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Benefit bicyclists take a break at Orange Presbyterian | News [Video]

By Hilary Holladay

If you happened to see dozens of cyclists making their way into Orange on Sunday morning, they were peddling for a good cause—Anchor House, a nonprofit shelter for at-risk youth in Trenton, N.J.

Anchor House sponsors an annual seven-day, 500-mile bike ride to raise funds for the shelter and its related programs that help more than a thousand children and young adults every year. The group chooses a different starting point for the ride each summer, and this year, 77 very fit and enthusiastic cyclists began their trek in Charlottesville. On the ride’s first day, the group had scheduled a pit stop at Orange Presbyterian Church, where fourth-generation church member Jennie Hill Robinson was waiting to greet them.

While the church service took place inside, with music wafting into the parking lot, Anchor House support team members Kathy Sonnenfeld-Squires and husband Rick Squires of Bowie, Md., set up a refreshment …

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