Mountain Bike Ride
Join us
Saturday, August 24, 2019
Fundraiser for York Fire Rescue
Join us
Saturday, August 24, 2019
Fundraiser for York Fire Rescue
Thank you to everyone who rode the York 38 Special rides and the Lucky 13 on August 25, 2018..
The weather was just right; a little haze in York, yet on top it was clear.
We heard so many compliments as to how well run and fun our ride was that my head started to swell a bit .... 😊. One rider said that he participates in many rides throughout Montana and the York 38 Special was organized the best, aid stations were in the right spots and the volunteers were great.
I truly appreciate every volunteer who made this happen.
We had firefighter (John) and EMT support (Michaele, Mike, Todd) from East Valley Volunteer Fire Department, and thanks to Chief Sammons for volunteering and supporting us. We had an EMT from Canyon Creek VFD (Rosie), and one EMT from Birdseye Rural Fire District (Jim). Thank you TriLakes Volunteer Fire Dept. for taking calls for York Fire Rescue and East Valley VFD.
The Hel's Belles came out to cheer on the riders, which was a special bonus for us.
Reach Air landed a helicopter at Indian Flats aid station to help with any rider needs we may have. It was great to see you circle the finish line after the aid station broke up. Communications between the aid stations worked without a hitch. Thanks, Greg, for setting up the repeater.
Sheriff Dutton also supported us at the finish line – running radar for a while to ensure vehicles passing the finish line behaved 😊.
The York Bakers are wonderful. So many goodies and so many compliments from riders on how yummy they were!!! Thank you!!!!
Thank you to my husband, John, who is also York Fire Rescue’s chief. We always take him for granted and he put in so many hours to get this ride going – getting firefighters, EMTs and patrols on each aid station, getting the EMS plan updated, ensuring the USFS permit was still up-to-date and that the USFS permit was paid for, making sure we have landing zones for a helicopter, in case we should need it, making sure we have all the medical supplies we need, ensuring radios were working, and helping me with all kinds of items that needed to be done. John and I spent the evenings before the ride at the fire station to inventory all needed items.
Thank you to the clean-up crew: John, David, Joelle, Debbie, Darlene, Greg ….. and special thanks to Rhodetta and Dick who did an outstanding job cleaning up the incoming aid station supplies and taking leftover goodies to God’s Love.
Thank you York 38 Special committee! The core committee: David, Debbie, Darlene, Joelle and I.
Thank you to all our Sponsors for the rides:
Platinum: Yellowstone Pipeline, Great Divide Dental, Valley Veterinary Clinic and Westaff.
Aid Station: First Interstate Bank, PEAK PT, George's Distributing, Payne West Insurance, TriCounty Disposal, St. Peter's Health, Hammer Nutrition, Signs Now, Reach Air.
Gold: Wipfli, Valley Bank, Summer Star Ranch, Shauna Smith-Realtor, NAPA, Kevin Miller-DDS, Imagine Designs Jewelry, Heuiser PT, Dick Anderson Construction, Safeway, York Bar.
And many more businesses too numerous to mention.
Thank you to Big Sky Cyclery for supporting us at the start line fixing bikes.
A special thank you also to the York Fire Service Area property owners who sent in donations to York Fire Rescue.
I hope I didn’t forget anyone…….
We have posted the results of the ride - see the Results tab.
I may update this story a bit later. This is all that comes to mind at the moment.
I'll let you know if I have it in me to organize another one ..... Right now the next York 38 Special should be Saturday, August 24, 2019.
VOLUNTEERS ROCK!!!
Rita Naylor
York 38 Special Organizer
Great Read -
Article from the local paper
Helena Independent Record's list
of 101 Helena Summer Things to Do
The weather was just right; a little haze in York, yet on top it was clear.
We heard so many compliments as to how well run and fun our ride was that my head started to swell a bit .... 😊. One rider said that he participates in many rides throughout Montana and the York 38 Special was organized the best, aid stations were in the right spots and the volunteers were great.
I truly appreciate every volunteer who made this happen.
We had firefighter (John) and EMT support (Michaele, Mike, Todd) from East Valley Volunteer Fire Department, and thanks to Chief Sammons for volunteering and supporting us. We had an EMT from Canyon Creek VFD (Rosie), and one EMT from Birdseye Rural Fire District (Jim). Thank you TriLakes Volunteer Fire Dept. for taking calls for York Fire Rescue and East Valley VFD.
The Hel's Belles came out to cheer on the riders, which was a special bonus for us.
Reach Air landed a helicopter at Indian Flats aid station to help with any rider needs we may have. It was great to see you circle the finish line after the aid station broke up. Communications between the aid stations worked without a hitch. Thanks, Greg, for setting up the repeater.
Sheriff Dutton also supported us at the finish line – running radar for a while to ensure vehicles passing the finish line behaved 😊.
The York Bakers are wonderful. So many goodies and so many compliments from riders on how yummy they were!!! Thank you!!!!
Thank you to my husband, John, who is also York Fire Rescue’s chief. We always take him for granted and he put in so many hours to get this ride going – getting firefighters, EMTs and patrols on each aid station, getting the EMS plan updated, ensuring the USFS permit was still up-to-date and that the USFS permit was paid for, making sure we have landing zones for a helicopter, in case we should need it, making sure we have all the medical supplies we need, ensuring radios were working, and helping me with all kinds of items that needed to be done. John and I spent the evenings before the ride at the fire station to inventory all needed items.
Thank you to the clean-up crew: John, David, Joelle, Debbie, Darlene, Greg ….. and special thanks to Rhodetta and Dick who did an outstanding job cleaning up the incoming aid station supplies and taking leftover goodies to God’s Love.
Thank you York 38 Special committee! The core committee: David, Debbie, Darlene, Joelle and I.
Thank you to all our Sponsors for the rides:
Platinum: Yellowstone Pipeline, Great Divide Dental, Valley Veterinary Clinic and Westaff.
Aid Station: First Interstate Bank, PEAK PT, George's Distributing, Payne West Insurance, TriCounty Disposal, St. Peter's Health, Hammer Nutrition, Signs Now, Reach Air.
Gold: Wipfli, Valley Bank, Summer Star Ranch, Shauna Smith-Realtor, NAPA, Kevin Miller-DDS, Imagine Designs Jewelry, Heuiser PT, Dick Anderson Construction, Safeway, York Bar.
And many more businesses too numerous to mention.
Thank you to Big Sky Cyclery for supporting us at the start line fixing bikes.
A special thank you also to the York Fire Service Area property owners who sent in donations to York Fire Rescue.
I hope I didn’t forget anyone…….
We have posted the results of the ride - see the Results tab.
I may update this story a bit later. This is all that comes to mind at the moment.
I'll let you know if I have it in me to organize another one ..... Right now the next York 38 Special should be Saturday, August 24, 2019.
VOLUNTEERS ROCK!!!
Rita Naylor
York 38 Special Organizer
Great Read -
Article from the local paper
Helena Independent Record's list
of 101 Helena Summer Things to Do
