8/27/13 - A multi-state bicycle ride to promote recovery among returning veterans will be making a stop in Howell on Wednesday. The United Healthcare Ride 2 Recovery Great Lakes Challenge began in Chicago on Saturday and will finish in Detroit on Thursday, completing a 375-mile journey. It is made up of 200 injured veterans and their supporters who have trained for the ride as a way to promote physical and emotional recovery from the challenges faced by many vets coming home from service. It also raises support for other physical and psychological recovery programs for injured veterans. On Wednesday, the ride will pass through Willamston and then into Howell, with the riders stopping outside of the Livingston County Sheriffâs Department located at 150 South Highlander Way. Ride 2 Recovery Spokeswoman Deborah Spano tells WHMI they encourage members of the community to gather along the route to show support for the veterans as they ride in tomorrow. She encourages everyone to waive a flag or clap and cheer as they ride by. She says theyâll be arriving around 11:30am and encourage supporters to just look around for the USO canteen where theyâll be gathered. Depending on their physical abilities, the riders travel on traditional road bikes, recumbent bikes, tandems, and hand-powered bicycles. Spano says theyâre staying at the Kellogg Center in Lansing tonight and joining in the Spartan Spectacular and fireworks show. She says after their last overnight stop in Novi tomorrow, theyâll head into Detroit for a stop at the Renaissance Center before finishing up at the 1:00pm Tigers game. A link to more information is below. (JM)
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