Orilla Packet & Times (Ontario, Canada)
Monday, September 11, 2006
Local News - A clutch of yellow-shirted cowboys winced at the blinding sun, saddled up their loyal rides, and trotted through a Tim Hortons drive-thru Sunday morning.
For Pastor Len Crow and his charity riders, it's becoming a tradition.
After getting his java, he led five other riders and a stagecoach down West Street to the Learning Centre to host a barbecue as well as horse and stagecoach rides.
The end-of-summer "roundup" is to encourage children to go to Sunday school, said the 52-year-old pastor of North Country Baptist Church. Though a spectacle in downtown Orillia, the jaunt is but a smidgen of the distance Crow and his charity riders plan to traverse in 2008.
That trek is to raise money to build an orphanage in Cambodia.
It could mean a backbreaking journey either from Alaska to Mexico, or from Winnipeg to Edmonton. Crow hasn't yet decided which one they'll do.
"I would hope we could raise $100,000. That would be our goal," he said.
Last year, Crow and his group raised $45,000 through a 1,600-kilometre trek from Emerson, Man., to Calgary, Alta. in July for an orphanage in the Philippines.
In January, the pastor plans to take some charity workers to Cambodia to put up a small orphanage, after which, he hopes to purchase a 20-acre piece of land to construct a larger building with cash from the ride.
So far, Crow has made four charity rides. But this year, he's taking a break from the epic journeys.
"It usually takes us a while to recuperate from one of these," Crow said.
For Pastor Len Crow and his charity riders, it's becoming a tradition.
After getting his java, he led five other riders and a stagecoach down West Street to the Learning Centre to host a barbecue as well as horse and stagecoach rides.
The end-of-summer "roundup" is to encourage children to go to Sunday school, said the 52-year-old pastor of North Country Baptist Church. Though a spectacle in downtown Orillia, the jaunt is but a smidgen of the distance Crow and his charity riders plan to traverse in 2008.
That trek is to raise money to build an orphanage in Cambodia.
It could mean a backbreaking journey either from Alaska to Mexico, or from Winnipeg to Edmonton. Crow hasn't yet decided which one they'll do.
"I would hope we could raise $100,000. That would be our goal," he said.
Last year, Crow and his group raised $45,000 through a 1,600-kilometre trek from Emerson, Man., to Calgary, Alta. in July for an orphanage in the Philippines.
In January, the pastor plans to take some charity workers to Cambodia to put up a small orphanage, after which, he hopes to purchase a 20-acre piece of land to construct a larger building with cash from the ride.
So far, Crow has made four charity rides. But this year, he's taking a break from the epic journeys.
"It usually takes us a while to recuperate from one of these," Crow said.
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