ride280x160The Nipissing Motorcycle Ride For Dad will be taking place for an 8th straight year.

This years event goes June 20th.

Sponsorship chair John Strang says it’ll be a busy day with registration starting at 8 am at the Canadian Tire parking lot.

That will be followed by a parade through North Bay taking Gormanville Road, Main Street and Lee Park.

The ride itself goes through several communities: Callander, Corbeil, Powassan and Nipissing Township.

Strang says the event wraps up with an evening at the Clarion Resort Pinewood Park.

He says there will be awards, a silent auction and an event auction.  All of this will be hosted by the celebrity ride captain Mitch Belanger of 101.9 the Fox.

Strang says they’re attempting to raise $40,000 for prostate cancer research. 

Last year they collected $37,000 and that money stays in the community.

Strang says this event is about fundraising but also about raising awareness so that men get checked.