Biking For Baby Food!!!

Sometimes a child needs to be raised by someone other than his/her biological parent. This burden will typically fall on the shoulders of a grandparent or another of the child’s relatives. In these situations breastfeeding is not an option and someone else is left to pay for the child’s needs.

Did you know one can of baby-formula costs $25!?! And that's the cheap stuff!!

At $25 per can, formula quickly becomes a heavy financial burden on a single mother or relative trying to raise a child. Through donations, the Samaritan Center is able to help these people.

On April 10th, the Jefferson City Samaritan Center and Team Red Wheel will be partnering to raise money for the Samaritan Center’s Baby Food program during the “24 Hours of Syllamo” endurance mountain bike race in Mountain View, Arkansas. Participants will complete as many laps of a punishing 10.5 mile course as possible during the 24 hour time period.

Here's how you can help:

You don’t have to ride a bike for 24 hours, but you can certainly help keep Team Red Wheel motivated to do so. In addition to a standard donation, we are providing you the opportunity to “adopt a racer”. To do so, pick one of our racers and pledge to donate $X to the baby-food program for every lap that racer completes.

For example: Luke Lamb has pledged to donate $2 per every lap Bob Jenkins completes. If Bob finishes 4 laps, (42 miles), Luke will donate $8 to the baby-food program. Our team consists of 3 other racers: Don Daly, Corey Case and Zack Lamb.

All who donate will be entered in a raffle to win a free mountain bike, courtesy of Red Wheel Bike Shop, in Jefferson City.

Absolutely all proceeds will go to the Samaritan Center. Please make all checks payable to the Jefferson City Samaritan Center.

Any questions, don’t hesitate to call Bob @ 573-619-3038 or simply respond in the comments section on our website @ http://www.biking-for-baby-food.blogspot.com/. Thanks for your support!! :)