Ensuring Brant is continuing the 20-year tradition of fundraising support for Lansdowne Children’s Centre for child development, organizing the 21st annual Charity Motorcycle Ride for Lansdowne Kids, which will take place on Saturday, June 28, 2025.
Brian Kinrade, long-time resident of Brantford and multi-time rider in the charity event, is leading the volunteer group made up of past riders, Lansdowne client families, and supporters of Grand Erie’s children’s treatment center.
“Some of us got together last August to talk about what we could do to continue the event. With 20 years of history, the blueprint was already there to host a successful fundraiser. We just needed some guidance to keep it going,” Kinrade said.
In 2024, Lansdowne Children’s Centre Foundation celebrated a grand finale ride at the 20th anniversary and announced that it would step aside as the event organizer. It was a group of riders and families, passionate about the legacy of the event and its contribution to children and youth in the community, who kick-started the momentum to keep it rolling.
“I personally didn’t want to see the ride for Lansdowne kids end. My kids received help with speech from that organization, and they’ve now grown up to serve in the Canadian Armed Forces and in our Brantford Hospital,” Kinrade said.
Through his own experience, and the stories of other Lansdowne families, Kinrade has experienced the incredible impact that Lansdowne staff and services have on a child’s development.
“The confidence and belief that Lansdowne inspires in children and their families, its life changing. I hope each of our riders and donors appreciates the small miracles of a child’s first words, or first steps, and embraces the overwhelming joy of seeing ‘the impossible’ shattered by belief, and a relentless pursuit of a child’s potential,” concluded Kinrade.
