YOU DID IT!!!

Thanks to you – participants, donors, volunteers and sponsors – the 2022 Cruisin’ Down the Crescent raised an incredible nearly $115,000 … and counting!

Everyone who attended was enthusiastic (in spite of the weather) and it was an amazing day filled with many highlight moments. Spending it together after a long couple of years was very special. The funds you helped raise are going to make a tremendous difference in the lives of children and youth living with disabilities. Your efforts will support them realizing their potential and achieving their dreams. We hope you are very proud!

Our heartfelt thanks to our parade marshalls, Gabriel and Elias, and their family for being such an important part of Cruisin’ and for graciously letting us into their lives.

Cruisin’ Down the Crescent is nearly here!

Have you had the chance to register and start fundraising for Cruisin’ yet? We are in the fundraising homestretch and every donation for Cruisin’ you collect makes a tremendous difference for children and youth living with disabilities.

If you haven’t had an opportunity yet, now is the time to spread the word to family and friends and ask for their support. Post on social media, send out an email and let your friends and family know you are taking part in Cruisin’ 2022 and need their help!

Interested in the Cruisin’ Down the Crescent raffle and auction? Both are now open and you can buy tickets or bid now for a chance to win some amazing prizes! This year’s raffle and auction are online and the deadline to purchase or make bids is 11:59 PM Sunday June 12.

With the arrival of spring, the waitlist for specialized bikes for children and youth with disabilities is growing daily. Community support is needed now to fund 25 Bikes that will positively change lives.

Riding a bike is often thought of as a childhood rite of passage. Specialized bikes allow children with physical or developmental disabilities a chance to participate, like anyone else, in an active lifestyle. For youth with disabilities, an adapted bike enables them to join in biking adventures and feel the breeze blowing in their face as they ride, perhaps for the very first time. Bikes also provide immense physical and therapeutic benefit, improving strength and coordination.

The specialized bikes are very costly, between $1500 to $6500 each. More than $100,000 in funding is required to fulfill all the bike requests the Children’s Rehabilitation Foundation has received so far this year. The impact of these bikes for their recipients is tremendous.

“Seeing a youth ride a bike for the first time is incredibly heartwarming,” said Jane Kidd-Hantscher, Executive Director of Children’s Rehabilitation Foundation. “Donations toward 25 Bikes will provide the gift of independence, freedom and adventure for years to come.”

Visit 25bikes.com to donate today

Ambassador news, time to Cruise and bike dreams to be filled.

Our 2022 May newsletter is out, click here to read it today.

Click here for the Children’s Rehabilitation Foundation – 2022 Winter Newsletter