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Bike ride to benefit MU children’s hospital Raising awareness and funding for the pediatric diabetes program at University of Missouri Health Care’s Children’s Hospital will be the focus of the sixth annual Mid-Missouri Bike Ride to Rocheport on Saturday, Nov. 3. Registration for the event will take place between 9 a.m. and 10 a.m. at Flat Branch Park, 101 South 4th St. in Columbia. A pre-ride breakfast of coffee and bagels will be provided by B & B Bagels. Riders can start anytime after registering. The bike ride will take participants 17 miles from Columbia to Rocheport along the scenic MKT and Katy Trail, for a total ride distance of 34 miles from Columbia to Rocheport and back. As part of the festive spirit of the event, riders are encouraged to wear Halloween costumes. After a catered lunch by the Rocheport General Store, a scavenger hunt and costume contest will be held, along with a bike parade through Rocheport. A post-ride party will be held at Mojo’s in Columbia. The registration fee per adult rider is $45 and $5 for children riders under 13. Special rates are available for six or more riders who register as a team. Donations are also welcome. All proceeds from the event go to the pediatric diabetes program at Children’s Hospital. “Each year, thousands of children in the United States are diagnosed with diabetes,” said Bert Bachrach, M.D., director of the pediatric diabetes program at Children’s Hospital. “So raising awareness and funding for a program such as ours is a very worthy cause. Our program at Children’s Hospital remains one of the nationwide leaders in providing quality care to children with diabetes. Our reputation is founded upon decades of research and landmark discoveries in the area of pediatric diabetes.” For more information on registration or about the event, please visit www.offtrackevents.com or contact Steve Taylor at (573) 268-3269. MU’s pediatric diabetes program was started by Robert Jackson, M.D., in the 1960s. In 1978, David Goldstein, M.D., joined University of Missouri Health Care and took over as director of the program. Goldstein pioneered the multidisciplinary approach to caring for pediatric diabetes patients. He also involved the program in the largest national diabetes trial to date. The trial was a groundbreaking, ten-year study that began in 1986 and proved that controlling the blood sugar levels in diabetes patients dramatically affected their long-term health. Bachrach was named director of the program in 2004. Children’s Hospital is the largest and most comprehensive pediatric health-care center in mid- Missouri. Housed at University Hospital and Clinics and Columbia Regional Hospital, it is the only facility in mid-Missouri offering comprehensive, specialized children’s services such as trauma care, neonatal transport, child life therapy and a hospital school. |
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