Santa Cruz Sunrise Rotary Club members participating in Jon and Ken’s Most Excellent Adventure Bike Ride Sept. 30-Oct. 2 have raised $100,000 and aim to raise another $100,000 for local organizations serving the youth.
Now in its 24th year, the 200-mile ride will begin in Healdsburg and travel through the Russian River, Sonoma Coast, Bodega Bay and San Francisco, where riders will travel over the Golden Gate Bridge and down the coast to Santa Cruz.
More than 90 riders and crew are committed to participate.
“This year we’re excited to announce Teen Kitchen Project will be our primary beneficiary,” said John Flaniken, Sunrise Rotary Club president. “We also will support Second Harvest Food Bank of Santa Cruz County, Santa Cruz Children’s Museum of Discovery and Sunrise Rotary Club’s charities, grants, high school youth scholarship programs and other club-supported philanthropic causes.”
2019 Rotary Bike Riders greet an enthusiastic crowd. Riding by are (from left) Mary Ann Kramer-Urner, Bob Keet, George Bunch, and Dave Kramer-Urner.
Over the years, the ride has raised more than $1.2 million for local organizations, he said.
“With one month to go,” said Peter Truman, Bike Ride Committee chair and Sunrise Rotary Club member, “our riders are not only committed to training for the event, but they are also putting their hearts into raising money. They have reached the halfway point in their fundraising efforts, and we are asking our community to help support them in reaching the $200,000 goal to support local nonprofit organizations.”
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To learn more about the ride, to support a rider or to register for the limited number of rider spots still available, visit www.SunriseRotaryRide.org.