The Lutheran Charities Appeal benefits the Lutheran social ministry agencies in Southeastern Pennsylvania. Together, these organizations are the face of God's love to nearly 50,000 of our neighbors each year.
Your gifts to Lutheran Charities help these social ministry organizations fulfill their mission. They reach out, on your behalf to people who are disabled, hungry, homeless, unemployed, newcomers to America, abused and those who need benevolent care. Learn more below about how your gifts make a difference through Lutheran Charities.
Steeplechase Bike Ride
The annual Steeplechase Bike Ride is a primary way for you to support the work of these agencies and institutions.
Clear skies and 50 volunteers greeted 125 bikers on Saturday, June 27, 2009 as they cycled to raise funds for Lutheran Charities.
Bikers from St. Paul Lutheran Church, Exton in the 2009 Lutheran Charities Bike Ride include, from left: Louis Anzalone, Richard Hujsak, Don Harting, Steve Ellis, Tilly Hujsak, Deborah Anzalone.
Bikers rode a new road route through Montgomery and Chester Counties or a Fun Ride on the Schuylkill River Trail. The routes were created and mapped by Louis Anzalone, a member of the Bike Committee and St. Paul Lutheran Church in Exton.
The cyclists ranged in age from 8 to 78 year-old Louis Wonderly, a member of St. Michael Lutheran Church in Unionville who rides annually for Lutheran Charities.
Lutheran Charities Contacts
For more information about Lutheran Charities:
610.825.9360 ext. 212
610.825.9360 ext. 202
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