Bikers Helping Kids

05/02/2023

03/19/2023

Bikers Helping Kids is proud to announce that after two years our trademarks have finally been approved in Canada for our logo and corporate name!!!

03/13/2023

Every year, approximately 4,500 people in Canada die by su***de, which is equivalent to 12 people dying by su***de every day according to Statistics Canada.

Bikers Helping Kids will be hosting an online QPR course through Zoom. This is an internationally recognized certified course with over 5 million people trained worldwide already, and we are very pleased to be able to present this to community 100% Free. Spots will fill fast and you do need to pre-register to attend. Click on the link below to register.
Next Sunday
March 19th 2023 @ 10:00 am MST click the link in the bio to register or paste this to your browser.
https://us06web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZUtdOitqjgpHtJzEdTs6BuvpJvncmvFaGK9

If you have 3 minutes watch the video below, if you have 3 hours feel free to register and join us trying to make a difference in the community.

QPR stands for Question, Persuade, and Refer — the 3 simple steps anyone can learn to help someone who is suicidal by acquiring the necessary skills to make a potentially life-saving intervention.

03/12/2023

Every year, approximately 4,500 people in Canada die by su***de, which is equivalent to 12 people dying by su***de every day according to Statistics Canada.

Bikers Helping Kids will be hosting an online QPR course through Zoom. This is an internationally recognized certified course with over 5 million people trained worldwide already, and we are very pleased to be able to present this to community 100% Free. Spots will fill fast and you do need to pre-register to attend. Click on the link below to register.
Next Sunday
March 19th 2023 @ 10:00 am MST

https://us06web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZUtdOitqjgpHtJzEdTs6BuvpJvncmvFaGK9

If you have 3 minutes watch the video below, if you have 3 hours feel free to register and join us trying to make a difference in the community.

QPR stands for Question, Persuade, and Refer — the 3 simple steps anyone can learn to help someone who is suicidal by acquiring the necessary skills to make a potentially life-saving intervention.

https://youtu.be/4E3uEJBQmeQ

QPR Institute reserves the rights to this video. This is not CMHC's video and is only used for training purposes.Centennial Mental Health Center offers QPR t...

02/17/2023

Bikers Helping Kids (BHK) will be hosting another virtual training session this Sunday and we would like to invite you to join us. If you are interested or know someone who wants to learn more about evidence based mental health training just click on the link below to register.

This NO COST community training is open to anyone and would be a great way to spend part of your family day weekend.

Sunday February 19th 2023
9:00 am - 3:30 pm MST

Sciences of Hope: Brain Science and Resilience (9 am - noon)
&
Trauma-Informed Care (12:30 - 3:30 pm)

Register By clicking the link in bio or on our page

01/20/2023

This Sunday!!!

QPR course - Question, Persuade, Refer

Still spots available, you never know when it could save a life!!!

click here to register or check out our everts page for more info!!!

https://us06web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZIvfuGprz8pGdKEmSEbUN5PxH_2CRHEAimM

01/15/2023

Jan 22nd 2023!

Bikers Helping Kids will be hosting an online QPR course through Zoom. This is an internationally recognized and certified course with over 5 million people trained worldwide already in QPR, and we are very pleased to be able to present this to community 100% Free and anyone in North America is welcome to attend. Spots will fill fast and you do need to pre-register to attend. Click on the link below to register for January 22nd @ 10:00 am MST

QPR stands for Question, Persuade, and Refer — the 3 simple steps anyone can learn to help someone who is suicidal by acquiring the necessary skills to make a potentially life-saving intervention.

Just like people who are trained in CPR and the Heimlich Maneuver and have help save thousands of lives each year, people trained in QPR learn how to recognize the warning signs of a su***de crisis. We learn how to question, persuade, and refer someone to help. Learning QPR is just as important in a mental health emergency, you never know when you’re going to need to use it.

QPR is an evidence-based su***de prevention program used all over the world. It is not intended as a form of counselling or treatment, but can be used by anyone to help question people about suicidal thoughts, persuade them to get help and refer them to the appropriate professional resources.

January 22nd @ 10:00 MST(Edmonton)

https://us06web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZIvfuGprz8pGdKEmSEbUN5PxH_2CRHEAimM

Hope to see you there!!!

11/11/2022

Thank you to every one who has ever served!!!

06/05/2022

Big THANK YOU to everyone who came out to ride and those who helped sponsor Bikers Helping Kids in the Steel Horse Ride, especially Farlinger and Associates. Together we collected $2000 and raised over $25,000 yesterday to help over 400 Edmonton city youths attend summers camps this year at Shiloh YEG. We started out Go RV, went for a tour of the Shiloh ranch and ended at Edmonton Int'l Raceway

05/23/2022

We will be participating in Shiloh’s 9th annual Steel Horse Ride on June 4th!!!

We all love to help the kids and to make a difference in their lives so I will be collecting pledges until then, if you would like to help out and sponsor me that would be greatly appreciated!!!

If you want to make a difference too and help children and youth living in high risk and vulnerable situations come out and join us and help send youth to summer camps, if you can’t join the ride please sponsor, share or tag someone you know.

Registration will be @ Go RV– 2302 Sparrow Drive (next door to Blackjacks), in Nisku @ 9:45am to 10:30am

At 10:30 we head out for a ride to Shiloh Youth Ranch for lunch. Then it’s off to Wetaskiwin to Edmonton Int'l Raceway. We get to do a few hot laps on the race track and have supper (hamburgers and fries). Event officially ends at that time, but you are invited to stay for the evening races with VIP seating. Racing ends around 9pm.

Register by calling or texting ‘steelhorse’ to 780-485-0005 or by visiting online for more information at www.shilohhope.com/steelhorse

05/06/2022

Bikers Helping Kids is proud to offer another free online community mental health training. Our next certified session is May 15th through Zoom if you would like to learn about youth mental health. These two amazing sessions teach us about how our early brains are impacted by trauma. We change our perspectives when relating to someone with a trauma history from “What is wrong with you?” to “What has happened to you?”.

Sunday May 15th 2022

9:00 am - 3:30 pm MST

Sciences of Hope: Brain Science and Resilience (9 am - noon)
&
Trauma-Informed Care (12:30 - 3:30 pm)
‘ Sciences of Hope: Brain Science & Resilience’
– a 3 hour certified community training session which explores early brain development & the impacts of trauma on the developing brain; as well as how our early life experiences shape our adult experiences.

‘Trauma-Informed Care Approach’

– a 3 hour certified community training session which applies the knowledge learned about the impacts of childhood/youth/adult trauma(s) and how community supporters can best support individuals (and themselves) with a trauma background. This session teaches supporters to use a universal lens of “What has happened to you?”, rather than “What is wrong with you?”.
Reminder to please register if you are planning on attending Sunday’s free training, it is open to anyone 16+ and a Canadian resident. You will receive your confirmation with the Zoom link you need to access the group session after you register.

https://us06web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZwkd-urpj0vGtRr5puxzpS9BJjZCE09QMTK

Hope to see you there!!!

05/04/2022

Let’s all make it home safe this year!!!

04/17/2022

Happy Easter Everyone!!!

It was an awesome weekend for Bikers Helping Kids dispute the weather. We had another Cheaper Than Therapy event, this one outdoors. Thank you to everyone who donated stuff to smash, Sem;Sweet Gluten-Free Desserts for supplying some delicious treats, and to Farlinger and Associates for the car to beat up on everything else you do, everyone had such a blast!!!

04/10/2022

It’s been a busy spring for Bikers Helping Kids and we would like to give a big shout out to Roby Trucking who made a $3000 donation which allowed a couple of us to complete the QPR instructors training!!!

QPR stands for Question, Persuade, and Refer — the 3 simple steps anyone can learn to help someone who is suicidal by acquiring the necessary skills to make a potentially life-saving intervention.

Just like people who are trained in CPR and the Heimlich Maneuver and have help save thousands of lives each year, people trained in QPR learn how to recognize the warning signs of a su***de crisis. We learn how to question, persuade, and refer someone to help. Learning QPR is just as important in a mental health emergency, you never know when you’re going to need to use it.

QPR is an evidence-based su***de prevention program used all over the world. It is not intended as a form of counselling or treatment, but can be used by anyone to help question people about suicidal thoughts, persuade them to get help and refer them to the appropriate professional resources.

Bikers Helping Kids we begin hosting this free community training beginning on May 1st If you are interested in registering please click on one of the links.

May 1st 10:00 am
https://us06web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZUscuCgrTIsGtxPLnQJH3uR3IU4evMX3JEW

May 1st 2:00 pm
https://us06web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZMtdemtpzkpH9Og0oK6jThvXN5vwKKM0Awa

01/26/2022

HEY…..WE NEED YOUR HELP.......
TEXT ME @ 780-231-6003!!!

Today is National Bell Let’s Talk Day!!
Bell will donate 5 cents for every text message so let’s make them pay up, text me the whole alphabet one letter at a time or count to 1000 one number at a time or give your phone to a 2 year old and let them have some fun. Let’s see who can send me the most text messages in a day. I don’t care if I don’t know you or not here is a chance to make a difference for .
Let’s see if we can break my phone!!!

Last year Bell donated $7,958,671 to mental health and now more than ever, every action counts.

Bell donates 5 cents to Canadian mental health programs for every applicable text, call, tweet or TikTok video using , every Facebook, Instagram, Pinterest, Snapchat, TikTok, Twitter and YouTube view of the Bell Let’s Talk Day video, and every use of the Bell Let’s Talk Facebook frame or Snapchat filter.

Don’t forget to turn off iMessage!!!
Let’s beat my 10320 texts last year!!!
I dare you to annoy me with text messages!!!

PLEASE FEEL FREE TO SHARE!!!

12/07/2021

Seasons Greetings!!!

I wanted to take a moment to wish everyone a warm and safe holiday season on behalf of myself, my family and Bikers Helping Kids.

Bikers Helping Kids had a very busy summer with youth events, burn out competition, PTSD awareness ride in B.C. and I loved connecting a with community at the CASA Youth Advisory Councils Youth Mental Health Wellness event - a must attend for next year!!!

I also want to take the time to recognize, with deep gratitude, everyone who has taken the time to connect with our training, all of our supporters and sponsors, especially Farlinger and Associates who helped us to raise over $3000.00 in 2021!!! All of these funds we raised were donated to support youth camps and youth mental health programs in our community.

December can be a busy and sometimes difficult month for some people. If you know of anyone who may benefit from taking our free certified online training, please know we are offering another Trauma Informed Care Approach session on December 12, 2021. If you or anyone you know is interested just click on the registration link below. I am very proud to say that we have had over 60 certificates issued from our FREE trauma informed care training to date and we plan on doing many more next year!

I want to thank every single person who has encouraged me, trained with me and rode alongside me in this journey so far! I am very grateful to have your support and don’t forget to follow Bikers Helping Kids on social media for new trainings coming in 2022!!!

Next Training Session
Sunday December 12th, 2021
9:00 am - 3:30 pm MST
Trauma-Informed Care

Register Here

https://zoom.us/meeting/register/tJ0lcOurpjkuHNJFPFAl4qz8sED7LfsFRQ6X

11/13/2021

Bikers Helping Kids will be facilitating another free online community mental health training. Our next certified session is tomorrow through Zoom and we still have a few openings if you would like to learn about youth mental health.

Sunday November 14th, 2021
9:00 am - 3:30 pm MST

Sciences of Hope: Brain Science and Resilience (9 am - noon)
&
Trauma-Informed Care (12:30 - 3:30 pm)

‘ Sciences of Hope: Brain Science & Resilience’

– a 3 hour certified community training session which explores early brain development & the impacts of trauma on the developing brain; as well as how our early life experiences shape our adult experiences.

‘Trauma-Informed Care Approach’

– a 3 hour certified community training session which applies the knowledge learned about the impacts of childhood/youth/adult trauma(s) and how community supporters can best support individuals (and themselves) with a trauma background. This session teaches supporters to use a universal lens of “What has happened to you?”, rather than “What is wrong with you?”.

Reminder to please register if you are planning on attending Sunday’s free training, it is open to anyone 16+ and a Canadian resident. You will receive your confirmation with the Zoom link you need to access the group session after you register.

https://zoom.us/meeting/register/tJ0ocu2ppj4oG9CDBzxLs_OtH9Z3Bi0lqr9N

Hope to see you there

Training

09/30/2021

September 30, 2021 is Canada’s 1st National Day for Truth and Reconciliation. This day is dedicated to learning, reflecting and educating ourselves about the many Indigenous children who were taken from their families and sent to residential schools. Sadly, many did not get to return home. They were not just numbers; they were children who will never get to grow up and never get to go home. This day and every day forward we must seek to understand the truths about Indigenous historical trauma.

September 30th is also known as Orange Shirt Day. We wear the color orange to honor Phyllis Webstad, her story and the 150,000 Indigenous children just like her who were taken from their families, communities and cultures:

In 1973, at the age of 6, Phyllis Webstad was sent to residential school. Her grandmother bought her a brand new orange shirt to wear on her first day, but when she arrived at the Mission school, she was stripped, and her clothes were taken – including the orange shirt.

“I didn’t understand why they wouldn’t give it back to me, it was mine! The color orange has always reminded me of that and how my feelings didn’t matter, how no one cared and how I felt like I was worth nothing. All of us little children were crying and no one cared.” - Phyllis Webstad, Founder, Orange Shirt Society.

You can hear more about Phyllis' story in ‘A Day to Listen’, which is a collaboration to amplify, elevate, and learn from Indigenous voices. Listen at https://m.soundcloud.com/user-820141028/phyllis-webstadt?in=user-820141028/sets/a-day-to-listen

Please take the time to learn more about the historical and current realities of our Indigenous people and residential schools. We encourage you to talk openly within your families and learn together.

Visit the following:

https://www.orangepath.ca/

https://legacyofhope.ca

https://nctr.ca/education/teaching-resources/residential-school-history/

https://education.afn.ca/afntoolkit/learning-module/residential-schools/

https://nctr.ca/

https://downiewenjack.ca/national-day-for-truth-and-reconciliation/

https://nctr.ca/records/reports/

http://wawahte.com/




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09/17/2021

Bikers Helping Kids would like to say a huge THANK YOU for 500 page likes and give away one of our T shirts to the 500th person which was……
DW Sutherland.
We will tag you in the comments and take your pick of which one you would like!!!

09/16/2021

Having a little fun from last night at Blackjacks Roadhouse for the annual Up in smoke burnout competition, even won a new helmet from Argyll Motorsports, it was an awesome night
Thanks!!!

08/23/2021

It was a busy week for bikers riding for mental health. Bikers Helping Kids headed down to Vancouver to support the @2021 Ride To Recovery.
Met the The Rolling Barrage on the way down, can’t say enough about these guys riding from coast to coast for PTSD awareness, so much respect.
Thank you to Terrance Joseph Kosikar and the Camp My Way team for having me down to the 2021 Ride To Recovery, supporting first responders and their families.
We ended up at Barnes Harley-Davidson Langley, met some amazing people and groups out there trying to making a difference, Together We Can, Sea to Sea for PTSD, Wildfire support, Canadian Walk For Veterans and can’t forget Josh!!!
It’s so nice to see so many groups coming out to support mental health, we definitely need more of it. A huge shout out to Radekals Against Cancer Foundation for joining me and for your generous hospitality!!!

07/29/2021

Well it was a busy weekend for Bikers Helping Kids with the Shiloh Steel Horse Ride ride and the CASA Youth Council’s Youth Mental Wellness Fair.

Thank you again to everyone who donated we raised $1500 to help at risk children and youth attend summer camp.
The whole ride altogether raised a whopping $44,650!!!

Thank you to everyone who came out to the CASA Youth Council’s Youth Mental Wellness Fair. We got to set up the new BHK tent, hand out brochures and stickers, collaborate with many other organizations, and most importantly connect with the community!!!

07/18/2021

Bikers Helping Kids is proud to be a part of the CASA Youth Council’s Illuminated: A Youth Mental Wellness Fair coming up next Saturday!!!

Event Details:
Location: CASA Centre - 10645 63 Ave NW, Edmonton
Event Time: 12pm-6pm
This event is aimed towards youth aged 13-25 but everyone is more than welcome to attend this free event!!!

There will be lots of fun things scheduled for the attendees to enjoy!
Outdoors there will be a main stage with performances, games, and announcements. Many fun games, activities, and crafts are offered throughout the day. A variety of short presentations, workshops, and discussions are scheduled for drop-in indoors. There will be food trucks, snacks, and prizes!

Come on out and visit us and the many other booths set up!!!
Help make a better tomorrow for our youth and their mental health!!!

07/15/2021

Bikers Helping kids is proud to help out with Shiloh’s 8th annual Steel Horse Ride on JULY 24TH!!!

Registration will be at Blackjacks Roadhouse in Nisku – 2110 Sparrow Drive
9:45am to 10:30am

Kick stands up @ 10:30 and we head out to Shiloh Youth Ranch for lunch and some prizes. Then it’s off to Wetaskiwin to Edmonton Int'l Raceway. We get to do a few hot laps on the race track and have supper (hamburgers and fries). Event officially ends at that time, but you are invited to stay for the evening races with VIP seating. Racing ends around 9pm.

We all love to help the kids and to make a tangible difference in their lives. But doing that while riding our bikes is the best of both worlds. So good news, we will get to do that again this year so grab some friends lets plan to get a lot of pledges to help Children and Youth living in high risk and vulnerable situations.

Minimum pledge amount is $150.00 plus a $10 registration fee.
All donations over $20 are eligible for tax deductible receipt!!!

Register by calling or texting ‘steelhorse’ to 780-485-0005 or by visiting https://www.shilohhope.com/steelhorse
For event link and pledge sheets check the comments!!!