For the third year in a row we sponsored a local rider for Park2Park the State CASA Program fundraiser. Sharon Sweeney Fee went the distance to help raise money and awareness about the CASA/GAL program by cycling on the Park 2 Park ride from Glacier National Park to Yellowstone National Park. Fifty cyclists brought in $40,000 (double the 2006 amount)!

The bike riders endured climbing to 7,000 feet at King's Hill summit on one 97-mile day, slogged through mud at the road construction site near Ringling, and were greeted at the Park County border with the smoke from its worst fire season in history.

Meeting other bike riders and working together to reach a common goal were highlights of the trip along highway 89 for the bikers. They especially enjoyed meeting CASA volunteers and eating homemade dinners in communities along the way.

CASA programs along the way supported the ride, by providing meals, showers, shuttle services, entertainment, and places to stay.

Larry writes in his email "[In Livingston] we are treated to the best meal of the trip, very interesting testimony from a local volunteer [Jan Dawson] about her case, and soothing music from a trio."