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103%$31,016Goal: $30,000

Saskatoon

Global Gathering Place

118 Participants|16 Teams|26 Volunteers|2 Days Left

The RIDE is a family-friendly fundraising ride/walk where we gather for local charities that support people who are seeking hope, safety, + freedom all across Canada. Join us Saturday, Oct 4, 2025!

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Event Day Details

Save the date - RIDE Day is October 4, 2025!

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414 Spadina Crescent E, Saskatoon, SK S7K 3G5


Amphitheater at River Landing

Schedule

  • 3:00 pm: Meet Check-in
  • 3:45 pm: Muster Gather for Opening Remarks
  • 4:00 pm: Move Send-off
  • 5:00 pm: Munch Light meal served
  • 6:00 pm: Mosey Thank You! See you in 2026!

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: The rest stop will have 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 attending at the Main Event on Saturday, October 4, 2025 must check-in upon arrival.
  • Please Note: There is no registration fee to participate in the Ride for Refuge but fundraising is encouraged.
  • 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.
  • Offsite fundraising participants can contact their local event director to arrange shirt pickup the week of the event.

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 must register online and accept the electronic waiver.


  • Adults accept the waiver automatically when they register online.
  • Youth/Children: under the age of majority need a waiver signed by their parent or guardian.
  • An online waiver form will be emailed to all parents/guardians before RIDE Day.
  • 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. Early October 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 fundraising for!

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About Global Gathering Place

Global Gathering Place is a prairie settlement organization, providing vital services to refugees and immigrants in Saskatoon since 1998. Our work is propelled by two simple truths:

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1. Every newcomer is deserving of a joyful and fulfilling life.


2. Refugees and immigrants, when given the opportunity, make valuable contributions to all aspects of Canadian society.


We serve thousands of newcomers each year, providing a diversity of free programs and services to match the diversity of their needs. Most of our clients are coming to Canada through no choice of their own, fleeing conflicts and persecution, and their numbers continue to grow as global emergencies persist. As a drop-in centre and place of refuge, we also assist newcomers with unexpected needs that fall outside of our regular programs and services.


Funds raised through this year’s Ride for Refuge will provide much needed financial flexibility, enabling us to provide immediate support to those who bravely walk through our doors to ask for help. The Ride itself will be a fun and engaging opportunity for our community to show support and help unleash the potential of these strong, resourceful, and inspiring newcomers.

Saskatoon 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

Team ELC

Azalea Barrieses

19

3,525.85

2

REACH Provider

Cassie Pancyr

11

2,900.00

3

Team Awesome

Lori Steward

10

2,647.75

4

Global Gathering Place

Belma Podrug

2

2,500.00

5

PJ and Pals

Gabriel PausJenssen

3

2,300.00

6

The Paragons of Program Perfection

Kennedy Owen

5

2,012.50

7

The Boardwalkers

Jane Calder

9

1,340.00

8

SODS Dashers

Fatemeh Davoodizadeh

10

1,075.00

9

Saskatoon Cycles

Jason Hanson

3

955.00

10

SIA Iron Calves

Makenzie Murdock

10

720.00

11

Saskatoon Seekers

Trisha Little

6

680.00

12

Tour de Saskatoon?????

Kelsey Ford

1

540.00

13

Team Pazuzu

Don Schweitzer

7

400.00

14

Crops and Cows

Claire Owen

3

200.00

15

Pedals of Hope

Akintunde Owoseni

3

175.00

16

Saskatchewan Blue Cross - Team BLUE

Kari Dean

6

25.00

#

Name

Team Name

Donors

Raised

1

Belma Podrug

Global Gathering Place

13

2,005.00

2

Augustin Meili

REACH Provider

2

1,200.00

3

RaeLynn Hildebrandt

Team Awesome

13

1,007.00

4

Lori Steward

Team Awesome

20

859.75

5

Zita Balcaen

The Paragons of Program Perfection

2

672.50

6

Cassie Pancyr

REACH Provider

2

600.00

7

Afton Tolley

The Paragons of Program Perfection

4

560.00

8

Kelsey Ford

Tour de Saskatoon?????

11

540.00

9

Parastoo Dokouhaki

SODS Dashers

4

500.00

10

Mahli Brindamour

REACH Provider

1

500.00

11

Kennedy Owen

The Paragons of Program Perfection

6

495.00

12

Jason Hanson

Saskatoon Cycles

12

460.00

13

Azalea Barrieses

Team ELC

5

442.00

14

Chanda Tannis

The Boardwalkers

4

400.00

15

Ali Abukar

SODS Dashers

4

350.00

16

Ahmed ABDALLA

Team ELC

3

336.85

17

Gabriel PausJenssen

PJ and Pals

2

300.00

18

Gord Holtslander

Saskatoon Cycles

5

295.00

19

Manas Mambetsadykov

The Boardwalkers

5

275.00

20

Momtaj Begum

Team ELC

1

262.00

21

Silvana Lopes

Team ELC

1

262.00

22

Tetiana Nechmilova

Team ELC

2

262.00

23

Grace PausJenssen

PJ and Pals

1

250.00

24

Yuliia Hryshyna

Team ELC

1

250.00

25

Lisa PausJenssen

PJ and Pals

1

250.00

26

Fatima Sitli

Team ELC

1

238.00

27

Lubna Mirza

Team ELC

1

237.00

28

Pei Xuan Wang

Team ELC

1

237.00

29

Glady Calayan Blain

Team ELC

1

237.00

30

THI NGOC LAN NGUYEN

Team ELC

1

237.00

31

Gbenga David Rufai

The Boardwalkers

3

215.00

32

Ryan Meili

REACH Provider

1

200.00

33

Cynthia Hernandez

Saskatoon Cycles

4

200.00

34

Paula Paley

REACH Provider

1

200.00

35

Claire Owen

Crops and Cows

1

200.00

36

Charlene Neumeyer

Team ELC

1

200.00

37

Abraham Meili

REACH Provider

1

200.00

38

SURESH KALAGNANAM

The Boardwalkers

3

175.00

39

Marwah Al-Mufti

SIA Iron Calves

4

175.00

40

Colleen Walker

Team Pazuzu

2

150.00

41

Jess Hamm

SIA Iron Calves

1

150.00

42

Makenzie Murdock

SIA Iron Calves

1

150.00

43

Jeff Losie

The Paragons of Program Perfection

3

150.00

44

Maia Herriot

Global Gathering Place

1

135.00

45

Brenda Banbury

Saskatoon Seekers

2

130.00

46

David D'Eon

SIA Iron Calves

3

120.00

47

Akintunde Owoseni

Pedals of Hope

3

110.00

48

Trisha Little

Saskatoon Seekers

1

100.00

49

Don Schweitzer

Team Pazuzu

1

100.00

50

Mohammad Dolatdoost

Team ELC

1

100.00

51

Simon Schweitzer

Team Pazuzu

1

100.00

52

Liudmyla Karpenko

Team Awesome

1

98.00

53

Nowshin Nahar

Team Awesome

1

95.00

54

Katie McBride

Team ELC

2

75.00

55

Ehsan Daryabi

SIA Iron Calves

2

75.00

56

Ines Sifa

Team Awesome

1

51.00

57

Lois Wakeman

Saskatoon Seekers

1

50.00

58

Stephanie Shyluk

Team Pazuzu

1

50.00

59

Tom Rogers

Saskatoon Seekers

1

50.00

60

Cassidy Smith

SODS Dashers

1

50.00

61

Georgette Nader

Team Awesome

1

45.00

62

Sol B

Team Awesome

1

45.00

63

Ian Roach

Team Awesome

1

25.00

64

Nicola Aicken

Saskatchewan Blue Cross - Team BLUE

1

25.00

65

Chamara Rathnaweera

Team Awesome

1

25.00

66

Ahmad Daro

SIA Iron Calves

1

25.00

67

Terry Harrison

Saskatoon Seekers

1

25.00

68

Laureen Magno

69

Doris Wang

SODS Dashers

70

Iman Mahtabi

SODS Dashers

71

Natalie Owen

Crops and Cows

72

Karen Leis

REACH Provider

73

Pundarika Liu

Saskatchewan Blue Cross - Team BLUE

74

Glen Kobussen

The Boardwalkers

75

Mackenzie Hammond

SIA Iron Calves

76

Fatuma Khalif

Team Awesome

77

Fatemeh Davoodizadeh

SODS Dashers

78

Jane Calder

The Boardwalkers

79

Kenneth Awom

SODS Dashers

80

Shilu Gandhi

The Boardwalkers

81

Leo Driedger

REACH Provider

82

Nishit Gandhi

The Boardwalkers

83

Fujian Liu

Saskatchewan Blue Cross - Team BLUE

84

Shakirat Akintunde-Owoseni

Pedals of Hope

85

Lisa Focardi

SODS Dashers

86

Zander Rommelaere

Saskatchewan Blue Cross - Team BLUE

87

Jean Price

Team ELC

88

Abouzar TAMASSOKI

89

Bobby-Jo Ouellette

SIA Iron Calves

90

Mary Uzelman

Saskatoon Seekers

91

Emanuele Sacchi

92

Sofia Sacchi

93

Negin Nekavand

SIA Iron Calves

94

Inna Mashek

95

Fatima Sitli

Team ELC

96

Coleman Owen

Crops and Cows

97

Angela Lapetsky

REACH Provider

98

Hussien Abdelkader

Team ELC

99

Krzysztof Pabisiak

The Paragons of Program Perfection

100

gary nissen

101

Maryam Rezazadeh

102

Zaynab Akintunde-Owoseni

Pedals of Hope

103

Justin Babu

The Boardwalkers

104

Riley Pancyr

REACH Provider

105

Kamran Safakhah

Saskatchewan Blue Cross - Team BLUE

106

Kari Dean

Saskatchewan Blue Cross - Team BLUE

107

Ramlah Iqbal

SODS Dashers

108

Mansha Bhardwaj

Team ELC

109

Skylarrrrrr RAO

Team ELC

110

Kristi-Lee Stewart

SODS Dashers

111

Jon Godwin

REACH Provider

2024 RIDE Photos

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Contact Us


RIDE Saskatoon 2025

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Email saskatoon@rideforrefuge.org

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