About the Bike Benzie Tour

Hosted by the Benzie Sunrise Rotary Club, the Bike Benzie Tour is a charity ride for the benefit of the area youth. In addition, a portion of the proceeds raised by the Tour will be contributed to the Rotary International Foundation to provide matching funds for the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation's $255 million challenge grant to eradicate polio worldwide.

The Benzie Sunrise was established in 2000 to foster the Rotary ideal of service above self, with a special emphasis upon serving area youth. In 2008 Club members established the Benzie Sunrise Rotary Foundation to receive charitable contributions and proceeds from Club fundraisers to further benefit the youth of Benzie County.

Organizations that have benefited from the Sunrise Club include the Rotary International Youth Foundation, Special Olympics, Benzie Central and Frankfort/Elberta Schools, Odyssey of the Minds, Betsie Valley Trail, summer camp scholarships, youth life leadership, local food pantries and the Rotary International Foundation.