Lancaster cycling advocate Mike Ridgeway is asking his neighbors to donate food while he racks up the miles.
Ridgeway is in the midst of his “Dream Ride Bike-A-Thon Food Drive” to benefit Mom’s House, a Lancaster non-profit organization that cares for children while needy parents go to school.
Ridgeway is asking residents of his Lancaster City neighborhood to place food donations on his porch that will be taken to Mom’s House. Meanwhile, beginning Friday, he rode the perimeter of Lancaster County through the weekend. Beginning Tuesday, he will ride a 36-mile route known as “The Loop.” He will do that daily through Thursday, for a Saturday-Thursday total of 400 miles. That leads up to his riding “The Loop” consecutively for a 12-hour period on Friday, Sept. 11, following a 9-11 memorial ceremony at the Lancaster County Emergency Training Center in Salunga.
Ridgeway’s effort is in recognition of the recently created National Day of Service and Rememberance.
Anyone interested in making a food donation to Mom’s House who does not live in Ridgeway’s neighborhood may call Ridgeway, at 397-2503, or Mom’s House Executive Director Diedre Foley Citro, 396-9130, to make drop-off arrangements.
