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Saint Michael’s Bike-A-Thon |
August 12, 2007
Seventy-one bikers, 23 walkers and one runner took part in the 5th annual St. Michael’s Retreat House fund raising bike-walk-run-a-thon held August 12. Twenty-nine bikers rode down from Saskatoon including 18 who were riding and raising money for Queen’s House Retreat in Saskatoon, the remaining 11 raised money for St.
Michael’s. Queen’s House said they expect about $12,000.00 will be raised. Thirty-nine people rode out from Regina and three came in from Regina Beach. The 23 walkers took part in one of two routes a five Kilometre or a 10 Kilometre walk or run. The event was the largest ever and more than $25,000.00, was raised with many more pledges yet to come in. Organizers expect this year’s amount will be the largest raised and will be used to fund programs and operations at St. Michael’s. Saskatoon participants left Saskatoon’s Queen’s House August 10, camped overnight at Davidson and rode the rest of the way to St. Michael’s in the Lumsden Valley the next day. Bikers included Qu’Appelle Diocese Bishop Gregory Kerr-Wilson and his family and Reverend Brad Fahlman pastor of Regina’s Holy Family Roman Catholic Parish
The bike-a-thon was the brain child of a group calling itself Friends of St. Michael’s. The original idea was to serve two purposes, raise needed funds and to give additional exposure of St. Michael’s and the various programs available. The first bike-a-thon attracted 11 participants four from Saskatoon and seven from Regina and has grown exponentially since then. Participants were treated to a continental breakfast of fresh fruit, bagels, juice and coffee. The breakfast was followed by an inter-church prayer service led by Reverend Darlene Harrison, Dean of the Regina Conference Saskatchewan Synod of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in Canada. Music was provided by The Community Faith Choir led by Marilyn Hill. The choir is representatives of the various faith communities in the Valley. A barbecue lunch followed the inter-church service.
St. Michael’s is owned by the Franciscan Friars and operated by an ecumenical board consisting of representatives of the Roman Catholic, Anglican and Evangelical Lutheran Church in Canada.
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