Students Hope to Raise $100K for Wounded Soldiers

Eight students, ages 16 to 18 years old, will bicycle this summer from Washington State to New Hampshire to raise funds for Ride 2 Recovery, a nonprofit organization that supports cycling as physical and mental rehabilitation for United States veterans. The students attend St. Paul’s School in Concord, and are riding as SPS Cyclists. Their fund-raising goal is $100,000.

The students, three girls and five boys, come from Montana, Florida, Alabama, Connecticut, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, and New York.

The ride will begin on June 12 in Anacortes, WA, and will continue through Idaho, Montana, North Dakota, Minnesota, Wisconsin, Michigan, New York, Ontario, and Vermont, concluding in New Hampshire on July 28.

The cyclists will stay in campgrounds across the country. They will dip their bicycle tires first in the Pacific Ocean and finally in the Atlantic.

Corporate sponsors for the ride include Ocean Spray, Neutrogena, and Vinson & Elkins.