Biking for Babies group from Minnesota to visit Quincy on Friday at Madison Park

QUINCY — Biking for Babies is sending out young adults from all sides of the country for the 13th year to raise awareness and financial support for pregnancy resource centers in America.

Fifty-six college students and young adults plan to cover a total of close to 4,000 miles in July for the babies, women and families served by these pregnancy resource centers. They will ride an average of 17 mph, covering an average of 100 miles per day. Teams that converge in St. Louis, Mo., on July 16 will leave from Green Bay, Wis.; Columbus, Ohio; Natchez, Miss.; Dodge City, Kan., and Minneapolis, Minn. The team riding into Washington, D.C. will leave from Columbus, Ohio. 

Right to Life of Adams County, along with Blessed Sacrament Church, will welcome the members of the Biking for Babies Minnesota team who will be bicycling from Ottumwa, Iowa, to Quincy. They will be stopping in Quincy at the Madison Park shelter at 6 p.m. Friday, July 15, the fifth day of their six-day trip from St. Paul, Minn., to St. Louis. People are invited to meet the participants, listen to their presentations, offer support, pray for the success of their ministry and enjoy refreshments.

“This year’s national ride is going to be an historic event for Biking for Babies, with more missionaries, pregnancy resource centers and routes than ever before,” executive director Nikki Biese said. “This is also our first year with two Celebration of Life events: our fifth annual in St. Louis and our first in Arlington, Va. This growth speaks well of the desire of young people to put their beliefs into action and support women in unplanned pregnancies.”