The Ride for Missing Children page, provides you with the official registration information, ride distances etc. and if you scroll down a bit, videos, interviews and ride reports for this event. If you don’t see a ride report and you participated in the event in the past, feel free to type something up and we’ll add it here!
Date: May 15, 2020
Routes: 30 miles
Event: 3rd Annual Ride for Missing Children
About the Ride:
In 1995, a team of seven cyclists rode their bicycles from Utica, NY to Washington, DC to raise awareness of missing children and bring a message of safety to the people they met along the way. They arrived on the steps of the Capitol building on May 25th, National Missing Children’s Day. Two years later, inspired by that first ride, 43 cyclists rode their bicycles 100 miles from Albany, NY to Utica, NY with the same message of safety and awareness. Thus began the Rides for Missing Children.
The rides have grown steadily each year and now there are over 750 people participating in five separate rides in Utica, Rochester, Buffalo, Syracuse and Albany. The first two Texas rides were in 2014 and 2015 in Denton County, Texas, and the ride moved to Austin, Texas last year. This is our second ride in Austin, Texas and promises to be our largest. The purpose of the rides is to:
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Honor all missing and exploited children.
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Raise funds to support prevention and education programs that help prevent child abduction and sexual exploitation.
There is a $30 registration fee, and we ask that riders set a goal to raise $250 (we have a website set up for this that you can utilize to make this easy, post to your social media if you like, etc.). All of the funds are going to help missing and exploited kids in Texas, and every donation counts!
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Cyclists fundraise $250 to go to NCMECTX, which funds education prevention awareness
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The riders are escorted by local law enforcement, which means traffic is halted along the route. They ride together at a team pace.
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Riders visit schools along the route to greet children and offer information to raise awareness. The visits are electric as children and adults cheer the riders as they enter the school grounds.This is the most gratifying aspect of the ride for most riders.
Location: Texas Capitol, 1100 Congress Ave, Austin, TX 78701
Event website: www.ncmectx.org
Registration details: Online registration
Contact info: Savannah M. Lovelace SMLovelace@ncmec.org
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