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Gearing up for Big Bikes for Little Tikes
Every year, funds raised by the annual Big Bikes for Little Tikes event help a family with a child who has spent far too many hours in hospitals dealing with medical challenges.
Dallas Gardner of Hillsboro and his family benefit from this year’s event, now in its 29th year.
The list of his medical issues is long-brittle bones disease, macrocephaly, scoliosis, and restrictive lung disease are some. Multiple surgeries are in Dallas’ past. More are in store for this 15-year-old.
Although wheelchair bound, when you look at his picture, you can see someone ready to play a video game or go fishing…or cheer on his favorite football team.
This is where Big Bikes for Little Tikes comes in.
Money from the ride on May 17 helps Dallas fulfill his wish-to travel to Texas to watch his favorite NFL team, which is, of course, the Dallas Cowboys, play the Green Bay Packers.
The Ride
Between now and May 17, you can sign up for the ride which covers a 127-mile journey through the countryside in Wisconsin and Minnesota.
Expect the company of several hundred on the ride.
To register online for the ride, click here.
A Big Bikes for Little Tikes t-shirt is included with the registration plus a brat and chips after the ride.
Check-in starts at Great River Harley-Davidson in Onalaska at 9:30 a.m. The ride takes off at 11 a.m.
The first 250 riders to check in get a free kick plate courtesy of Heyer Heating and Air Conditioning.
Big Bikes ends at the Time Out Tavern in La Crescent. Riders can enjoy their food plus a chance to win some door prizes.
The event is put on by the Rock Foundation through our sister station 95.7 The Rock.
Sponsors for this year’s event are: Schneider Accounting and Tax, Interstate Roofing, Luke’s Repairs LLC Rollingstone, Northern Engraving, Seland’s Karpetland, Rudy’s Drive Inn, Ace of all Trades, Bubba’s Meats, The Grind Coffee Shop, One Shot Concrete, April Carrier Farmers Insurance, Reedy Concrete, Ness Pumping, First American Roofing and Siding, SMA Insurance Group, Robin’s Nest and La Crosse Movers.
