A Burlington resident is planning to make a one-day trip to Leith on his bicycle to honour his departed father, who died after his fight with ALS.
Jeffrey Burnett, an advocate and ambassador for ALS, says he will be on the road June 25 to make the trek to his father’s resting place off the shores of Georgian Bay at Leith Cemetery. He is planning to depart Milton at 6 a.m. on Friday.
Burnett’s father Frank passed away in July 2020 after battling ALS.
Last August, Burnett completed his first charity ride from Milton to Leith to raise awareness for ALS and finished it in 10 hours. He streamed the whole thing on Facebook.
“Upon my dad’s diagnosis I began documenting the harshness of ALS by way of my social medial channels. The raw anguish, fright, loss of dignity and heart-breaking events. How it ripped through by hero’s body without care,” says Burnett. “I will start the ride again at my childhood home in Milton. I will hit stream-live on Facebook. I will take the same route on my bicycle as we did as a family over 35-years ago, not stopping until I ride into my dad’s resting place in Leith.”
On the ALS website, a fundraising goal of $500,000 has been set and donations can be made on the page.
To catch Burnett’s ALS ride on Friday, you can visit his Facebook page where he will be live streaming his journey.
Jeff Burnett was a guest on the CFOS Morning Show with Rick Ringer.
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