Moonlight Ride for Hunger on Aug. 26 adds decorated bicycle contest

QUINCY — The seventh annual Moonlight Ride for Hunger will be held Saturday, Aug. 26, at Clat Adams Park, 201 N. Front. Start time for the ride is 7 p.m.

Cost to enter is $35 per person with youths ages 12-16 riding for free. Registration can be completed online at wgca.org through Aug. 25. Individuals also can register beginning at 5:30 p.m. the day of the ride. However, the registration fee will increase to $40.

New to the ride this year is a decorated bike contest. The winner of the contest will receive $350. Second place will win $150, and third place will be two tickets to the 2024 ride, a Madison & Davis Bicycle Shop gift card and Red Cactus Salsa gift basket.

All proceeds from the event, after expenses, will go to Horizons Soup Kitchen and Food Pantry.

The Moonlight Ride for Hunger benefits the Horizons Soup Kitchen and Food Pantry, a local ministry that has fed more than 32,000 people through their food pantry and served more than 50,000 meals through their kitchen just last year. 

Moonlight Ride for Hunger is sponsored by Blessing Health Systems, WGCA, Madison & Davis Bicycle Shop, Rethink Media, Red Cactus Salsa and WGEM.