Camp Kearney's back 40 is a mix of challenging hills and deep valleys making up the reclaimed strip mine land that it is. A couple years ago, we looked at its topography and thought, Mountain Biking!
At South Side Mission's Camp Kearney, we love to give inner-city and rural poor kids a fun experience that they do not often get in their everyday lives...a zip line...a chance to catch a largemouth bass...and now Mountain Biking! We use all of these fun activities as a way to show kids how very important they are to us and to God.
So thanks to many generous donors (thank you Peoria Area Mountain Biking Association and the Illinois Valley Wheelmen!) and a great deal from Russell's Cycle and Fitness, we now have a dozen rugged and brand-new mountain bikes. We also have helmets and other safety equipment to make sure we keep the kids in one piece when they're out rolling over obstacles. By the way, that's Kyle, our Mountain Biking Host at Camp Kearney showing off one of the new models.
Mountain Biking! Just one more way we're "Loving Kids to Christ" at Camp Kearney!
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