{"id":1472,"date":"2007-08-13T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2007-08-13T04:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.emu.edu\/blog\/news\/?p=1472"},"modified":"2007-08-13T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2007-08-13T04:00:00","slug":"pedaling-for-fun-and-finances","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/emu.edu\/now\/news\/2007\/pedaling-for-fun-and-finances\/","title":{"rendered":"Pedaling for Fun and Finances"},"content":{"rendered":"<p align=\"baseline\">Forty-two bikers from seven states and Ontario, Canada, left EMU on Aug. 5 and traveled some 292 miles in the Shenandoah Valley, much of the route on the scenic Skyline Drive, returning to EMU the afternoon of Aug. 9.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/news\/images\/1472.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<p> The trip&#8217;s purpose: exercise, fellowship and fund raising for <a title=\"MCC\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"\/r\/?l=http:\/\/www.mcc.org\">Mennonite Central Committee<\/a>, Akron, Pa. The group spent three nights of the ride at campgrounds and one night at a lodge on the Skyline Drive. <\/p>\n<p> Fourteen of the participants are EMU alumni (l. to r.):  <\/p>\n<ul>\n<li> Phil Helmuth, Harrisonburg <\/li>\n<li>Cliff Lind, Harrisonburg <\/li>\n<li>Emery Yoder, Harrisonburg <\/li>\n<li>Glen Lapp, Lancaster, Pa. <\/li>\n<li>Justin Shenk, Akron, Pa. <\/li>\n<li>David Martin, Akron <\/li>\n<li>Charity Shenk, Akron <\/li>\n<li>Paul A. Yoder, Harrisonburg <\/li>\n<li>Harry Mast, Broadway, Va. <\/li>\n<li>Jack Rutt, Harrisonburg <\/li>\n<li>Dayvid Graybill, Colorado Springs, Colo. <\/li>\n<li>Don Bomberger (foreground), Harrisonburg <\/li>\n<li>Gloria Rutt, Harrisonburg<\/li>\n<li>Mary Glick, Harrisonburg <\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div class=\"photo right\" style=\"width: 100px\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"100\" height=\"158\" src=\"\/news\/images\/1472-phil.jpg\" alt=\"Phil N. Helmuth, executive director of development and director of church relations at EMU, rides in the bike tour\" \/><br \/>Phil N. Helmuth, executive director of development and director of church relations at EMU, rides in the bike tour. (Photo by Jim Bishop)<\/div>\n<p> &quot;The tour was a well-organized and -supported effort to tour with friends who share a passion for biking and for the work of Mennonite Central Committee around the world,&quot; said <a href=\"\/personnel\/people\/show\/helmphil?ssi=churchrelations\">Phil N. Helmuth, executive director of development and director of church relations<\/a> at EMU. <\/p>\n<p> The group raised some $10,000 that will benefit MCC&#8217;s peace work, including the Anabaptist churches in Columbia who have suffered a four-decades-long conflict in that country.  <\/p>\n<p> These churches and other MCC partner organizations provide food, basic supplies, counseling and job training to people who have been displaced by violence. <\/p>\n<p><em>Photos by Jim Bishop.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Forty-two bikers from seven states and Ontario, Canada, left EMU on Aug. 5 and traveled some 292 miles in the Shenandoah Valley, much of the route on the scenic Skyline <a href=\"https:\/\/emu.edu\/now\/news\/2007\/pedaling-for-fun-and-finances\/\" target=\"_self\" class=\"more-link\">... read more <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">about Pedaling for Fun and Finances<\/span><\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"author":11,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[266],"tags":[9733,8191,5944,6100,10194],"feature":[],"class_list":["post-1472","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-alumni","tag-bicycling","tag-fundraising","tag-giving","tag-mennonite-central-committee","tag-phil-helmuth"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.6 - 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