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The Gerry Frierdich Road to Recovery
Bicycle Ride |
| When: Sunday,
June 1, 2008
Day-of-ride
registration: 7-10 a.m.
Where: Central
Junior High School, 1801 Central School Rd., Belleville,
Illinois (Google
Map)
Cost:
Adults: $25
Children 13-17: $15
Children 12 and under: $5
What you get:
• Your choice of four routes:
6, 15, 30 or 50 miles.
• Rest stops with snacks and water.
• SAG support along the route
provided by The
Touring Cyclist and Bicycle
World.
• A special 'Chief' T-shirt for the first 500 registrants.
• Live music.
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Friends
and family, The Touring Cyclist bicycle shop and the Belleville
Area Bicycling and Eating Society are
teaming up to put on a benefit ride for Gerry “Chief” Frierdich.
 Gerry was critically injured Aug. 19, 2007, when
his recumbent bicycle was struck by a pickup truck on Greenmount
Road in Belleville,
Ill.
All proceeds from the ride will go toward paying for future medical expenses and other necessities.
Day-of-ride registration will
be from 7 to 10 a.m., and cyclists can take off any time between
8 and 10 a.m. Routes of 6,
15, 30 and 50 miles will be available. Maps will be provided,
and arrows will be painted on the roads. The first 500 registrants
will receive a T-shirt with the picture shown above by Signal
Hill School Louis Holm. Louis won a contest at his school to
design the shirt, and the winning entry was picked by Gerry!
(Click on the picture to see a larger version.)
The Touring Cyclist will provide SAG support until
3 p.m. for those with physical or mechanical difficulties. Drinks
and snacks
will be provided at rest stops along the route. Lunch will be
sold after the ride at Central Junior High School, and listen
to live music from area bands. Special thanks to the Belleville
Police Department, who will aid cyclists
in
crossing Illinois Route 159.
For more information about the
ride, you can download our flier (PDF
file) or press release
(PDF file), or you may contact:
The Touring Cyclist
Dawn Weber
618-398-6800
dawnw@touringcyclist.com
Belleville Area Bicycling and Eating Society
Roger Kramer
618-236-2793
bike2eat@rogerkramercycling.org
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Thanks
to our Key Sponsors ($1,000 or over)
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Bacchetta Bicycles
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Belleville Area Bicycling and Eating Society |
Belleville News-Democrat
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Crafty Eye Photography |
Goodall Tire & Steel Supply |
Print Master |
Students of Signal Hill School
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The Touring Cyclist |
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Vertical
Peformance |
Warnecke
Building Restoration Inc. |
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Thanks
to our Major Sponsors ($500 or over)
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Auffenberg
Dealer Group |
Econ-O-Johns
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Farmers
Market
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Jim
& Cathy Gore
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Helitech Waterproofing & Structural Repair |
McDonald's East Belleville
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Rickoff & Associates Ltd. |
Slocomb Dental Lab
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Sonnenschein Nath & Rosenthal LLP |
Jim & Jill
Strake Family |
Switzer's
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Triple Jam Productions |
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Thanks
to our Level 2 Sponsors ($250 or over)
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In Memory of Nathan Michael Weilbacher
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Campbell's Automotive |
Bud
& Sandy Gore Family
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Steve
& Jackie Hausmann Family
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Oliver C. Joseph Chrysler Dodge
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Marvin's
Camera & Digital Print Center
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Dave
& Nancy Schulte Family
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Toebben Family
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William
"Bill" Zink |
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Thanks
to our Level 1 Sponsors ($100 or over)
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Althoff Catholic High School
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Ed
Bassler
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Bead
It & Main Street Art Gallery, Edwardsville, Ill.
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Belleville Fire Department Local 53
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Catholic
Knights & Ladies of Illinois
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Ron
& Jan Courtney Family
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The
Deskines Family
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Dean, Lisa, Brian & Sarah Dintelmann
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Hank's Excavating & Landscaping, Inc.
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Terri
Holmes & Family |
J.P.
Kapp, Trabuco Canyon, California |
Memorial Hospital, Belleville, Illinois |
Nelson & Nelson, Attorneys at Law |
Lisa
& Jerry Ornellas |
Renate's
Fine Arts & Photography, Fairview Heights, Ill. |
The ROHO Group |
Rowan Tire Co. Inc.
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Clete
& Dorothy Schwaegel |
Secon
Rubber & Plastics, Inc, |
Dan
& Pat Skaer Family |
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Karen,
Justin & Ryan Terveer |
Bill
& Patty Weier |
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Special
recognition to
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Belleville East High School Art Department, Belleville West High
School Race for Character, Bicycle World, Judy Culli, Krispy Kreme
Doughnuts, Main Street Market,
Mr. J.'s
Ice & Glacier
Co., Sam's Club and Shop 'n Save.
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Register for
the Ride! |
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Register online!
• Sign up for the ride through Active.com (Active.com
charges a small convenience fee.) Online registration closes
at 11:59 p.m. May 29.
Register by mail!
• Download our flier (PDF file),
fill it out, make out your check to the Gerard Frierdich Trust
Fund and send it to address on the flier. Mail registrations
must be postmarked by May 23.
Register on the day
of the ride!
• You may sign up and pay on the day of the ride, June
1, at Central Junior High School, but keep in mind only the first
500 entrants receive a free special 'Chief' T-shirt.
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Make a
donation! |
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If you wish to make
an additional donation to help Gerry, or if you're unable
to attend the ride, you can make a donation through Active.com or by filling out
the
flier.
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Bicycle
raffle
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Gerry rode
a Bacchetta recumbent bicycle, and Bacchetta has
very generously donated two of its new long wheelbase
recumbent model, the Bellandare!
Raffle tickets
will be sold at The Gerry Frierdich Road to Recovery
Bicycle Ride and at numerous events in the St. Louis
area this year.
Tickets are
$5 each or three for $10. The winner of the first
Bellendare will be drawn Sept. 7, 2008, at the Millstadt
Biathlon, and the second winner will be drawn Feb.
7, 2009, at the Gerry's Mouse Race Benefit at Bel-Air
Bowl in Belleville, Ill.
Tickets also
are available at The Touring Cyclist shop in Fairview
Heights, Ill., or by contacting the following:
>> Bud
& Sandy Gore, 4gores@charter.net or
618-277-5129
>> Jean
Bauder, greyhoundz_2@yahoo.com or 618-624-4910
For more information
about the raffle, download our
flier (PDF file). NOTE: Winners
from outside the St. Louis metropolitan area will
be responsible for shipping and handling costs. |
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Free Helmets! |
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Helmets
First! and
Dr. Joseph Cangas of Illini Pediatrics of Columbia, Ill.,
will be giving away helmets to the first 50 children age
5-12!
HELMETS ARE REQUIRED
TO RIDE ON THE GERRY FRIERDICH ROAD TO RECOVERY BICYCLE
RIDE! |
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