Meet The Returning Rider #555 Jimmy Milas

 

  I procrastinated for 2 years before I rode my first Hoka Hey Motorcycle Challenge in 2016. Thinking, these riders were the top in the country and would embarrass myself. Give yourself more credit than I did. I finished 18^th. 

 

I gave myself 3 days to get to the starting line in Pala, California from Saskatchewan Canada. I was so nervous or was it excitement and adrenaline that got me there in a day and a half. I was so revved I only stopped briefly after 20 hours, because the gas station was closed and I was almost out of fuel. (I slept on oil stained black top, didn’t care)!

 

When I arrived in Pala I couldn’t sleep for fear of missing something, anything that would give me insight. It felt like I was way out of my league! I was addicted after my first year! I’ll be riding my 5^th Hoka Hey this year out of Woodstock Illinois and I’m just as pumped as I was the first year! 

 

The Hoka Hey is an eye and mind opening experience! The HH Challenge changes your perspective on living your best life. It has brought Honor, Integrity, and most of all Compassion into my character that I didn’t know I had.

 

I have chosen “Canine Action Project” as my fund raiser this year. My love for animals is endless. It saddens me greatly to see them suffer even in the smallest way. I hope I can count on all of you to help me support the volunteers of the “Canine Action Project” caring for the distressed canines and felines. “Working together toward safe, healthy, happy animals, and people, in our communities”.

 

Hoka Hey my Brothers and Sisters

Compassionately yours

Jimmy #555

Canine Action Project (CAP) is a Canadian Registered Charity working closely with First Nations across Treaty 6 Territory in Saskatchewan to provide community animal health programs focused on dogs and cats. We are proudly an Indigenous-founded and Indigenous-led organization. CAP programs focus on access to veterinary care and resources, knowledge sharing, and individualized support for each of our partner First Nations. By improving the health of animals, we are helping to build healthier, safer communities.

Funds raised through Hoka Hey will directly support two of our vital programs. Our Shared Cost Spay/Neuter Program provides affordable services that help keep pets and families together, reduce overpopulation, promote responsible pet ownership, and decrease the spread of contagious diseases and parasites. Our Emergency Medical Fund ensures animals in medical distress can access urgent veterinary care. This program prioritizes keeping pets with their families whenever possible; however, when an animal is surrendered or unowned, it receives the necessary urgent care before being transferred to a trusted partner animal welfare organization for rehoming.

www.canineactionproject.com/donate (QR code has been included in photos)
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Canine Action Project and our team lives, learns, and works on Treaty 6 Territory and the Homelands of the Métis. The First Nations signatories of Treaty 6 are the Nehiyawak (Cree), Dene, Nakota, and Anihsinäpek (Saulteaux). These lands are the ancestral and existing lands of many Indigenous Nations and non-human beings as travelling routes, hunting grounds, and gathering spaces. We recognize the impact colonialism has had on these ways of life for the land, people, and animals.

Through our work, we hope to honour this land, along with all living beings that call the land home. We recognize our responsibilities as an organization in relation to Truth and Reconciliation, and strive to understand and uphold the Calls for Justice and Calls to Action.