[CTSARA] Ham Volunteers Needed Bike The Beach Charity Ride - Sept 23 (Sunday)

[Jon Perelstein]

Amateur radio operators in southwestern Fairfield County are needed to
provide communications for the BikeTheBeach charity bike ride on Sunday
Sept 23.

The ride goes from Jennings Beach in Fairfield west to Darien and then back
on roads that roughly parallel Route 1.  Essentially, it's the same routes
as the MS Ride that we did in June, except that the MS Ride went east from
Stamford to Fairfield, and this goes west from Fairfield to almost Stamford.

We anticipate staffing a couple of SAG wagons as well as a couple of scout
vehicles and possibly some of the rest stops.  Current plans call for hams
from about 7:30am to about 1pm, with a few hams staying late until about
2pm.

This ride is put on by the Probus Club of Greater Bridgeport to raise funds
for support of developmentally disabled people.   The Probus Club was
founded in 1921 to raise money to support the developmentally challenged.
The Bike the Beach is a major part of their fundraising efforts.  This will
be the 29th Anniversary Bike the Beach event.

Note that the Probus Club has over 100 major sponsors for their activities,
so this is an excellent opportunity to make a showing for ham radio.

According to the Bike The Beach website
100% of the funds raised from Bike the Beach 2018 will be used to benefit
people with developmental disabilities through the activities of the Probus
Club of Greater Bridgeport and its support of other community organizations
such as The Kennedy Center, Inc.

GFARA is taking the lead on this one.  If you are willing to participate,
please contact Jeff Cronin KB1LZ at  jeffskky at gmail.com.

Bike the Beach website  www.bikethebeach.com

Probus Club of Bridgeport website
http://www.probusclub.org/Bridgeport/index.html

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Jon, AI1V