UPDATE April 8, 2015 / The 19th Annual Rotary Ride returns to Commissioners Park on Aug. 9, 2015. The popular charity bike ride offers 20, 40 and 62-mile (100 KM) routes from which to choose. All of the routes offer a beautiful ride through Naperville, Oswego, and Yorkville with a return point at Silver Springs State Park for the 100 KM cyclists.
Cyclists will head out from Commissioners Park at their leisure for the distance of their choice.
Sign-in will begin at 6:30AM. Three rest stops are strategically placed and well-stocked with a variety of nutritious foods and beverages chosen with the riders in mind.
SAG support will be available until 3 PM.
This year’s bike ride will be hosted by the Rotary Club of Naperville / Downtown. The event again is held in memory of Carmen DiGiovine, an avid cyclist and Rotarian who helped initiate the first bike ride fundraiser when it was organized 18 years ago by the Rotary Club of Naperville / Sunrise.
2015 Rotary Ride registration is now in progress.
The 2015 Rotary Ride will benefit three fundraising initiatives: Rotary International End Polio Now, Naperville Responds for Our Veterans and Naperville CARES.
For information about sponsorship opportunities ($250, $500, $1,000 or $2,500) and to be featured on the commemorative Rotary Ride cyclist t-shirt, contact Pat Benton at (630) 989-1833.
Gear up for three good causes! Additional details with updates about this year’s ride will be featured soon.
Posted Aug. 10, 2014 Rotary Ride / Cyclists began arriving at 6:30AM on Sun., Aug. 10, to register for one of three long-distance routes—20, 40 and 62-mile— in the 18th Annual Rotary Bike Ride that originates at Commissioners Park, west of Route 59 on 111th Street. The forecast for the day with overcast skies and temperatures in the mid-70s created nearly perfect conditions for the bike ride.
In 2014, members from Rotary Club of Naperville South welcomed pre-registrants and walk up to Commissioners Park along 111th Street.
According to Brenda Pino, President of the Rotary Club of Naperville / South, a fourth “short-distance” 1.5-mil route also is available to give entire families a chance to walk, ride or stroll for $40 per family as a special way to introduce all ages to Rotary Ride.
All participants will receive a commemorative 2014 Rotary Ride t-shirt while available. Walk-up registration will be until noon, depending on the distance of the route. SAG support ends at 3PM.
A pasta brunch, provided by Belgio’s, will be served from 10AM to 2PM. Fruit and other snacks also will be served throughout the event.
Members of the Rotary Club of Naperville South and Rotary Interact Clubs are available to answer questions about Rotary South and the services and organizations it supports.
Rotary Bike Ride
Original Post, July 2014 / The Rotary Club of Naperville South will host the 18th Annual Rotary Bike Ride on August 10, 2014.
The popular bike ride offers 20, 40 and 62-mile (100 KM) routes from which to choose. All of the routes offer a beautiful ride through Naperville, Oswego, and Yorkville with a return point at Silver Springs State Park for the 100 KM cyclists.
Sign-in will begin at 6:30AM. Three rest stops are strategically placed and well-stocked with a variety of nutritious foods and beverages chosen with the riders in mind.
A plentiful pasta brunch, provided by Belgio’s, will be served from 10AM to 2PM.
SAG support will be available until 3 PM.
Proceeds from this ride will be used to help various local and international charities. In the most recent years, funds have been donated to The Turning Point Autism Foundation School in Naperville and Fisher House at Hines VA Hospital which houses out-of-town family members of veterans who are receiving treatment at Hines.
Registration is $40 per person for the long-distance routes.
According to race organizer George Goyette, the registration fee includes a commemorative “18th Annual Rotary Ride t-shirt, three well-stocked rest areas, a delicious brunch, plus an invitation to enjoy a three-month honorary membership to The Rotary Club of Naperville South.”
The popular Rotary Ride, established in 1997 by the Rotary Club of Naperville/Sunrise, has been hosted the last three years as a fundraiser for the Rotary Club of Naperville/South.
Sponsorships welcome, too!
If you are not a cyclist, individuals, couples, families and businesses are welcomed to consider being a sponsor and join DiGiovine Hnilo Jordan + Johnson Limited, Friedrich-Jones Funeral Home, Belgio’s, Naperville Park District, Casey’s Foods, Dan Wolf Automotive Group and JJP Designs in making this the most successful Rotary Ride ever.
For more information about sponsorships or Rotary Ride, contact Goyette at (630) 205-9115.
To register in advance for the event, visit www.rotaryride.org.
FYI Update: The Rotary Club of Naperville/South A.M. previously was one of four active Rotary Clubs in Naperville. Today many of its members have joined one of three other Naperville Rotary Clubs. With the assistance of other local clubs, the Rotary Club of Naperville / Downtown will coordinate the 2015 Rotary Ride.
