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Welcome Home Party for CEM bike riders!

Help Us Welcome Home the CEM Riders!

We'll have hot dogs, root beer floats, and live music by the Dakota Brass Quintet!

This event is OPEN TO THE PUBLIC, so bring your friends, family members, & neighbors!

Saturday June 8th, 2013
11 A.M. - 12 NOON

Merchants Bank parking lot
7300 147th St W,
Apple Valley, MN  55124

CEM
stands for Christian Elder Memorial bike ride, a 16-day 900-mile ride
and fundraiser for Kids 'n Kinship done by former Kids 'n Kinship mentor
John Elder and his team of riders in loving memory of his son Christian
Elder who passed away in 2007.

This year the riders (including
John Elder, Kids 'n  Kinship board member Dennis Hill, Kathy Kelly, Bob
Porter, Nate Cline, & Kids 'n Kinship former mentor Larry Koehler)
are touring the trails in Wisconsin with the help of their road crew
Dave Goodermont, Jay Saterbak, & Jim Elder.

To read about their adventure, go to their road diary: http://cem900.com/diary.html

To donate towards our goal of raising $30,000 for Kids 'n Kinship, go to: http://givemn.razoo.com/story/2013-Christian-Elder-Memorial-900

For more about Kids 'n Kinship mentoring, go to www.kidsnkinship.org

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