Image supplied by Chilliwack RCMP / Day three of the Cops for Cancer Tour de Valley came to an unusual end, as riders were shocked to find themselves riding over $100 bills.

By Laurice Gomes

Cops for Cancer

‘We were literally riding over hundreds of dollars’ Chilliwack RCMP help return lost money

Sep 26, 2022 | 11:21 AM

CHILLIWACK — The Cops for Cancer Tour de Valley ride came to a heartwarming close in Chilliwack on Friday.

After peddling through the streets of Chilliwack to raise money for the Canadian Cancer Society and paediatric cancer research, cops who participated in the ride found themselves coming across multiple $100 bills on the ground.

Initially, the cops thought they were being pranked, said Sgt. Krista Vrolyk of the Chilliwack RCMP.

“Our tour officials always stress the importance of staying together and not stopping for anything. When we rode over the first bill, we were in disbelief,” said Sgt. Vrolyk. “Then, we rode over another bill and another. We were riding along a country road making our way back to Abbotsford when we were literally riding over hundreds of dollars.”

When the support team realized what was going on, they pulled over and collected multiple $100 bills and one $50 bill.

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The team contacted the Chilliwack RCMP to let them know that they had found the cash and would be turning it over to them.

It turned out that a young man from Chilliwack had taken the cash out of the bank to pay for his new acquisition of 17 black belly sheep.

The young man and his father had been at a nearby farm picking up a trailer, which they hooked up to their truck. He had put the envelope containing the $2,700 cash he needed to pay for the sheep on the tongue of the trailer and then inadvertently drove off. They were halfway to Abbotsford when they realised what had happened and immediately turned around, hoping that the money was still there by some act of faith. They returned to the area and found only one $50 bill.

They then turned to social media and called the RCMP to report the loss on the off chance that a good Samaritan had located the money.

Within an hour of reporting it to the RCMP, they were shocked to learn that the Cops for Cancer team were at the right place at the right time and were able to locate $2350 of their sheep fund.

The young man was extremely grateful to the team and showed his gratitude with a framed $100 bill donation to the Canadian Cancer Society/Cops for Cancer.

Image supplied by Chilliwack RCMP / It turned out that a young man from Chilliwack had taken the cash out of the bank to pay for his new acquisition of 17 black belly sheep.