Bikes for Barker set for June 21

Published 12:13 pm Thursday, June 5, 2014

The seventh annual Bikes for Barker scholarship fundraiser will be June 21 at the Armory, 410 Prospect Ave. in Albert Lea, according to a press release.

The fundraiser includes a pancake breakfast from 9 to 11:30 a.m., a 100-mile motorcycle run from the Armory to Lanesboro and an 11-mile bicycle ride starting at the head of the Root River Trail in Fountain, to City Park in Lanesboro. A donation of $5 is suggested for the breakfast and registration is $20 per motorcycle and $10 per biking family. There will be a luncheon celebration at the City Park in Lanesboro afterward. A donation of $5 is suggested for the luncheon.

A raffle for $5 per ticket will be featuring prepaid Visa gift cards and other prizes. There will be a free youth fishing contest with prizes in the afternoon. All money raised at the event goes toward the Garth Barker Memorial Scholarship Fund, which assists students pursuing careers in chemical dependency counseling.

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For more information call 507-259-2362 or 507-440-1562, or go to www.fountaincenters.org.