,700.00
5	Seyon Kim		27	3,528.84
6	Len Soet	Journey Home Pedal Pushers	34	2,813.33
7	Dan Schmidt	Hillsiders and Friends	8	2,100.00
8	Miriam Soet	Journey Home Pedal Pushers	27	2,083.33
9	Osayi Aiwekhoe	LightofHope	21	2,070.00
10	Ken Pierce	ECC Riders	8	2,065.00
11	Carla Morgan	Linked	25	1,950.00
12	Yujin Lim	Olivet	25	1,625.00
13	Russ Fox	Maureen & Russ's Foxtrot	7	1,575.00
14	Ruben Heyn	Living Hope	17	1,370.00
15	Ann Barker	St. John's Easy Riders	18	1,325.00
16	Joanne Schaap	TEAM NACC - IN TRIBUTE OF JOHN SCHAAP	12	1,325.00
17	Drew Kowalenko	LHF Bad Boys & Girls for Life!	10	1,290.00
18	David Pel	TEAM NACC - IN TRIBUTE OF JOHN SCHAAP	9	1,275.00
19	Melissa Gendron	North Stars	11	1,237.00
20	Peter Van Ooyen	TEAM NACC - IN TRIBUTE OF JOHN SCHAAP	9	1,235.00
21	Wendy Amy	Olivet	10	1,200.00
22	Ken Davis	Maureen & Russ's Foxtrot	13	1,195.00
23	Doug David	Olivet	19	1,175.00
24	Ken Pudlas	Founders' Feet	7	1,150.00
25	Jane Rukaria	UN Eagles	15	1,150.00
26	Tara Hung	Linked	8	1,075.00
27	May Mah	Wong Bunch	7	1,075.00
28	Timothy Mah	MacNeill Christian Club	15	1,065.00
29	Sara Martinez	Walking by faith	8	980.00
30	Rob Lee	LHF Bad Boys & Girls for Life!	3	970.00
31	Mike Budzik	Olivet	5	900.00
32	Cohen De regt	LHF Bad Boys & Girls for Life!	13	876.00
33	Cherry Yeung	Active 4 Refuge	17	830.00
34	Adedolapo Abe	Team Support	9	810.00
35	Stephanie Fehr	Olivet	9	800.00
36	Vanessa Roth	We Like It Outdoors	10	800.00
37	Jessica Dailly	#Blessed	11	785.00
38	Robyn Epp	Robyn Hood and Merry Many	10	740.00
39	Cerelina Gurat	Olivet	16	715.00
40	Elsa Hrubizna	TEAM NACC - IN TRIBUTE OF JOHN SCHAAP	13	673.00
41	Scott Fehr	Olivet	3	650.00
42	Lisa Zhang	Linked	11	620.00
43	Michelle Krenzler	Krazy Krenzlers	1	600.00
44	Joanne Jaeger	RP Riders	2	600.00
45	Jonathan Han	Linked	6	600.00
46	Phoebe Wong	Wong Bunch	11	600.00
47	Lesley Chung	St. John's Easy Riders	9	600.00
48	Kerry Dyck	North Stars	5	575.00
49	Bill and Jane Vantriet	TEAM NACC - IN TRIBUTE OF JOHN SCHAAP	7	570.00
50	Hudson & Kamil Chojnacki	RP Riders	8	550.00
51	Daniel de Regt	LHF Bad Boys & Girls for Life!	6	525.00
52	Bernard Poller	The walkie talkies	2	525.00
53	Jeff Svanhill	5K for refuge	1	500.00
54	Dan Jaeger	RP Riders	1	500.00
55	Nicole Eby-Batiz	RP Riders	6	500.00
56	Julia Barker	St. John's Easy Riders	6	500.00
57	Julia Giuriato	Journey Home Pedal Pushers	1	500.00
58	Rylan Friesen	Team Judi	3	500.00
59	Wayne Wong	Wong Bunch	9	495.00
60	Durwin Gray	Hillsiders and Friends	6	475.00
61	Rorie Morgan	Linked	6	425.00
62	Debra Colvin	Journey Home Pedal Pushers	8	425.00
63	Japhet Jemina	LightofHope	6	425.00
64	Linda Kowalenko	LHF Bad Boys & Girls for Life!	5	425.00
65	Deb Judas	RP Riders	5	425.00
66	Tristan Lee	LHF Bad Boys & Girls for Life!	5	405.00
67	Karin Poller	The walkie talkies	7	400.00
68	Silvia Naidu	The Chariots	3	400.00
69	Patricia Finlay	Olivet	5	400.00
70	Cam Roxburgh	RP Riders	4	400.00
71	Bert Wiens	Wiens and Friends	2	400.00
72	Joy P	LightofHope	7	395.00
73	Emily MacNeil (Takenaka)	Team Takenaka	4	380.00
74	Adam Kowalenko	LHF Bad Boys & Girls for Life!	4	375.00
75	Tim Barton	Hillsiders and Friends	7	375.00
76	Sara Stewart	Linked	3	375.00
77	Leslie Zenger	Journey Home Pedal Pushers	6	355.00
78	R Shinkawa	LHF Bad Boys & Girls for Life!	4	350.00
79	Ron Hammell	SUPERNOVAS	2	350.00
80	Lydia Kinnie	LK 20K	3	350.00
81	Flora Johnson	Journey Home Pedal Pushers	3	350.00
82	Eunice C	LightofHope	5	350.00
83	Ellie Jin	LHF Bad Boys & Girls for Life!	5	345.00
84	Daniel Lee	LHF Bad Boys & Girls for Life!	7	330.00
85	Talia Kwon	LHF Bad Boys & Girls for Life!	3	325.00
86	Norah Hrubizna	TEAM NACC - IN TRIBUTE OF JOHN SCHAAP	5	318.00
87	Debra Shelley	Wong Bunch	2	300.00
88	Jorge Canedo E.	Ordinary Folk	2	300.00
89	Naomi Schmidt	Hillsiders and Friends	2	300.00
90	Sophie Kowalenko	LHF Bad Boys & Girls for Life!	3	300.00
91	Dave Verner	TEAM NACC - IN TRIBUTE OF JOHN SCHAAP	1	300.00
92	Marina Sedai	UN Eagles	6	300.00
93	George Noble	TEAM NACC - IN TRIBUTE OF JOHN SCHAAP	2	300.00
94	Aisha Zein	5K for refuge	4	275.00
95	Rachel Chin	Active 4 Refuge	6	255.00
96	Kayla Leong	LK 20K	1	250.00
97	Jason Leong	LK 20K	1	250.00
98	Allan Soper	Linked	1	250.00
99	Jackson Leung	MacNeill Christian Club	2	250.00
100	Edith Siu	Active 4 Refuge	7	250.00
101	Stan Potma	Hillsiders and Friends	1	250.00
102	Blanche Ki	Active 4 Refuge	8	250.00
103	Francie Palmer	Journey Home Pedal Pushers	5	250.00
104	Elicia Hrubizna	TEAM NACC - IN TRIBUTE OF JOHN SCHAAP	2	250.00
105	Liz Bode	Linked	3	250.00
106	JoAnne Epp	Robyn Hood and Merry Many	3	240.00
107	Dave Durley	Wong Bunch	3	230.00
108	Brian Francescini	Small Victories	2	225.00
109	P Kwon	LHF Bad Boys & Girls for Life!	3	225.00
110	Hadi Rezwani	North Stars	4	225.00
111	Verena Jones	SUPERNOVAS	3	225.00
112	Malena Vazquez	We Like It Outdoors	4	215.00
113	Sarah Schouten	TEAM NACC - IN TRIBUTE OF JOHN SCHAAP	2	200.00
114	Steve Jin	LHF Bad Boys & Girls for Life!	1	200.00
115	Daniel Anggara	TEAM NACC - IN TRIBUTE OF JOHN SCHAAP	1	200.00
116	Winifred Blawah	Linked	2	200.00
117	Kathy Krahn	Small Victories	1	200.00
118	Jolene Dykstra	Robyn Hood and Merry Many	3	200.00
119	Art Forster	TEAM NACC - IN TRIBUTE OF JOHN SCHAAP	1	200.00
120	Elena Hasiuk	Small Victories	1	200.00
121	Wendy Zhong	TEAM NACC - IN TRIBUTE OF JOHN SCHAAP	3	200.00
122	Bronwyn Lee	The Chariots	4	200.00
123	Ron & Pamela Durkee	RP Riders	3	200.00
124	Herieth Ringo	LightofHope	3	200.00
125	Peter Frouws	TEAM NACC - IN TRIBUTE OF JOHN SCHAAP	1	200.00
126	Beth Bosnick	Linked	1	200.00
127	Michel Proulx	Hillsiders and Friends	1	200.00
128	Larry Asselstine	TEAM NACC - IN TRIBUTE OF JOHN SCHAAP	1	200.00
129	Judi Khalil	Team Judi	3	200.00
130	Colton Lee	The Chariots	3	195.00
131	Saeid Karimi	Friends with big heart	3	185.00
132	Scott Barrett	North Stars	4	180.00
133	Justine Mallou	LightofHope	3	180.00
134	Hidekel Ramirez	We Like It Outdoors	2	175.00
135	Teena Shinkawa	LHF Bad Boys & Girls for Life!	3	175.00
136	Jem Dioquino	SUPERNOVAS	2	175.00
137	Cole Brandon	North Stars	4	170.00
138	Sam Paras	North Stars	4	160.00
139	Char Dozzi	Hillsiders and Friends	3	150.00
140	Jen Lee	The Chariots	2	150.00
141	Reg Dyck	North Stars	3	150.00
142	Makki Esteban	Hillsiders and Friends	1	150.00
143	Joey Kowalenko	LHF Bad Boys & Girls for Life!	3	150.00
144	Doug Wiebe	#Blessed	2	150.00
145	Chloe Francisco	SUPERNOVAS	2	150.00
146	Chris Lee	The Chariots	2	150.00
147	Neil Jongbloed	LHF Bad Boys & Girls for Life!	1	150.00
148	Connie Lewis	Hillsiders and Friends	3	150.00
149	Galacia Tan	BPGC	3	150.00
150	Miena Yue	Linked	2	150.00
151	Adele Warner	Wong Bunch	3	150.00
152	Pat Frouws	TEAM NACC - IN TRIBUTE OF JOHN SCHAAP	3	145.00
153	Local Outreach	Trinity Western University	14	145.00
154	Jennifer Lee	Hillsiders and Friends	3	125.00
155	Colleen Van Ooyen	TEAM NACC - IN TRIBUTE OF JOHN SCHAAP	1	110.00
156	Cam Dailly	#Blessed	2	100.00
157	Alan Chan	LHF Bad Boys & Girls for Life!	2	100.00
158	Ricky Shetty	Maureen & Russ's Foxtrot	1	100.00
159	Phyllis Schouten	TEAM NACC - IN TRIBUTE OF JOHN SCHAAP	1	100.00
160	Arron Warner	Wong Bunch	1	100.00
161	Marion Warkentin	Linked	1	100.00
162	Mark Warkentin	Linked	1	100.00
163	Johannes Schouten	TEAM NACC - IN TRIBUTE OF JOHN SCHAAP	2	100.00
164	Nathan Chan	LHF Bad Boys & Girls for Life!	2	100.00
165	Jordan Isaak	Hillsiders and Friends	2	100.00
166	Ari Esteban	Hillsiders and Friends	2	100.00
167	Mary-Anne Stinson	Hillsiders and Friends	2	100.00
168	Mark Krenzler	Krazy Krenzlers	2	100.00
169	Kristina Wiebe	#Blessed	2	100.00
170	Jeremiah Mallou	LightofHope	1	100.00
171	Bryan Kye	TEAM NACC - IN TRIBUTE OF JOHN SCHAAP	1	100.00
172	Joelle Wiles	Hillsiders and Friends	2	100.00
173	Rosa Warkentin	Linked	3	95.00
174	Ajwad Makame	Small Victories	1	75.00
175	Matthew Takenaka	Team Takenaka	1	75.00
176	Leah Takenaka	Team Takenaka	1	75.00
177	Matias Ortega	The walkie talkies	1	75.00
178	Kiana Yazdani	LightofHope	2	70.00
179	Natasha L	LightofHope	1	50.00
180	Kevin Wiens	Wiens and Friends	1	50.00
181	Eunji Lee	TEAM NACC - IN TRIBUTE OF JOHN SCHAAP	1	50.00
182	Tyra Weitman-Soet	Journey Home Pedal Pushers	1	50.00
183	Anna Luo		1	50.00
184	Sabrina Ting	Team Takenaka	2	50.00
185	Carmela Bardsnes	Linked	1	50.00
186	Jordan Weitman-Soet	Journey Home Pedal Pushers	1	50.00
187	connie grocott	UN Eagles	1	50.00
188	Shelley Roxburgh	RP Riders	1	50.00
189	Caleb Barrett	North Stars	1	50.00
190	Ada Lee	Active 4 Refuge	1	30.00
191	Hannah David	SUPERNOVAS	1	25.00
192	Candace Jackman	SUPERNOVAS	1	25.00
193	Don Moore	SUPERNOVAS	1	25.00
194	Joanna Jackman	SUPERNOVAS	1	25.00
195	Elham Karimi	Friends with big heart	1	15.00
196	Cindy Cho	TEAM NACC - IN TRIBUTE OF JOHN SCHAAP
197	Alexander Best	Best Family Riders
198	Eleonore Wiens	Wiens and Friends
199	Christy Best	Best Family Riders
200	Jiyoung Jung	TEAM NACC - IN TRIBUTE OF JOHN SCHAAP
201	Howard Yu	TEAM NACC - IN TRIBUTE OF JOHN SCHAAP
202	Zhiqun Luo
203	Raphael Lee	MacNeill Christian Club
204	John Best	Best Family Riders
205	Khamis Khama	5K for refuge
206	Caleb Fraser	MacNeill Christian Club
207	Paul Reilly
208	Teri Potma	Hillsiders and Friends
209	Grace Ngara	The walkie talkies
210	Chiara Evangelisti	LK 20K
211	Mark Helms	North Stars
212	Isaac Li	Linked
213	Megan Lam	BPGC
214	Joshua Best	Best Family Riders
215	Hannah Best	Best Family Riders
216	Raihana Mohammadi
217	Jawad Husaini
218	Lena Byun	TEAM NACC - IN TRIBUTE OF JOHN SCHAAP
219	Craig Bosnick	Linked
220	Stan Epp	Robyn Hood and Merry Many
221	Seth Anderson	Small Victories
222	Alex Park	TEAM NACC - IN TRIBUTE OF JOHN SCHAAP
223	Monika Kim	TEAM NACC - IN TRIBUTE OF JOHN SCHAAP
224	Gillian Mervyn Palejko	Maureen & Russ's Foxtrot
225	Stan Takenaka	Team Takenaka
226	Tim Takenaka	Team Takenaka
227	Natalie Warkentin	Wong Bunch
228	Efren Yang	Every Nation Church
229	Timothy Warkentin	Wong Bunch
230	Lori Takenaka	Team Takenaka
231	Sherry Mo	Friends with big heart
232	George Noble	TEAM NACC - IN TRIBUTE OF JOHN SCHAAP
233	Tahira Mohammadi

The Challenge

Got a big-hearted business, workplace, group, church, or community? Step up and join the Challenge to compete for your local pride in support of RIDE. Check the National Challengeboard to see more!

The Neighborhood Church$6,465.00Faith

Journey Home$3,575.00Faith

St. John's Vancouver Anglican Church$2,425.00Faith

Emmanuel Christian Community$2,065.00Faith

Refugee Missions, Tenth Church Volunteers$885.00Faith

Ordinary Folk$475.00Business

ENS & ENV$375.00Faith

Hillsiders$250.00Faith

Burnaby Pacific Grace$150.00Faith

Trinity Western University$145.00Faith

About Journey Home Community

our mission Inspired by God’s love, we are creating caring communities

that offer refugee claimants housing, settlement support, and opportunities for connection.

our vision We envision a society where all refugees experience hope and belonging as they engage in meaningful participation in their community and flourish in all aspects of life. Journey Home Community exists to welcome newly arriving refugee claimant families into the Metro Vancouver area.

Will you support our vision and draw alongside refugee families?

Families arrive after fleeing persecution, seeking a new home in a safe place. After settling they are ready to utilize their multiple skills and abilities to make Canada an even better place!

JOIN US IN MAKING A DIFFERENCE FOR THESE COURAGEOUS FAMILIES.

ride or walk with us on September 23.

Money raised in this year's Ride for Refuge is going to support a range of vital supports for newly arriving refugee claimants. You will be helping us:

- Provide transitional housing and emergency food security

- Case-managed support including direct settlement services

- Referrals to existing community resources

- A caring community that shares welcome, love, and belonging

On September 23, Ride for Refuge 2023 will be immediately followed by a Celebration Event. All Riders, Participants, Donors, and Sponsors are invited to join, even if your event is on a different day.

Learn more about Journey Home Community at our website.

Event Day Details

Save the date - RIDE Day is September 23, 2023!

StartGoogle Map

5240 Woodwards Rd, Richmond, BC V7E 1H1

Schedule

10:00 am: Meet Check-in + Welcome

11:00 am: Move Send-off

12:00 pm: Munch Light meal served

1:00 pm: Mosey Thank You! See you in 2024!

Not able to join us at the Main Event? We hope you'll register, fundraise and participate offsite with friends and family.

Route Details

Route Distances: We have great routes where you can walk 2.5 or 5 km or bike 10 or 20 km.

Rest Stops: There will be one rest stop on each route with yummy snacks and drinks.

Signage: Routes will be well-signed with our bold orange RIDE signs.

Route Support: Route marshals, rest stop hosts, and support vehicle drivers will provide support along the route.

Children 12 and Under must be accompanied by a parent or guardian at all times.

No Pets: We love our little furballs like you do, but pets are not permitted at Ride for Refuge except for approved and trained service animals. Read more about our pet policy >

Check-in

All participants check-in personally at the event on Saturday, September 23, 2023.

T-shirts! Fundraising participants who raise $150+ (or $75+ for those under 18) will receive a RIDE shirt as a thank you on Event Day, while supplies last.

There is no registration fee to participate in the Ride for Refuge, but most participants raise $250-300 or more in support of their charity.

Have questions? Visit the FAQ section!

Handling Money

Credit Card: The Best Option! Simple, secure, automatically tax receipted for gifts of $20+. Visit the Donate page, share your personal page link, or have your donor call the RIDE Head Office.

Cheques: The Old Faithful - made out to Ride for Refuge with your name on the Memo line. Mail them to RIDE Head Office along with your completed pledge form.

Cash: You have 2 options:

1. Login to FundHub, click “Enter $$ and Cheques,” create pledges for your cash donations, pay them off with your personal credit card, and keep the cash. OR...

2. Write a cheque (made out to “Ride for Refuge”) for the total amount of cash you’ve collected. Mail it to the RIDE Head Office with your completed pledge sheet.

Waivers

All participants should register online.

Adults accept the waiver automatically when they register online.

Youth/Children: under 18 need a waiver signed by their parent or guardian.

An online waiver form will be emailed to all parents/guardians before RIDE Day.

You may also bring a filled-out paper waiver.

Waivers will be available at check-in on RIDE Day.

What to Bring

A few common sense suggestions:

A cell phone for emergencies (recommended but not required)

Your bike and helmet or walking shoes

Extra snacks if you have allergies or food sensitivities

Your own water bottle

Warm layers with moisture-repelling clothing. Late September weather can be cool, with rain and wind. The weather might also be gorgeous and sunny. So be sure to keep your eye on the forecast.

A passion for the charity you're walking and fundraising for!

Richmond Maps

Check out this year's RIDE route maps below:

2/5kmView + print!

2.5km route turnaround at Hollymount Gate

10kmView + print!

20kmView + print!

Contact Us

RIDE Richmond 2023

The RIDE Team Participant & Donor Services
Toll Free 1.877.743.3413 / Phone 519.603.2250
Email richmond@rideforrefuge.org