Media Contact:
Willow Ann Sirch
Communciations Director
The Hole in the Wall Gang Camp
(203) 772-0522 (w)
(203) 285-0050 (c)
willow.sirch@holeinthewallgang.org
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
MAY 26, 2011
Media Advisory
Hundreds of AngelRide Cyclists Ride Across Connecticut for Paul Newman’s Hole in the Wall Gang Camp
New Haven, Connecticut – There’s nothing to compare to the sight of hundreds of cyclists riding for a good cause. This Memorial Day weekend, hundreds of cyclists from serious athletes to six-year-old kids will ride in the 8th annual AngelRide across Connecticut to support seriously ill hospitalized children through The Hole in the Wall Gang Camp. The ride starts in Norfolk in Connecticut’s northwest corner on Saturday, May 28, overnights in Ashford at the legendary camp Paul Newman founded for children with cancer, sickle cell anemia and other life-threatening illnesses, and resumes Sunday, May 29 to the finish in the historic coastal village of Mystic. Each adult AngelRider commits to raising funds to benefit the Camp’s Hospital Outreach Program that brings hope and healing to children with serious illnesses in hospitals across the northeast. More than 50 children will take part in the Youth Ride on the second day from Jewett City to Mystic.
WHAT: AngelRide cycling event to benefit The Hole in the Wall Gang Camp Hospital Outreach Program
WHEN/WHERE:
DAY ONE/Saturday, May 28: Ride Lunch Break, E. Windsor, noon to 12:30 p.m. Contact: Fred Brooke: (860) 227-7397
DAY ONE/Saturday, May 28: Ride End at Camp, Ashford, 2 p.m. to
4 p.m. Contact: Willow Ann Sirch (203) 258-0050
DAY TWO/Sunday, May 29: Ride Lunch Break, Jewett City, noon to
1 p.m. Contact: Lynn McCarthy: (860) 227-0658
DAY TWO/Sunday, May 29: Finish Celebration, Mystic, 1:00 p.m. to
3:00 p.m. Contact: Kate Robins: (860) 389-5092
DIRECTIONS:
Day One: Ride Lunch Break: First Congregational Church of E. Windsor, 124 Scantic Road, East Windsor, CT 06088. Map here:http://tiny.cc/n4rd8
Day One: Ride End at Camp: The Hole in the Wall Gang Camp, 565 Ashford Center Road, Ashford, CT 06278. Map here:http://tiny.cc/tgiwg
Day Two: Ride Lunch Break, Children’s Ride Start: Hopeville Pond State Park, 193 Roode Road, Jewett City, CT 06351. Map here:http://tiny.cc/ca67b
Day Two: Finish: Mystic YMCA, 1 Harry Austin Drive, Mystic, CT 06355. Map here: http://tiny.cc/l04mt
WHO: Ride organizers, riders of all ages
More about AngelRide: http://www.angelride.org/
More about the Camp: www.holeinthewallgang.org
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