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Snowmobiling Trivia

Prairie Women on Snowmobiles is a non-profit Saskatchewan organization focused on raising money for breast cancer research. How much have they raised to date?

a) $500,000
b) $750,000
c) $1.2 million
d) $1.4 million

Answer:

d) $1.4 million! Prairie Women on Snowmobiles (PWOS) is a non-profit organization whose annual Missions are provincial awareness events that are designed to focus attention on breast cancer and the recreation of snowmobiling as well as raise the much-needed funds for breast cancer research. PWOS has contributed 100% of the funds raised in the past ten Missions for research raising more than $1.4 million to date.

Each Mission consists of a group of 10 women volunteer snowmobilers who travel across Saskatchewan, passing through many cities and towns in eight days and covering approximately 1,800km.  To learn more about Prairie Women on Snowmobiles, visit their website.