Thank you for your support of COBYS at the 2025 Bike & Hike

Over $112,000 raised!

You came, you rode, you walked, you sundaed!

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Blessed with glorious late-summer weather, over 230 friends of COBYS came to ride bikes, walk or enjoy delicious food on the Tasty Tour. They gathered with the Bike & Hike Pros for conversation and fellowship and joined in the Incredible Ice Cream Celebration.

With the support of business sponsors, Kickstart contributions and participants (many who enlisted people to sponsor them), over $112,000 was raised.
COBYS honored the top three fundraisers: Floy Fitzkee, Londa Brandt and Don and Carolyn Fitzkee. Many other individuals, families and groups, including Mountville Church of the Brethren, rallied support from friends and family to support our services.

Funds raised at the Bike & Hike allow COBYS to provide care the way care should be provided, with compassion, dignity and hope, to kids and families who are often experiencing trauma and at their lowest point. Together we lift them up.

No matter how you participated, your partnership during the COBYS Bike & Hike helps make a positive difference in the lives of kids, adults and families entrusted to our care. Together we are making a better community and offering hope.

The Kickstart Fund gave us a head start

Thank you to all who helped us enter the event on firm footing.
We appreciate all who donated to the Bike & Hike Kickstart campaign. We understand not everyone was available to participate in the Bike & Hike event, but many who couldn’t attend (and many who did attend and also “kickstarted”) showed their support for our mission by making a Kickstart donation.

Over $16,000 was donated to the fund providing a great foundation for the event.

What did you think?

We love to hear from you. Please share your thoughts, opinions and experience, both positively or negatively about this year’s Bike & Hike. We’re always looking to make the day as enjoyable as possible. This event is a nice chance for our staff to spend joyous time away from their daily (not ever routine) activities and spend time with you, our loyal supporters. Please send your feedback to development@cobys.org.

Are you an early planner? Save the date for the 30th edition of the Bike & Hike on September 13, 2026 at Lititz Church of the Brethren.

If you missed it, you can still contribute to the event.       Donate   

Special Thanks to Our Sponsors for their generous funding in support of the mission of COBYS and our ministries. We encourage all participants to contact and patronize these businesses for products, service and solutions.

Supporting Sponsors: J. B. Zimmerman, Keller Bros., PennMedicine-HealthWorks, Penway Construction Inc., Rodgers & Associates, Sheetz

COBYS carries out this mission by providing safe and loving homes for children through foster care and adoption services; helping children and adults overcome challenges through counseling; and leading family life education programs teaching skills and principles to parents, teens and children. Donations from our generous supporters help make this service possible.