Tour of Saints - Community Involvement

Community

Tour of Saints Community Involvement

Tour of Saints has been a partner with and contributed to various community organizations and funds over the years, including the following.

Cleft and Craniofacial Center - The center treats children with cleft lip and palate, misshapen heads, torticollis and other disfiguring conditions.

The Aaron Cross Family Fund - In 1991 at age 15, Aaron Cross suffered a paralyzing injury during a bicycle race. Since that time, Cross has gone on to set world records in archery in the Paralympic Games, just one of his many personal accomplishments. He is now a motivational speaker for his own business, Motivation on Wheels.

The Brain Injury Association of Minnesota
Retired and Senior Volunteer Program (RSVP)
Avon Rescue Squad
Cold Spring Rescue Squad
St. Joseph Rescue Squad
Waite Park Rescue Squad
St. Joseph Y2K Lions
St. Wendel Parish
Nordic Ski Club
Tri-County Humane Society
Friends of the Albany Library
Lake Wobegon Trail
Gitchi Gami Trail
League of American Bicyclists

Event Director Michael Doyle has also served or currently serves on the following nonprofit boards and committees.

Minnesota State Bicycle Advisory Committee
Minnesota Recreational Trail Users Association
Wheels, Wings, Water Festival Board
Minnesota Mississippi River Parkway Commission
St. Joseph Healthy Community Partners
Avon Design Team
Neighborhood Energy Connection

"A childhood without a bicycle is
a sailboat becalmed. A bicycle has the grace and
style to give a billowing gaiety and a transcendent
innocence to the fragile moments of childhood.
In later years, those moments may be recalled
for refuge, however evanescent,
from the fits and starts of life."
- James E. Starrs, The Noiseless Tenor

"The hardest part of raising a child
is teaching them to ride bicycles.
A shaky child on a bicycle for the first time
needs both support and freedom.
The realization that this is what the child
will always need can hit hard."
- Sloan Wilson

Questions? Comments? E-mail Tour of Saints at info@tourofsaints.com