Cause

Our Cause Is Your Passion

Ride and fundraise for a cause or charity you love!

Love, Sweat + Gears is a cycling fundraiser without one specific cause. Instead, we support charities that make a tangible difference in the lives of people living in their community. Charities our riders know and causes they're passionate about.

Our cause is local.

We support charities who work just around the corner, where they are embedded in the community and where their impact is experienced locally.

Our cause is global.

We also support charities who work in diverse communities around the world. As long as the program impact is experienced in community, we're interested in supporting them.

Our cause is personal.

Each LS+G rider has a personal connection to the charity or cause they are fundraising for. They may have benefited directly at some point in their lives, or had friends or family who did. Or, the cause may simply be one they feel deeply connected to.

How It Works:

• Support a charity you know: Riders select a charity they know and love to fundraise for. As long as their choice fits Blue Sea's funding focus + organizational values and is in good standing with the government, we should be able to approve them.

• Support some charities we know: As riders fundraise for their selected charity, they do so knowing a percentage of the net funds raised will also support Blue Sea's expanding work with hundreds of local charities across Canada. We've got ambitious plans to keep impacting our sector and the charities we serve.

• Aren't sure what charity you want to support? That's okay, we can help. We work with with hundreds of local social services charities and can help you pick one from our list.

Funding Focus

Blue Sea funds local charities that prioritize the following types of programs. This list is not exhaustive.

Riders are encouraged to contact LS+G directly to discuss their charity choice. Blue Sea reserves the right to deny approval to any rider-selected charity.

Note: The Board of Directors of Blue Sea Philanthropy Inc. (Blue Sea Foundation) and the managing team of Love, Sweat + Gears reserve the right to refuse approval of any rider-selected charity that does not fit our vision, mission, and values.