Letter from the Chair

Jul 04, 2009

Cycle for special needs 2009

 

Dear Riders,

The 2009 Y Cycle for Special Needs will be held this year on Sunday, August 30, 2009. Since 2001, hundreds of riders have spent a special Sunday “Peddling with a Purpose”.

Allow me to thank you for your past support. Because of your involvement, our Y Cycle for Special Needs fundraising event continues to provide on-going programming for those with Special Needs. We are proud to have contributed $200,000 to date!

As you know, the money raised is put into an Endowment Fund as part of the Y Foundation. The interest earned finances recreational programming for those with intellectual or physical disabilities. We currently have over $850,000 in our Endowment Fund. This fund allows special needs children and adults access to the Y.

This year’s goal is to hit the $1,000,000 mark.

More than 140 people are involved in these and other activities each week, but there are still many children, adolescents, and adults who lack stimulating and fulfilling leisure and recreational activities. With significantly diminishing funding available, what is needed is a reliable, recurrent source of funding. The Y Cycle for Special Needs was designed for this reason: to support this mission and to help remove the uncertainty in long-term planning.

Each year, there is increasing competition as more and more charitable causes vie for the same fundraising dollars. We were approached by the Jewish General Hospital to join a new and much larger event. The Y Cycle organizing committee discussed all the pros and cons involved with this major change and decided against it. Those who started in 2001 as well as those who joined us in 2008 all spoke passionately and with a deep connection to the Y Cycle and “Peddling with a Purpose”. The vote was unanimous in its decision.

Come ride with us in 2009!! The Y CYCLE FOR SPECIAL NEEDS you and can only be successful with your involvement.

 

Please REGISTER NOW Please contact Nathalie Elkouby, Event Coordinator by email: nelkouby@ymywha.com or call 514.737.6551 ext. 228 for further assistance.

 

Again, on behalf of the Committee, we thank you for all your support!