Bob Koper Bike-a-thon Inspiring story
On Friday, April 30, 2010 at 12 noon Bob Koper will begin a 24 hour stationary bike-athon, Bob will finish up at 12:13 pm on Saturday May 1st. Bob is doing this in memory of his son Troy on what would have been Troys 8th birthday. Troy was born on May 1st at 12:13pm2002, Bob and his wife Qiong lost their little boy on September 23rd 2004 at the tender age of 28 months, from a genetic form of cancer called Retinal Blastoma.
Bob is a 51 year old personal trainer who is completely blind. The event will be held at The Dojo Karate studio 52 Park Avenue in Rutherford New Jersey.
There will be other events going on through out the day, starting at 11:30 am with a Karate demonstration, there will be a DJ as well as a Chinese auction and give aways. Bob and others will be going out before the event to collect sponsors pledging an amount per hour for the 24 hours he will be riding the bike. You also can come down during the event to pledge your support for Bob and Tomorrows Children’s Fund.