Date: Saturday, May 26, 2012
Event: Mesquite Rotary Bike Ride
Route Distances:
100K: Hard and fast is the only way to describe this course. Crossing the Trinity River twice and flying through the bottomlands, you’ll find it hard to believe you’re still in Dallas County. This route is for seasoned riders. Before attempting this route, be sure you can cover the distance and get back to the rodeo grounds by 1:00PM.
75K: Watch out for alligators on this route as you travel on smooth flat roads through the unincorporated parts of Southern Dallas County. Be sure and stop at the new rest stop at the Historic Seagoville School near downtown Seagoville.
33K: The same route as in previous years, you’ll travel around the Mesquite area and Eastern Dallas County on a half flat, half hilly course with 2 rest stops.
About the Ride: This high profile event serves as their primary fundraiser and has been extremely successful. In the first ten years of this event, they have raised over $200,000 that has gone directly to:
Community service programs supporting:
- personal and neighborhood safety
- drug awareness and at-risk youth
Mesquite Rotary Club — Benefactors 2009 — 2010
- Addressing Mesquite $5,000
- Boy Scouts $1,200
- Rotary International (Water tanks in South Africa) $6,000
- Have A Heart Dental $3,000
- Historic Mesquite $25,000
- Mesquite Social Service $2,500
- Mesquite Sunrise Club (Coats) $1,000
- Mission East Dallas $10,000
- Mesquite Youth (Various Programs) $15,800
- School Supplies $4,500
Monetary Support for International Needs
- Donating to the Rotary District 5810 Wheelchair Project with the Wheelchair Foundation to provide wheelchairs to those in need locally and internationally (individually, and with club matching funds)
- Have donated to Rotary’s Send-a-Book Project, providing textbooks for schools in the Philippines
- Donated to the HALO Project, which clears land mines in formerly war-torn areas abroad
- Supporting the Rotary International Polio Plus Campaign that will soon eradicate polio in the entire world, and is providing far greater vaccination levels against other common diseases all over the world
Location: Mesquite, TX
Event Website: http://rodeobikeride.org/
Registration details: Online Registration via BikeReg.com
Contact info: 972.284.9411 OR [email protected]
