On March 2, 2011 our team of bicycle riders started their journey, “GRANDPARENTS RIDING FOR THE HEALTH OF GRANDCHILDREN”, in Sun City, Arizona and will end their 2,400 mile ride on April 30, 2011 in Sun City Center, FL. That morning they are stopping at St Joseph’s Children’s Hospital of Tampa to say hello to all our little heroes who are undergoing treatment and afterward they will complete their bike ride at approximately 4 PM at E Del Webb Blvd in Sun City Center.
The entire team of SammyRides would like you to join us in celebrating their return. We have a weekend full of events and would like to share the ending of our adventure with you. Our plans are as follows:
4 PM meet the riders at Publix located off of E. Del Webb Blvd, Sun City Center for a final 5 mile bike ride to our ending location at the United Methodist Church of Sun City Center at 1210 W. Del Webb Blvd. We will be organizing our participants between 3:30 and 4PM. Some of our small heroes will join the ride via golf cart and we encourage you to do the same if you aren’t a bike rider. Then at approximately 4:45 to 5PM we will arrive at the church to share fellowship, join in activities for the kids, enjoy hot dogs and the fixings, and of course dessert. Hopefully the riders will also share some of their adventures with all of us.
May 1st the United Methodist Church of SCC will hold a service at 10:55 AM to honor all of Sammy’s little heroes. That’s the kids! Our riders and volunteers will be joining the families to honor all our brave children and grandchildren who have definitely become our heroes. The church is honoring our little heroes for the entire month of April by dedicating their mission’s offerings for April to SammyRides
Last, but not least, Sun City Center is celebrating their 50th anniversary. Since almost all of our residents are grandparents, what better way to start our celebration than with a parade? SammyRides will have a float in the parade and we have asked our little heroes to ride in the parade on our float accompanied by one of their parents just behind our 4 riders and SammyRides volunteers. They are the reason for our ride and we want to honor them at our homecoming celebration.
If you would like to participate please contact Dee Giordano by email at: ali@deegiordano.com. We are asking you to let us know if you will be with us on Saturday as the church needs an estimated headcount to make sure there is enough food for everyone. It would be our honor to have you participate in some or all of these events with our team. You can find out about SammyRides by going to: www.SammyRides.com. If you look on the right side of the web page you can click on ride blog and follow our riders throughout their journey.
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