On Sunday, October 19th, Vista Vocational & Life Skills Center held the 6th Annual Vista Tour de Shore cycling event. This year’s Vista Tour de Shore featured nearly 250 riders and 29 fundraising teams on a beautiful fall day. Total funds raised exceeded $84,000. The event was sponsored by Essex Printing, Zane’s Cycles, Shore Publishing, Thomson Tours, Wells Fargo, Wilcox Energy, WebNow1, The Tolland Fund, Essex Savings Bank, Yale-New Haven Hospital, VP Electric, Branford Jewelers, Middlesex Hospital and Gowrie Group.
Starting and ending at the Westbrook Elks Lodge, The Vista Tour de Shore featured rides of 5, 25, 40 and 60 miles throughout the Connecticut shoreline communities at the peak of fall foliage. Big names in the world of cycling in attendance at this year’s event included professional cyclists Evie Stevens, Ben Wolfe and Paul Lynch as well as USA Cycling’s Director of Development Steve McCauley.
Net proceeds from the Vista Tour de Shore benefit the Endowment Fund of Vista Vocational & Life Skills Center, Inc.
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Based in Westbrook and Madison, CT, Vista Vocational & Life Skills Center is a 501©3 nonprofit organization. Vista’s mission is to provide services and resources to assist individuals with disabilities achieve personal success.
For more information regarding Vista, please visit www.vistavocational.org
