To our Stage5 Cycling Community,
We are helping to organize a charity bike ride in the Boston area to benefit the Wounded Warrior Project (WWP), a non-profit organization that provides support to severely wounded servicemen and women. WWP has a national program called Soldier Ride that was originally created as a form of therapy for wounded veterans. It’s grown into a nation-wide effort that not only gets these heroes out on bikes and together with other wounded veterans, but also helps organize the communities – both civilian and military – around them. These communities in turn show their support and appreciation either by riding with the vets, or cheering them along on the sidelines – all the while raising money and awareness for the Wounded Warrior Project.
Stage5 Cycling has become involved through friends, teammates and fellow athletes that have expressed gratitude for the the deep sacrifices many of these soldiers and their families have made. Along with several other civilian and former-military friends, we’re supporting and riding in the first ever Boston Soldier Ride on Labor Day weekend: 10AM on Saturday, September 4th, 2010. The ride will begin and end at Minuteman Historical National Park in Concord, MA, and there will be ride distances for all ages and abilities.
The most important thing you can do is to join us as a rider and ask your friends, family, co-workers for contributions. If you’re unable to ride, Stage5 would be grateful for any contributions you can make. Beyond all that, we’d love to see you out there with us on September 4th, supporting our troops.
To learn more or register for the ride, please visit the Boston Soldier Ride Website.
When registering, select the “Join a Team” option and then “Stage5 Cycling” from the drop-down menu.
To make a donation to the ride, please Click Here.
Hope to see you there!
Tom Scotto
Program & Sports Director
Stage5 Cycling Incorporated.
