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Event
"A RIDE INTERRUPTED...MINOR SETBACK, FOR A MAJOR COMEBACK"
The project supports better awareness campaign for the community of Chester & Tri-state areas regarding the importance of riding bikes, properly fitted and fastened bicycle helmet, attention to proper cycling safety. So pull out your Bike, and helmet, and support the effort (helmets will be fitted and donated the day of the event).
Event Features ::
Approx. 6.5 mile bike route through City of Chester with 3 water/awareness stops. Project support information table booths following the bike ride at MLK Memorial Park, support speakers, donation of 100 Helmets by the Boone Family, Philadelphia Bik'in Blazers Bicycle Club & Northwest supporters Nutcase Helmets, Helmets R Us, Rainier Riders Bicycle Club.
Awareness Message ::
The States of Delaware, Pennsylvania, New Jersey unfortunately do not have mandatory helmet laws. Laws in these States do require helmets for youth ages 17 and below. Bicycle helmets reduce the incidence and severity of head injuries. Eighty-nine percent of bicycle deaths are persons 16 and older, so helmet laws should include adults. Helmet use has been estimated to reduce head injury risk. Ninety-one percent of bicyclists killed in 2009 reportedly weren't wearing helmets.
BACKGROUND
On Thursday, Aug 15, 2013, Daniel Boone Jr. of Chester, PA. (age 77) between 5-6pm EST. was struck and seriously injured while riding his bicycle after visiting with his mother (then age 94). Dad was riding in the bike lane westbound at 9th & Carla's in Chester, PA, (dad was not wearing a helmet). The driver fled from the accident, and witnesses came forward. Dad was transported to Crozer Medical.
Dad sustained a fractured skull, pelvis, collar bone, and multiple damages to his brain. He would lay in a medically induced coma for 9 days.
Thank you all for your thoughtfulness, compassion, and prayers, after 8 months of trials, miracles, and recovery, dad is getting stronger every day. The first week of April 2014, dad was discharged from the caring hands of the staff at Brinton Manor Rehab Center, and continuing his recovery in the Northwest with Deborah and I. His rehabilitation through the Grace of God has included strengthening his speech, and learning to walk, eat, neurological bodily functions, and reasoning development. Family, and close friends that have walked with him through this amazing experience "rejoice in the name of the Lord", fore we are steadfast for dad's full recovery! God has brought our father, son, brother, uncle, grandfather, friend, neighbor "a mighty long way, in a very short time".
HOW YOU CAN HELP
1. Consider your schedule for the ride
2. Share with your network
3. Organize a ride team,
4. Buy a block of helmets to support the effort. Helmets are $5 Children and $6 Adults.
Boone Family
Media Contact :: Gary Boone | 206 919-5925 | boone.gary@gmail.com
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LocationDr. Martin Luther King Jr. statue at Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial Park (View)
620 Engle Street
Chester, PA 19013
United States
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