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'Ride the Rock' to benefit food shelf

Lead Summary
By
Lori Sorenson

The Luverne Area Chamber will host the 2021 Ride the Rock event as a fundraiser for the Rock County Food Shelf.
The June 19 countywide cruise will feature ATVs, side-by-sides, motorcycles and classic cars with stops at 15 locations in Rock County.
“Enjoy the day cruising,” said Chamber Director Jane Wildung Lanphere. “Go when you want, and stop when and where you want.”
There will be drawings for two $25 gift certificates at each location.
“Make a charitable, tax-deductible donation to the Food Shelf and you will receive tickets to enter the drawing at all locations,” Lanphere said.
“One hundred percent of the proceeds from the day go to the Food Shelf.”
Participants can preregister through June 18 at the Chamber office between 8 a.m. and 5 p.m.
Or register on cruise day, June 19, from 9 a.m. to noon at the Chamber (located at 213 E. Luverne Street on the Courthouse Square).
“Basically, people can stop by the Chamber and make any size donation ($5 to $500 or more) with 100 percent going to the Food Shelf,” Lanphere said. 
“For their donation they get 15 entry tickets – one per location to drop in the entry box.”
At the end of the day on Saturday, June 19, each bar/restaurant will draw for two $25 gift certificates.
A total of $750 in $25 gift certificates will be given away.
Mary Gehrke will be with Lanphere on Saturday on the terrace of the chamber building taking donations.
The money will be used to support the Food Shelf’s move from its current location in the basement of the Methodist Church to its new location on West Maple Street.
Gehrke said she’s grateful for donations and for the new, larger space to operate in.
“It was wonderful to be where we were for so many years, but to be in our own place with windows in the front and a bright and airy building will be so nice,” said Gehrke, who has headed up the Food Shelf for more than 10 years.
“We’ll have room to expand our services, with cooler space that will allow us to offer fresh foods, which is really exciting.”
See the Chamber’s website, www.luvernechamber.com for the list of stops during Saturday’s Ride the Rock.
People can drop off donations at the Chamber terrace Saturday morning or stop in the Chamber any time during business hours prior to Saturday.
The Chamber can be reached at 507-283-4061 with questions.

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