Ashley Gilbank Ashley Gilbank ( born in Pontypool , Ontario ) , started a charitable campaign in 2012 titled Skate4Life . A former coach with the Oshawa Girls Hockey Association , part of her activity with the charity is to skate from one end of Canada to another in the space of ten months . Skate4Life . The 2012 objective for her charity is to inline skate from St . John ’ s , Newfoundland to Victoria , British Columbia . She will begin the trek on June 4 , 2012 and plans to end it in Mile O , British Columbia , in early October . The hope is to raise awareness and funds for Do It For Daron and youth mental health . Her motivation to start the charity and raise money for DIFD was based on the loss of a childhood friend to suicide in February 2011 . Her friend , a university rugby player , had suffered a brain injury when she was hit by a car while jogging . She prepared training in 2011 for the journey . Prior to the beginning of her journey , she dipped a wheel in the Atlantic Ocean in Newfoundland on June 4 . Her journey began in St . John ' s , Newfoundland on June 4 , 2012 . By July 1 , Gillbank arrived in Fredericton , New Brunswick . During her skate through Eastern Canada , Gilbank covered 60 to 80 kilometres a day . In Newfoundland , she managed 100 kilometres in one day . On July 18 , 2012 , Gilbank arrived at Parliament Hill , having skated through 3 , 000 kilometres of Canadian roads . She was met by supporters wearing purple D . I . F . D . shirts at Parliament ' s Centennial Flame . Celebrity guests included Do It For Daron founder Luke Richardson and Ottawa City Councillor Alan Hubley ( representing the district of Kanata South ) . Both men have lost a child to suicide . Do It For Daron was created to honour the life of the late Daron Richardson . Gillbank and Richardson played in the same hockey league . Upon her arrival in Ottawa , Skate4Life had only raised just under $ 2 , 000 , with the goal being $ 60 , 000 . On August 1 , 2012 , she reached the community of Hastings , Ontario , home to her grandmother , Gail Foster . The Campbellford and District Mental Health Centre helped raise $ 1 , 100 for her charitable cause . Due to fatigue , Gilbank was hospitalized on August 7 , while in Ontario . Personal . At the age of 13 , she was diagnosed with Acid Reflux Disease . She attended secondary school in Lindsay , Ontario and played competitive hockey . She is a member of the Kidsport Ottawa Board of Directors . In addition , she has participated in ball hockey in the Ottawa area . Her husband , Andrew is one of the campaign volunteers , and assists to collect donations . Film making . In February 2011 , Gilbank , and her brother Andrew claimed that an ad that appeared during Super Bowl XLV looked like a pitch they made . The brother and sister are amateur film makers and entered the Doritos and Pepsi MAX " Crash the Super Bowl " contest , in which contestants submitted homemade ads for consideration . A video was made featuring her pet dog ( a pug ) barks at a window as he watches her brother eat Doritos . Her brother gets into a car only to find the pet dog waiting in the backseat . The Gilbanks claimed the video never successfully loaded on the contest website . The eventual winner made a video called Pug Attack and won $ 1 million . Their ad was posted to YouTube . Messages left with Doritos parent company were not returned .