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STEPHANIE MCCLELLAN'S ON WINGS LIKE EAGLES TOUR - Stephanie McClellan became the first female with a disability to handcycle from Vancouver, British Columbia to Cape Spear, Newfoundland to raise awareness of the abilities of people with disabilities. Stephanie and her On Wings Like Eagles Tour members presented a workshop to some Strait of Canso area residents in Port Hawkesbury in August 2001.
At the Canso Causeway in September, 1992, RCMP officers Donnie Steele and Al Collins became the duo to continue the journey to Sydney on the provincial Terry Fox Tandem Bike Relay raising money for cancer research.

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CLIMATE CHANGE CARAVAN/ MISSION GREEN - About 20 cyclists arrived in Port Hawkesbury in September 2001 after crossing the Canso Causeway accompanied by their old red school bus powered by vegetable oil. It was the "Climate Change Caravan" whose members had spent the past four months travelling from Vancouver Island to raise awareness about pollution and to seek support for the reduction of greenhouse gas emissions. Several of the environmentalists spoke to Diane Sober's grade 9 class at SAERC.
Nova Scotian Garry Sowerby began his "Mission Green" in August, 2004. Driving a gas-electric hybrid Silverado and ethanol flex fuel Yukon, the team planned to visit at least 85 environmental initiatives that are creating a cleaner, healthier environment for Canadians.

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Strait Area Accessibility Awareness Committee
2001
Port Hastings, Inverness County, Nova Scotia, Canada

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JULIANNE ACKER - VERNEY'S BIKE-ABILITY TOUR
When Julianne Acker-Verney crossed the Canso Causeway on May 28, 1999, she was following the path of her parents who crossed on their honeymoon shortly after the Causeway opened in 1955. Julianne's Bike-Ability Tour travelled from Yarmouth to Sydney to promote the achievements of people with disabilities. Julianne, who is legally blind, was welcomed at the Canso Causeway by some members of the local Persons with Disabilities Committee and Inverness County warden A.J. MacDougall.
Two more cyclists pedaled across the Canso Causeway in 2003.Luc Vandermeeren and John Keating stopped in Port Hawkesbury on the final section of their 7,300 kilometer cross country bike ride entitled Cycle for Autism. The aim of their journey was to raise awareness of Autism Spectrum Disorders (ASD) and $1 million for ASD research.

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Crossing the Causeway for a Cause
1997
Strait of Canso, Nova Scotia, Canada

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AWARENESS ABOUT ORGAN DONATIONS - In 1994, Eleanor Burgess of the local Kidney Foundation chapter organized a Cape Breton welcome for Suzanne MacLean who despite being on dialysis was cycling from British Columbia to Newfoundland. Suzanne's tour theme was Cycling for a Miracle and her T-shirt slogan read "Sign your organ donor card and tell your family your wishes." Angela Dingwell of Port Hawkesbury who was waiting for a kidney transplant at the time as well as nine local organ recipients, the Port Hastings Fire Department and a piper, welcomed Suzanne to Cape Breton by sharing a good luck cake at the Fire Hall.
In August 2002, Mike and Tim Ross roller-skied across the Causeway from Edmonton on their way to St. John's in celebration of their sister Jennifer's 10th anniversary of a liver transplant and to raise awareness of the need for organ donations.
In October, 2001 George Marcello talked to people in the Strait Area during his cross Canada awareness campaign to boost organ donations. He carried a torch that was blessed by Pope John Paul II in Rome.

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TERRY FOX inspired many Canadians in many ways. He showed that travelling across this great vast country of Canada is an acceptable way to raise awareness and funds for a cause in which you strongly believe!
The following is the first verse of a poem which was on a small poster given to Terry by Yvonne Fox of Port Hastings. She also gave him nine self addressed, stamped post cards to be sent back after he crossed each of the remaining provinces.

"Somebody said that it couldn't be done
But he with a chuckle replied,
That "maybe it couldn't", but he would be one
Who wouldn't say so till he tried."
So he started right in with a trace of a grin on his face
If he worried, he hit it.
He started to sing as he tackled the thing
That couldn't be done, and he did it.

( by Edgar Albert Guest)