Where: From Bismarck, ND to Aberdeen, SD – Discovering the Dakotas II
Total length: 324 miles
When: May 28-June 10, 2016
2016 Ride JournalOur Success
Statistics for 2016
- 324 miles long
- Covered 2 states: North Dakota and South Dakota
- 100 riders participated covering a total of 5,600 miles
- Stops in 14 cities–ND cities: Bismarck, Sterling, Hazelton, Strasburg. SD cities: Herreid, Mobridge, Selby, Hoven, Seneca, Faulkton, Zell, Redfield, Mellette, Aberdeen
- Interactions with city leaders and residents—mayors, newspapers, editors, civic organizations, community members, pastors, parishes, nursing homes, onlookers
- Media coverage throughout the ride included 10 newspapers with 9 front page stories, 1750 facebook followers
- $30,324 raised for the Gift of Life Transplant House in Rochester, MN
- $1,500 donated to support a DonateLife Tree during the ND Hall of Trees – a Christmas tree display at the ND capitol that draws in thousands of visitors. This tree will honor organ, eye, and tissue donors as well as recognize North Dakota transplant recipients who have been blessed to receive these life-saving gifts. Families can create an ornament in honor of their loved one.
- $1,000 donated to Oakes Hospital, Oakes, ND to establish a donor tribute wall to be unveiled during the 2017 ride