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Riders Bios
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Kenneth Messier
Ken is president and co-founder of Children & Adult Mobility Project, based in Simsbury, CT, the 501-c-3 hosting & benefiting from the Ride Across America. Ken has spent many weeks at Walter Reed Army Medical Center and the Edward Hines, VA Hospital, over the past several years working with and seeing first hand the injuries suffered by our military personnel on active duty, in Iraq and in Afghanistan, as well as the benefits, both physically an psychologically to those who have been able to receive treatment by S.A.M.
Ken, a founder of CT Adaptive Cycling, is an eagle scout and former scout leader who has been active in outdoor activities including extended backpacking, camping and canoeing trips. Ken will be accompanied on the trip by his son Michael, drove a support vehicle and coordinated the set up of information stops where he received donations from interested supporters along the way, as well as being the recumbent trike mechanic for the trip.
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Sponsors
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Ti-Trikes
Mike's Bikes
Mobility in Motion, LLC, Simsbury, CT
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Sponsor Spotlight
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Mobility In Motion, LLC of Simsbury, CT has made the first hand-cycle donation to the Connecticut Adaptive Cycling Club being launched by C.A.M.P. during the summer of 2011. Mobility in Motion is offers retail sales of hand-cycles, recumbent trikes, and adaptive sports equipment to physically challenged athletes.
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