Pooh is a 1980 Mini that Rick & Elaine Higgs of Pitt Meadows, B.C. are driving across Canada to attend Mini Meet East 2000 in Mt. Orford Park, Quebec. MME is an annual gathering of Mini owners from Central and Eastern Canada and the United States.

There have been 21 previous MME's and 4 continental 'East Meets West' events since 1975. There is also an annual Mini Meet West, held at venues like Whistler, Vancouver, Richmond, Squaw Valley, Santa Barbara and Mount Hood, with the 2000 MMW (the 23rd meet) to be held in Flagstaff, Arizona.

MME will he held from June 30th - July 3rd, with the Resort Hotel Cheribourg, at Orford in Quebec's Eastern Townships, hosting the gathering. A "Concourse D'elegance", Rallye with picnic and Panoramic Photo at the Arpents De Neige vineyard, Autocross (slalom racing), convoy to Canada Day fireworks and Awards Banquet will highlight the meet.

Traveling East on Hwy. 1 to Ottawa, Montreal and Orford, Pooh will log some 4,800 kilometres. With Meet driving, a post-meet excursion to Quebec City and returning via Thousand Islands, Niagara Falls, Chicago and America's Great Plains, Pooh will cover some 10,500 kilometres before arriving home.

Pooh's 'Expotition' is also helping the 'WHEELS FOR WHEELS' fundraiser to make sure that patients have the wheelchairs they need at Ridge Meadows Hospital and Health Care Centre. Residents of Pitt Meadows and Maple Ridge are invited to pledge to 'Wheels for Wheels' based upon Pooh's total distance (rounded at 10,000 kilometres). For example, a pledge of 1/4 cent per kilometre equals a donation of $25, 1/10 cent equals $10, 1/20 cent equals $5. Donations to 'Wheels for Wheels'

If you would like to make a donation, please send it to:
'Wheels for Wheels'
Ridge Meadows Hospital Foundation
Box 5000, Maple Ridge
B.C., Canada, B2X 7G5
(604) 463-1822