Bike Hike raises big bucks for RCLC

2022 Bike Hike Totals

This year’s Bike Hike to benefit Randolph County Learning Center raised $148,065.

Subtotals from various fundraisers include:

• bake sale – $2,846;
• pageant – $2,000;
• day cares and preschools – $4,225;
• local schools – $46,517;
• auction – $4,000;

Peachtree Early Learning Center raised $1,077, and The Children’s Treehouse raised $3,148.

Roanoke City Schools raised $28,689. This includes:

• Knight-Enloe Elementary School – $11,482 (Katie Hodges’ first-grade class raised the most.);
• Handley Middle School – $15,000;
• Handley High School – $1,916; and
• Central Office – $291.

The $15,000 raised by HMS is the most ever raised for Bike Hike by a school.

Randolph County Schools raised $17,828. This includes:

• Woodland Elementary – $5,622 (Whitney Loveless’ second-grade class raised the most.);
• Wedowee Elementary – $4,732 (Kelly Brown’s second-grade class raised the most.);
• Wedowee Middle – $4,030 (Jill Phillips’ fourth- and Dawn Hall’s sixth-grade classes raised the most.);
• Rock Mills – $2,067 (Shannan Banks’ third-grade class raised the most.) and
• Wadley – $1,377 (Hayle Williams’ pre-K class raised the most.)

The total raised on Warm-Up Day was $ 62,021. The auction brought in $4,000.

Bike Hike Day saw pledges/donations of $26,455. These came from staff and individuals who attend RCLC – $23,330 – and $2,685 from other supporters.

Drawing winners were: $100 bill – Alexis Johnson; quilt – Donnie Hill; and dollhouse – Morgan Duncan.

Participants

Seventy-six participants and 45 volunteers made this year’s Bike Hike such a success.

Freddie Hill was the oldest participant, and 2-year-old River Rollins was the youngest.

The top 10 money-raising participants were:

Bryant Whaley – $12,000;

Samantha Baggett – $10,333;

Ashley Halsey Duffie – $4,395;

Duon Noles* – $4,052;

Faith Cosper* – $3,700;

John Owens* – $3,050;

Kara Hall – $2,300;

Emily Diquattro* – $2,200;

Jenny Rollins* – $1,760; and Tommy Wood – $1,530.

* = RCLC student