Join Our Journey – How will you Bike & Hike in 2025?

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COBYS Family Services will host the annual Bike & Hike fundraiser event on Sunday, September 7, 2025.

• The Tasty Tour is on firm footing. After a successful launch last year, the Tasty Tour, is back for our foodie friends. The Tasty Tour is a walk with stops at four popular eateries in Lititz making it a delicious option for Bike & Hikers.
• Take the traditional 3-mile walk. Enjoy a walk in the park and a tour of Main Street, Lititz on our signature route.
• Choose the 25-mile bicycle course. A new route is being considered.
• Or ride the 10-mile bicycle route which is a more moderate but still takes in the beautiful Lancaster County countryside.
• The event will end (of course) with: “We all scream for… ICE CREAM!” The Incredible Ice Cream Celebration provides a delicious treat and good fellowship.

No matter how you participate, your partnership during the COBYS Bike & Hike helps make a positive difference in the lives of kids and families entrusted to our care.

Kick us off with a head start

The Bike & Hike is for everyone, even those who don’t bike or hike!

COBYS Bike & Hike Kickstart sets the foundation for our biggest fundraiser, getting you in gear or stepping up to support COBYS at this event. We understand not everyone may be available to participate in the Bike & Hike event, but all can still show their support for our mission by helping us kick off the event before anyone takes the first step or pedal push. Our goal is to raise $25,000 before September 7. Make a plan to come back and indicate COBYS Kickstart on the donation form to designate your donation. Help kick us off with a donation to the Kickstart.

Join us on the day

Schedule for the day:

25-mile Bicycle Riders:
Registration/Check-in begins 12:00 p.m.
Ride begins 12:30 p.m.

1 ½-mile Tasty Tour Walkers:
Check-in begins 12:30 p.m.
Tasty Tour Walk begins 1:00 p.m.

10-mile Bicycle Riders and 3-mile Walkers:
Registration/Check-in 1:00 p.m.
Ride and Walk begin 1:30 p.m.

Incredible Ice Cream Celebration:
When participants begin to return around 2:45 p.m.

The Tasty Tour Temptation

The Tasty Tour is a 1-1/2 mile walk with stops at four popular eateries in Lititz making it a delicious option for Bike & Hikers. Final plans and menus are coming together. Here’s how we’ll tempt you so far:

1. Dosie Dough: You know it will be yummy.
2. Café Arabella: So savory.
3. Slate Café: Always great food and drinks.
4. Location TBD: We’re lining up more goodness.

Steps to Participate

1 – Register:

• Pre-Register online or by mail with a $30 ($60 Tasty Tour) minimum per person donation or sponsorship. $5 early bird discount if you register before August 25 (Note: Tasty Tour early bird registration is August 11).
• Family registration: $100/($200-Tasty Tour) minimum donation/sponsorships (for families of more than three individuals).
• NOTE: Due to planning for food, Tasty Tour is pre-registration only by August 25
• Registration is also available at the event on September 7 (not for Tasty Tour).
• All donations $20 and more will receive tax acknowledgment.

2 – Gather Sponsorships:

• Expand your circle of giving – invite others to join you or support you and COBYS with a pledge.
• Create an online fundraising page.
• Collect donations – credit card online or by check.
• Submit sponsorship information (use this form) and monies to COBYS at the event or mail to: 444 Murry Hill Circle, Lancaster, PA 17601.

3 – Enjoy A Walk or Ride:

We look forward to seeing you September 7 at Lititz Church of the Brethren.
If you have any questions please contact Steve Nichols atsteven@cobys.org.

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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.

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.