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Check out recent articles featuring Victoria Grandmothers for Africa.

  • National Philanthropy Day. Nov 15, 2020. Watch a video about Giving Hearts Honour Roll Recipients, including VG4A. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Euw6o2ipGE4&feature=youtu.be
  • Senior Living Magazine, Sep 30, 2020.   Linda Mills celebrates learning to ride a bike. 
http://www.seniorlivingmag.com/2020/09/30/3-%c2%bd-months-learning-to-ride-a-bike-again-at-75-by-linda-mills/
  • Times Colonist photo of cyclists at end of ride.  Pedro Arrais, October 11, 2020.  
  • https://www.timescolonist.com/islander/our-community-grandmothers-pedal-for-their-counterparts-in-africa-1.24218895?fbclid=IwAR0ybzkICCruRBYXdf__75vnRhSClJH6rtPfhpK6_AGr9PTRCRHLIXrJ9kM
  • Globe and Mail features Victoria Cycle Tour in PITCHING IN.   www.theglobeandmail.com/business/article-pitching-in-victoria-grandmothers-for-africa-group-holds-virtual-bike/
  • Times Colonist congratulates cyclists as we smash fundraising records. September 27 2020. (scroll down) 
  • https://www.timescolonist.com/islander/our-community-dealer-joins-with-cool-aid-insurer-to-give-car-to-someone-in-need-1.24210535
  • Vic News announces the start of our ride.  August 17, 2020.  https://www.vicnews.com/community/victoria-grandmothers-for-africa-take-on-virtual-ride-across-sub-saharan-africa/
  • ​Stefa Katamay's radio interview on CFAX.  August 14, 2020.  https://www.iheartradio.ca/cfax-1070/audio/grandmothers-for-africa-cycling-tour-1.13236651?mode=Article
  • 3 VG4A cyclists are featured in CHEK NEWS video about 2020 Cycle Tour.  August 2 2020.  
         https://www.cheknews.ca/victoria-grandmothers-to-cycle-combined-18107-kilometres-to-help-fight-aids-             in-africa-687999/
  • Stephen Lewis on COVID and Africa.  The Current Mar 25 2020.  https://www.cbc.ca/radio/thecurrent/the-current-for-march-25-2020-1.5509214/world-will-survive-covid-19-only-if-swift-action-taken-to-help-africa-un-humanitarian-says-1.5509728
  • Online article for Senior Living Inspired 55+ by Stefa Katamay: https://www.seniorlivingmag.com/cycling-with-vg4a/
  • Cordova Bay news - turn to page 5 (Mary Horton): ​http://www.cbasn.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/Cordovan-Summer-2019-Draft-3.pdf
  • https://www.comoxvalleyrecord.com/news/cycle-tour-for-african-grandmothers-coming-through-the-comox-valley/
  • https://tidechange.ca/2019/08/20/victoria-cycle-tour-for-africa/
  •  https://www.campbellrivermirror.com/community/campbell-river-grandmothers-ride-again/?fbclid=IwAR1xPwTp0CY6chmax-zlddHOSo4ONEym-cEffkk-BjOmlf-pdcITqwwyr8Q
  • Campbell River Mirror (Erika Kellerhals): https://www.campbellrivermirror.com/community/local-doctor-ready-to-join-grandmothers-in-annual-ride/?fbclid=IwAR2Ukr4OjKpI0G3Bi7QG1hptOkvDtqsWFaQ0hNyqagPKSzpsgBJ9rLOxwOo
  • Vic News (reporter came to Carol Crane's for coffee September 2 2019): 
         https://www.vicnews.com/news/grandmas-for-africa-takes-on-275km-ride-from-campbell-river-to-victoria/​
  • Comox Valley Record online August 2019: https://www.comoxvalleyrecord.com/news/cycle-tour-for-african-grandmothers-coming-through-the-comox-valley/
  • The Cordovan Newsletter Summer 2019 (turn to page 5): http://www.cbasn.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/Cordovan-Summer-2019-Draft-3.pdf
  • Article in Senior Living "Inspired" online magazine May 2019: https://www.seniorlivingmag.com/cycling-with-vg4a/  
  • article in Seaside Living September 2018:  https://issuu.com/seasidetimes/docs/seaside0918forweb/64
  • Vic News online September 2018: www.vicnews.com/news/victoria-grandmothers-cycle-to-end-stigma-help-womens-rights-in-africa/
  • Comox Valley Record September 6, 2018: https://www.comoxvalleyrecord.com/news/island-women-cycling-275-km-to-fight-aids-in-africa-2/amp/ 
  • Ladysmith Chronicle August 29, 2018: https://www.ladysmithchronicle.com/news/island-women-cycling-275-km-to-fight-aids-in-africa/; https://www.ladysmithchronicle.com/news/island-women-cycling-275-km-to-fight-aids-in-africa/; 
  • Article in Island Grandparent summer 2018: https://issuu.com/islandparent/docs/ig_summer_18 (turn to page 29)
  • Senior Living "Inspired" Magazine online April 2018: https://www.seniorlivingmag.com/cycling-for-strength/
    Senior Living "Inspired" Magazine online May 2018: https://www.seniorlivingmag.com/gratitude-for-grandmas/
  • Campbell River Grannies join the Ride
         Campbell River Mirror August 24 2017
  • ​Our Community Grannies Hit the Road to Aid Africa
         Times Colonist July 10 2017         
  • Grandmothers on a Mission
         YOUR late summer 2016 p.34
         (please see "blog" for this article)
  • An awesome video of the 275 km Cycle Tour in 2017
  • Coverage of the 275 tour in the Campbell River Mirror
  • Gregor Craigie interview with VG4A's Rose Mary Ormerod about the Cycle Tour
  • Bike Freedom 50+ a new initiative to get older adults comfortable about biking
  • ​Cycling Keeps Your Immune System Young
  • Grandmothers Ride to Victoria
          Campbell River Mirror Sep 9, 2016      
  • Grandmothers bike across Vancouver Island
         CHEK NEWS Sep 11, 2016        
        
  • Grandmothers Roll Out Support for Africa
         Saanich News, September 5, 2016
         www.saanichnews.com/news/392196731.html
  • Grandmothers Will Cycle Again for Africa
         Times Colonist, July 31, 2016
         http://digital.timescolonist.com/epaper/viewer.aspx?noredirect=true
  • That Cyclist in Spandex May be Someone’s Grandmother
    Seaside Magazine, September 2015
    seasidemagazine.ca/that-cyclist-in-spandex-may-be-someones-grandmother/
  • Grandmothers for Africa Back with 50 km ride
    Peninsula News Review, September 2, 2015 – page A11
    peninsulanewsreview.com/eeditions/?iid=i20150904095100694
  • Victoria Grandmothers for Africa in for the long haul. Two in fact.
    Times Colonist, August 22, 2015
    timescolonist.com/news/local/victoria-grandmothers-for-africa-in-for-the-long-haul-two-in-fact-1.2038192
  • Cuisine out of Africa
    Times Colonist, April 22, 2015
    timescolonist.com/life/food-drink/eric-akis-cuisine-out-of-africa-1.1830400
  • Senior Living Expo 2015 (photo only) 
    Senior Living Magazine, April 2015 – page 34
    seniorlivingmag.com/issues/2015/04
  • Ins and Outs of Charitable Giving
    The Scrivener, Fall 2014 - page 44-45
    notaries.bc.ca/resources/scrivener/Fall2014/pdf/Scriv%20Fall%2014-online.pdf
  • Valley Grandmothers set to Cycle to Victoria
    Comox Echo, September 3, 2013 
    (no longer available online)
  • Great Grannies (photo)
    Comox Valley Record, September 10, 2013 - page 4
    comoxvalleyrecord.com/eeditions/?iid=i20130910100010948
  • Letters to the Editor: "Grandmothers help turn the tide of AIDS" 
    Times Colonist, Wednesday September 18, 2013
    timescolonist.com/comment-grandmothers-help-africans-turn-the-tide-of-aids-1.628163
  • Grandmothers for grandmothers – Three Oak Bay Seniors Aiding the Cause
    Oak Bay TWEED, Fall 2013 - page 44-45
    vicnews.com/eeditions/?iid=i20130919181831567&pid=p20120309121148491
  • Victoria grannies tackle bike trek for Africa's less fortunate
    VicNews.com, September 8, 2010 
    vicnews.com/news/129459673.html
  • We Shall Not Rest
    Senior Living Magazine (Vancouver Island), September 2010 
    seniorlivingmag.com/articles/we-shall-not-rest
  • Grandmothers as Agents for Change 
    Life as a Human, August 26, 2010
    lifeasahuman.com/2010/mind-spirit/inspirational/grandmothers-as-agents-of-change/
  • Stride to Turn the Tide
    Senior Living Magazine (Vancouver Island), 2010
    http://www.seniorlivingmag.com/articles/turn-the-tide 

































































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