Successfully completed on
Saturday, June 20th, 2009!

68 riders raised over $10,500!

Some info from 2009: • Youngest rider -- 10 yrs old • Longest distance -- 75 miles • Largest single rider fundraising total -- over $3,000 • Ride fundraising total -- over $10,500 • Number of total riders: 68 Cyclists came from: CO, CT, IL, MA, NH, NJ, RI Come ride the coastal roads of Ipswich and its surrounding communities, celebrate 375 years of Ipswich, and raise funds for Bright Happy Power! Join us to ride or volunteer for the first-annual COAST of HOPE Father’s Day Weekend Bike Ride (Sat, June 20). Start time 8:00 AM. Register online in advance or register on-site on Saturday morning! SCENIC & HISTORIC ROADS:
To celebrate the 375th anniversary of Ipswich, MA, we rode 37.5 mile and/or 75 mile route! (12 and 20-mile routes were also available.) In addition to riding through roads that pass through Ipswich’s woods, wetlands and along its waterways, cyclists wound through neighboring coastal communities that were historically part of the Agawam-Ipswich settlement (Rowley, Newbury, Topsfield, Essex and Hamilton). To learn more about Ipswich’s 375th anniversary, visit www.ipswichma375.org. The ride begand/ended at Ipswich High School (134 High Street, Route 1A/133, Ipswich, MA 01938). Parking was available. FUNDS AT WORK: 
$35 registration fee and a suggested fundraising commitment of $125. The registration fee covered all logistical costs of the bike ride, so that 100% of all fundraising for Bright Happy Power is directed toward the humanitarian service projects described on this site. These projects include work among children with cancer and other catastrophic illnesses in New England, development of a pilot program addressing teen loss and trauma on Boston’s North Shore, and provision of care packages and supplies to children who require medical intervention in such nations as Chile, Colombia, Haiti and Guatemala. http://www.ipswichma375.orghttp://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&source=s_q&hl=en&geocode=&q=Ipswich+High+School+Ipswich+MA&sll=52.047683,1.103013&sspn=0.220012,0.617981&ie=UTF8&ll=42.693918,-70.857611&spn=0.032867,0.077248&z=14&iwloc=Ashapeimage_2_link_0shapeimage_2_link_1

Bike ride sponsors include:








  1. •Bike New England (providing route development, logistical coordination, arrowing and other volunteer services to organize ride)

  2. •Ipswich Cycle
    (providing tech support)

  3. • Ipswich/North Shore YMCA
    (providing on-site walk-in registration support)

Donations and support by:

  1. *Ipswich Rotary Club

  2. *Institution for Savings

  3. *EBSCO

  4. *Mercury Brewing (soda station)

  5. *Ipswich Lions (riders, donations and loan of tents and supplies)

  6. *Stendahl Tree (annual paper crane drop at start of ride)

  7. *American Red Cross (volunteers providing first aid at all stops)

  8. *Coastal Green Grocer (fruit)

  9. *Shaws (fruit)

  10. *Trader Joe’s (snacks)

  11. *Pax Massage (massages)

  12. *Christopher’s Table (sandwiches)

  13. *Chelsea Morning Produce (fruit)

  14. *Pit Stop (port-a-potties)

Father’s Day Weekend BIKE RIDE