Family and Friends:

July 20th, 2021 marks ten years since we lost our loving father, Larry Vokes, to a courageous battle with ALS. To mark this anniversary, in dad's memory and honour, I will be biking just over 200km from Toronto to his resting place in Owen Sound on Saturday, July 24th. I know he would think I was crazy for doing something like this for him, but I think it's his fault for passing along his stubborn drive to do things big and with a full heart!

As part of the ride I have decided to kick-off a fundraiser to challenge ALS and help those moms and dads, sons and daughters, brothers and sisters, and friends enduring their own battle with the disease.

ALS is a devastating disease with no treatments or cure. Its a terminal disease that takes away peoples ability to walk, talk, and eventually breathe. With your support, we can make a change. Support from my campaign will help to create a better reality for people and families living with ALS by enabling access to support services and equipment. Funds raised will also support research so that one day soon ALS will be a treatable, not terminal disease. Many leading ALS researchers believe that effective treatment options are now a matter of when, not if and that research discovery is limited only by the amount of funding available to pursue it. Fundraising is an important vehicle for progress.

Love you dad and we continue to stick together.

- Matt