SAVE THE DATE: The Second Ride for McBride will be held Sept. 8th, 2012!
Welcome to the Ride for McBride Website! The first Ride for McBride was held on September 10th, 2011 to honor the life and work of Joseph McBride and to raise money for the Joseph McBride Memorial Social Work Scholarship for an MSW student in the Social Policy & Practice department at the University of Pennsylvania. The second annual Ride for McBride will be held on September 8th, 2012.
The first Ride for McBride was a great success! We raised much more than anticipated for the scholarship. One hundred riders rode for McBride and over one hundred and fifty people, including volunteers and friends, attended the picnic. Please check out the photos from the 2011 ride here.
Donations can be sent at any time to: Ride for McBride, 2161 Pennington Road, Ewing, NJ 08638. All funds go to the Ride for McBride Memorial Fund.
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RIDE FOR MCBRIDE MISSION STATEMENT
Ride for McBride is a charity bike ride held to honor and remember the life and work of Joseph McBride. Joe was a beloved member of our Mercer County community for forty years, where he raised a family, coached and refereed sports, taught and worked as a social worker, and was a friend to many. Sadly, Joe lost his life in 2010 doing something he loved: riding his bike. We gathered together for the first time as a community in 2011 to ride and remember a man who touched thousands of lives. Participants can ride one of three routes (10, 25, 50 miles) and there is a luncheon ceremony held after the ride. The proceeds raised by the ride will go to the Joseph McBride Memorial Scholarship at the University of Pennsylvania School of Social Policy and Practice – a masters program in social work. The scholarship is awarded to a second-year student who best exhibits Joe’s enduring qualities as a social worker: unflinching courage, strong integrity, and boundless passion. The first scholarship will be awarded in the spring of 2012.
