"Kilometers For Kids"

Keep Aug 1st open on your calendar.....!!!!!

Rodney Stafford [the father of Tori Stafford the little girl who was tragically murdered here in Woodstock on April 8th] has asked me to perform at "Kilometers For Kids" an fundraising event / bike ride he is putting on in conjunction with Child Find Canada.

I don't have a lot of details at the moment, however I know the activities are scheduled to start at 1pm and continue through 1am at The Oxford Auditorium in Woodstock, Ontario.

There will be lots for the kiddies' to do during the day and live bands in the evening.
I have been asked to help organize some bands for the event so I am in the process of asking friends for favors to make the event a huge success.

This man has been through hell and back over the last 3 months and it is incredible that he is taking on such an event in order to help out other families who may find themselves in the same situation he has endured.

It is the very least we can do to support this event and show Rodney and Tori's extended family we support their courage and selflessness.

I will keep everyone posted on details as they come in....

Below is an artcile from the Woodstock Sentinel Review about Rodney's Bike Ride "Kilometers For Kids".

He's a father who wants to make the world a better place for children.
Rodney Stafford plans to bike 3,453 kilometres across Canada to raise money for Child Find Ontario.

"It's all in memory of Victoria," said Stafford.
The "Kilometres for Kids" fundraiser will kick off Aug. 1 with an event at the Oxford Auditorium. The next day, Stafford will set out for Edmonton on his bike.

"I've got it slated so that there will be eight stops along the way to Edmonton," he said.

The stops will be fundraising events for Child Find Ontario. Tori's aunt Rebecca Stafford is organizing one in Edmonton and several families are working on fundraisers in Barrie and Sudbury, he said.

Stafford is looking for local sponsors to pledge 1-cent or 10-cents a kilometre in exchange for company names and logos on "Kilometres for Kids" T-shirts. He's also hoping someone will donate a bike that's capable of a cross-Canada trek.

Stafford aims to reach Edmonton by Sept. 2. After arriving, he plans to release a purple balloon from a mountain in Jasper that Tori visited on a trip with her aunt Rebecca.
"It was probably one of the highest places she ever was, and if it's true she has passed, I want to be as close as I can to release the balloon," said Stafford.

KILOMETRES FOR KIDS
Where: Oxford Auditorium at the Woodstock Fairgrounds
When: Aug. 1 from 1 p.m. to 1 a.m.
What: Games, music, dancers, kids entertainment, draws for prizes and finger printing by Child Find Ontario
Admission: $10 for one adult, $15 for a couple, kids are free
All Proceeds Go To Child Find Ontario
Anyone interested in sponsoring Stafford can e-mail r_v_stafford@hotmail.com.