A local school teacher will be making her way to the west coast to start a country wide bike tour.

Suzanne Delaney is participating in the Sears National Kids Cancer Ride; she starts the ride in Vancouver on September 9.

Delaney tells The Hawk she is very close to reaching her fundraising goal.

"Right now I am at $66,500. Some of my family members have a little bit of money coming at me from New Brunswick, I don't know how much it is," she says. "I would love to reach $70,000."

Delaney says she doesn't have time to plan any more events and is hoping that awareness around the province will help her raise the last few thousand dollars.

Delaney says she is ready for the ride.

"I'm feeling good, I'm a little nervous," she says. "Physically, I have nothing to compare myself too. I have done everything I can as far as training. I followed the log; I did put in all the kilometers that was suggested."

All the money Delaney raises will go to the IWK Health Centre.