With six kids aged nine to 13 in her household, Prince George RCMP Cpl. Meghan Driscoll has a busy life. It’s a full-time job tracking down criminals as a general duty supervisor at the downtown detachment and her duties as a mom to all those kids is a 24/7 occupation that doesn’t leave her much time to pursue her own hobbies.
But this year is different for the 43-year-old. Driscoll has found the perfect vehicle that allows her some regular "me-time" – riding her road bike while she trains for the Cops for Cancer fundraiser. The 20-year veteran cop is part of the 16-rider Tour de North.
From Sept. 20-26 they will follow Highway 97, riding from Dawson Creek to Williams Lake raising money to help send young cancer survivors to Camp Goodtimes. “Everybody has somebody in their family that’s been touched by cancer and for kids suffering with pediatric cancer it gives them and their families the opportunity to go to camp and talk to their families and not feel alone,” said Driscoll.
“I have an uncle and aunt that have passed in the last five years from cancer and my mother-in-law is a breast cancer survivor.” Driscoll first got involved in a cancer fundraiser while going through RCMP depot training in Regina. “This is my first ride, this year, but it’s been my dream for 20 years.
When I was at depot we did a shaving-our-heads fundraiser for Cops For Cancer, so this is my full-circle moment,” said Driscoll. Driscoll rides a mountain bike and often goes for regu.
