August 25, 2023

Indiana Biking for Babies will take place on Sept. 8-10, midpoint rally on Sept. 9

The 10th annual Indiana Biking for Babies ride to help raise funds for the Indiana Knights of Columbus Ultrasound Initiative will take place on Sept. 8-10. Monies raised are used by the Knights to purchase life-saving ultrasound machines for Indiana Women’s Care Centers in hopes of more mothers choosing life for their unborn child.

Several roles need to be filled for this year’s event: bikers, donors, cheerleaders, sponsors and prayer warriors.

Bikers are needed to ride either the entire 170 miles—from the Illinois-Indiana state line west of Terre Haute to the Indiana-Ohio state line east of Richmond—or any leg of the three-day journey. Each rider has a goal of raising at least $300. The team goal is to raise $35,000, the approximate cost of a new ultrasound machine. The Knights of Columbus’ Supreme Headquarters in New Haven, Conn., will match every dollar with the goal of purchasing two ultrasound machines. To donate or to register to ride, visit www.kofc437.com.

A midpoint rally will be held at Our Lady of Lourdes Parish, 5333E. Washington St., in Indianapolis, at 1:30 p.m. on Sept. 9. The rally will include prayer and talks from pro-life speakers.

According to a Poynter Institute Politifact article, nearly 90% of women in a crisis pregnancy choose life for their child after seeing an ultrasound image.

For more information, contact team captain Robert Newport at ranewport@gmail.com or Larry Kunkel, life director for the Indiana State Council of the Knights of Columbus, at life@indianakofc.org. †

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