The Tri City Health Partnership and Sammy’s Bikes would like to thank all those who came out this past Sunday to take part in the first annual TCHP Gran Fondo. Your donations to the THCP cause are greatly appreciated. Photos of the event can be found here THCP Gran Fondo 2010

TCHP and Sammy’s would like to also extend a big thanks to all of the sponsors who contributed the the Tri city Health Partnership and helped make this ride a big success.

On July 30th Dr. Bob Maganini will set out from Sammy’s for a trek that will cover 1000+ miles in 10 to 14 days culminating in a 14,000 ft hike up Pike’s Peak in Colorado. All proceeds raised during this event are being donated to Susan G. Komen for the Cure and the American Brain Tumor Association. Contact Sammy for more info on the July 30th send off party (630 444 0690). Please visit Dr. Bob’s personal website at Bike to The Pike for more details on his endeavor and to donate to the cause.

On August 22, 2010, Sammy’s Bikes of St. Charles will be sponsoring a Charity Bike Ride to benefit Tri City Health Partnership, the only free medical clinic in Kane county. The event will include a 15 mile family ride, and a 50 mile ride (with optional 12 mile bike trail loop would make a metric century). We invite you to come out for the ride to support the clinic You may call Sammy’s Bikes at 630-444-0690 or Shannon Watson at 630-377-9277 for more information.

Proceeds from the August 22 ride will be utilized by TCHP to provide medical care to local residents who are uninsured and unable to pay for services. For more detail about the ride and for further info on THCP please visit the dedicated website at THCP Gran Fondo

Join us for a training ride and fund-raising clinic at Sammt’s Bikes (602 1st Street, St. Charles IL.) on Saturday April 24 2010.

Come by the shop or call for more info: 630 444 0690

With the local weather getting better day by day, week by week Sammy is planning to begin monthly 40 mile training rides in preps for his support for the ride for MS. More info will be posted as dates and routes for these training rides are finalized. Also, please contact Sammy to offer support or get more info on his shops involvement: 630 444 0690. Thank you.

Sammy’s ride for peace continues to take shape. Here is the latest. At this time the date for departure is September 7th with the ride beginning September 8th. The ride will span 10 days and 800km covering a region from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem to Jericho with a message of peace and fellowship. Contact Sammy to apply for a spot on his 5 person squad for this mission to spread peace in his homeland: 630-444-0690.

In day to day life it is often easy to live and think locally while neglecting issues that affect the rest of the world. Sammy’s Bikes feels that it is a necessity when possible to reach out to those in unfortunate situations and do what we can to support humane efforts on both a local and global stage. To this point Sammy’s Bikes would like to announce its mission to help drive and support the Project Rwanda effort. Sammy’s and a number of community leaders and businesses have setup a 2 day benefit ride with the resulting proceeds going directly to Project Rwanda. The ride will occur on June 13th and 14th of  2009 covering 175 kilometers over the 2 day event. This ride will also coincide with the celebration of the 175th anniversary of founding of the lovely berg of St. Charles which Sammy’s Bikes proudly calls home. Please contact Sammy’s for more info on this event: 630 444-0690. .

Project Rwanda Mission Statement: Project Rwanda is committed to furthering the economic development of Rwanda through initiatives based on the bicycle as a tool and symbol of hope. Our goal is use the bike to help boost the Rwandan economy as well as re-brand Rwanda as a beautiful and safe place to do business and visit freely.

Sammy and Team Rwanda, what a good looking group

Sammy is teaming up with Tom Ritchey to spear head a 10 day ride for Peace in 2009. This ride will cover 800km from Tel Aviv to Jericho hoping to spread peace and good will to the people of this region one pedal stroke at a time. Two of the ten days will be spent touring Bethlehem and Jerusalem taking in the culture, historic significance and beauty this region offers. The tentative date has this ride taking place in September 2009 so stay tuned for more info and pics of the accompanying Jersey. As always give Sammy a ring @ (630) 444-0690 for more info.