Our good friend David Moore sends us this information about an upcoming event for a very serious cause:
“The ride for the RisePhoenix.Org Ride for Suicide Awareness departs from the Lawrence Visitor’s Center in North Lawrence (just across the street from Johnnies – just north of the Kansas River on Massachusetts Street) at 11.00 AM Monday, May 7th. Be ready to ride at 11.00 AM – so arrive a little early. We’ll be riding north out of town on 24 Highway to 59 Highway north towards Oskaloosa.
The RisePhoenix crew will be riding south from Effingham, KS. We’ll meet halfway and then accompany them back into Lawrence across the Kansas River bridge to either City Hall or down Massachusetts to the Judicial Building located at 11th and Mass (still working on those details!). There should be quite a few media folks greeting as we enter into town and at our final destination. We are still working with the Sheriff’s Dept to see if we can get a motorcade! The ride will be about 40 miles – give or take a little. You’re welcome to join us for the entire ride or just catch us at the end. After the ride we can all gather at Johnnies (north of the bridge) for drinks and food. We have reserved a large room. They have fantastic burgers and pizza – and beer! If you cannot ride – at least join us for food and drinks at Johnnies. Let’s roll out the red carpet and give these guys a great homecoming.
One of the riders – Thomas Brown – has ties to Lawrence and Kansas. We have a fantastic opportunity to raise awareness for suicide and also to show everyone that we also have a fantastic cycling community with a giant heart. The weather for next Monday looks to be just perfect. I hope you all can join me! Any questions please contact me. This will be a nice mellow easy ride with friends and family. Some important links. Tuesday evening will be a potluck dinner and presentation by RisePhoenix. Details are contained in the following links.
:https://www.facebook.com/events/438475216168836/
RisePhoenix Link:www.RisePhoenix.org
Please share this with anyone who may be interested in joining us.