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Cross-Canada journey - Tana Silverland

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    Tana Silverland cycles Canada for SOS Children's Villages - Pincher Creek Echo



    Tana Silverland cycles Canada for SOS Children's Villages
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    What makes this even more remarkeable is her chosen mode of transportation, a recumbent tricycle named "Ranger". So far she's peddled Ranger through snowstorms, mountain passes, snowstorms on mountain passes, and passable weather along the way as well. ...




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    Trike trip helps children in need - Cochrane Eagle

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    Trike trip helps children in need
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    “The core of why I chose to do this is just the passion I have for SOS,” Silverland said. “The difference that they make and just wanting to do what I can to help them.”

    SOS Children’s Villages is an international children’s charity providing long-term care for orphans and children in need.

    “They do need all the support they can get,” Silverland said of the foundation. “The more people I can tell, the more people I can inspire to find out more, if only . . . out of curiosity.”

    She chose to move to Canada after a holiday here where it was “basically love at first sight” and before settling took up her cycling Challenge.

    Since last June, Silverland has pedalled 4000 kilometres on her recumbent trike, living on the generosity of the people in the communities she encounters. People have been absolutely wonderful in their response, she said. ...

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    Across the country in two and half years by bike - Drumheller Mail

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    In a scheme that could be considered half brilliance, and half insanity, a woman is meandering her way across Canada over the next couple of years on a recumbent bike. Tana Silverland came through the valley early this week on a cross Canada trek, ...




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    What's good about Lacombe? - The Lacombe Globe

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    As a recent immigrant to Canada from the UK, Tana is pedalling her recumbent trike from community to community across the length and breadth of the country, asking people what they love about the place they call home. She is also hoping to make it ...




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    She is looking good, and don't miss her Blog. She can Blog with the
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    Woman canvassing Canada on epic trike journey - Peace River Record Gazette



    Woman canvassing Canada on epic trike journey
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    Passion is the driving force behind Tana Silverland's journey across Canada on a recumbent trike upon which she is delivering a message she believes in with such vigor, it caused her to abandon life-as-she-knew-it for 2.5 years...




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    Cross country for kids - Edson Leader



    Cross country for kids
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    On June 23, after more than 5000 km, Tana Silverland and her recumbent Tricycle will be stopping briefly in Edson. Silverland, a recent immigrant to Canada from the United Kingdom, has been riding around the country raising money for SOS ...




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    Wow! She certainly is getting a LOT of publicity!!!
     
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    Cross Country For Children - Fairview Post

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    That person is Tana Silverland, her vehicle is a recumbent trike and she is on the mission to help out children who need a helping hand the world over. Beginning in June of 2010, Silverland has made it her mission to travel across Canada, ...




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    The road less travelled - Edmonton Sun




    The road less travelled
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    In fact, as soon as the airline luggage handlers unloaded Tana Silverland's worldly belongings, namely, a couple of small, stuffed backpacks and an odd-looking contraption called a recumbent tricycle, she set off to redefine the meaning of the words "road trip," ...




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    Cyclist puts pedal power to charitable use - St. Albert Gazette



    To her credit, she is getting a lot of Canadian press!!! Jon

    Cyclist puts pedal power to charitable use
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    She is cycling across the country on a recumbent tricycle to raise money for SOS Children's Villages. Silverland got involved with SOS Children's Villages while attending university in Cambridge and her passion for helping out has followed her across ...




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    One-woman cycle tour reaches Saskatoon - StarPhoenix



    One-woman cycle tour reaches Saskatoon
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    Tana Silverland has been pedalling a recumbent trike on a rambling, zigzag journey through Canada since June 2010. She started in Whitehorse, Yukon. If all goes according to plan, a year from now she will still be on the road somewhere in Eastern ...

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    Woman rides to help children - Owen Sound Sun Times



    Woman rides to help children
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    Tana Silverland is pedalling her recumbent tricycle from Owen Sound to Kincardine fuelled by renewed health and the love of her mother. Shes 16 months into her meandering 2 1/2-year journey across Canada, northwest to ...

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