Lancaster County’s most eligible bachelor, Dr. Andy Baldwin, and his father, former state Rep. Roy Baldwin, are planning a bicycle ride across Pennsylvania in October to promote activity for children.
The “X-PA Healthy Lifestyle Bike Ride” is intended as an educational sweep across the southern part of the state, using the Pennsylvania ‘S Route.’ The Baldwins will advocate for the prevention of childhood obesity at health fairs at schools along the way. They will be promoting the nrgBalance program, of the Pennsylvania Advocates for Nutrition and Activity. That program, an outgrowth of the Penn State Hershey Center for Nutrition & Activity Promotion, promotes healthy eating and active living.
Andy Baldwin garnered worldwide attention as the star of ABC’s The Bachelor: Officer and a Gentleman in 2007. A U.S. Navy doctor based in Hawaii, Lt. Baldwin bicycles regularly and races as a triathlete. His father, a recreational bicyclist, led bicycle rides through his Manheim Township district when he was in office.
The cross-state ride is scheduled to begin in Pittsburgh on Sunday, Oct. 4, and end Saturday, Oct. 10, at the Philadelphia Museum of Art. The Baldwins will ride about 70 miles per day on the 425-mile route. Each day’s ride will end with a health fair at a school along the route. The health fairs will be held by school administrators and parents’ groups and coordinated by the Pennsylvania Advocates for Nutrition and Activity.
Other riders will be invited to ride along with the Baldwins. Each rider will be required to wear a helmet, follow safe cycling rules and sign a liability waiver. The ride will be held rain or shine. Riders will be asked to pay a fee to participate. The ‘S’ Route cuts across the center Lancaster County.
