March is Women’s Month and one of the annual highlights is the
Women’s Bike Rally. It will be held tomorrow in Belize City. It is not
a race but rather hundreds of men, women, and children will cruise through the
city on their beach cruisers, mountain bikes, and even tricycles. Director of
the Women’s Department Icilda Humes told us more.
Icilda Humes, Director – Women’s Department
“The bike rally starts at six at the corner of Western Avenue and
the Western Highway. We will be offering our usual incentive for the first 50
perssons who sign up for the Bike Rally on Saturday morning, that is for them
to get a Women’s Month Water Bottle. We really want to extend an invitation
to persons to come out and we are talking coming out as a staff, we are talking
coming out as a family, coming out as a church because the idea behind the bike
rally is that its not a race, it is definitely not that, but we are looking
at promoting healthy lifestyles and spiritual unity.
So what we’ve seen over the years and what we continue to see is
that most business places come out as a team. They come out, they put on their
work shirts and they ride together as a team. We are seeing husbands and wives
and sons and daughters and grandparents and grandchildren come out and being
a part of this activity.
As usual we will be having our four trophies. This is not for who wins
the race but we have for the youngest female rider, the oldest female rider,
the largest mixed group and the largest group of females. So we encourage business
places and large families to come out and try to win those prizes. We have prizes
ranging from exercise machines to dinners to cash prizes like $200 to stays
at different resorts, we have sports drinks and a whole lot of prizes coming
from the business community.”
There is no fee to sign up for the rally but each rider can donate
a dollar which will go to the Belize Red Cross. The rally leaves from the corner
of Western Avenue and the Western Highway at 6 am. The route will take it up
Faber’s Road and ending at the YWCA on Freetown Road where a post rally
charity breakfast will follow. Similar rallies will be held in the districts.
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