Everybody Rides 2019
Project Mobility is hosting our Seventh Annual Everybody Rides benefit at James O. Breen Park in St. Charles on September 15, 2019. Riders can choose from a 10 mile family trail ride or a 30, 45, or 60 mile road ride on quiet country roads. Following the ride there will be a Post Ride Celebration with live entertainment, food, drinks, raffles, vendors and more.
People of all ages and abilities are welcome and encouraged to join. Pre-register for the event individually or form a team and start fundraising today!
All proceeds benefit Project Mobility's mission to bring adaptive cycling opportunities to the lives of children, adults, and wounded service members with emotional and physical challenges.
Date: Sunday, September 15, 2019
Packet Pick-Up *Optional Saturday, September 14, 2019 10 am - 2 pm
There is also a FREE optional bike tune availbale at The Bike Rack. Packet pick-up is not required but will speed things up in the morning of the ride
Time: Registration 6:30 am - 9:00 am
(see full schedule below)
Location: James O. Breen Park
Corner of Campton Hills Road & Peck Road, St. Charles IL 60175
Cost:
Individual
Ends Feb. 1st $40
Ends Sep. 14th $50
Day of the Ride (Sep. 15th) $60
T-shirt included if registered by Aug. 25th
Schedule
6:30 am - 7:00 am - 60 Mile Road Ride Registration/Check-in
*Begin ride once registered/checked-in
7:00 am - 7:30 am - 45 Mile Road Ride Registration/Check-in
*Begin ride once registered/checked-in
7:30 am - 8:00 am - 30 Mile Road Ride Registration/Check-in
*Begin ride once registered/checked-in
8:00 am - 9:00 am - 10 Mile Trail Ride Registration/Check-in
*Begin ride once registered/checked-in
10:00 am - Post Ride Celebration
Live Entertainment, Beer Garden Opens, Food, Raffles & Local Vendors
12:00 pm - Adaptive Bike Presentation
Project Mobility
The Mission of Project Mobility is to make a positive difference in the lives of children, adults and wounded soldiers with disabilities. We provide the services, resources, and equipment needed to promote better health, independence, and the freedom of mobility through adaptive cycling.
How Project Mobility Started
Hal Honeyman, founder of Project Mobility: Cycles for Life, Inc. has been involved with bicycles as a sport, business, and recreation since 1975. With The Bike Rack, his family bicycle shop in the Chicagoland area. Hal's interest in "adaptive cycling" - bicycles for people with disabilities - was spurred when his own son Jacob was born with Cerebral Palsy. Hal wanted to find a way for Jacob to join the family when bicycle riding. After Jacob's needs were met, Hal found specialized bikes for other disabled children and began creating specialized bikes when other bikes were not available or did not exist for that particular disability. This led to the formation of Project Mobility: Cycles for Life.
Bikes for those who are disabled goes beyond mere transportation, or even health building recreation for those whose health is often fragile. These specialized bikes create a sense of freedom for those who are disabled. Bikes restore a sense of possibility and ability to those whom are often told by society that their life is about limitations and disability.
Project Mobility took the work started by Hal and expanded it further. It built on the things Hal already did, such as taking specialized bikes to places where disabled people can see them and try them. For example, Project Mobility, delivers these bikes to schools with children with disabilities, rehabilitative hospitals, and other places for the disabled, such as Shiners' Hospital, Rehabilitation Institute of Chicago, Access Chicago, Illinois schools, the University of Illinois, Independence First, Great Lakes Adaptive Sports, Molloy Education Center and Fox Valley Special Recreation to provide the freedom of mobility and the experience of riding.