Be a part of our third annual RIDE FOR THE ENVIRONMENT by donating today! Donate to the general event or select a fundraiser from the drop down box above and donate to them directly. It's quick easy and secure. All for a great cause!

Join us in protecting and improving Illinois’ air and water quality, food supply, rivers and other natural resources! Bring your friends and family for a fun-filled day of cycling and enjoying the outdoors together—AND riding for a reason. Or join in the FUNdraising by helping out friends and family earn great prizes from our sponsors by making a donation.

How can you help?

• Recruit more cyclists
• Fundraise (online tools for quick and easy email fundraising)
• Donate
• Sponsor (cash or in-kind)
• Volunteer

Please take a moment to learn about our charities and fundraise on behalf of your favorite organization. This costs you nothing and will directly help the organizations earn matching funds from a challenge grant. A little healthy competition among groups—and among fundraisers-- makes this fun (and for a great cause)! You can donate directly to the event or to an individual fundraiser (see drop down boxes above).

Rolling on the River benefits three main charities (all pre-screened and selected by the foundations who underwrite the event):

• Illinois Environmental Council Education Fund (www.ilenviro.org)
• Illinois Stewardship Alliance (www.ilstewards.org)
• Prairie Rivers Network (www.prairierivers.org)

Why these charities?

Experience
Each group has more than 30 years of experience in Illinois

Scope
Each group works throughout the state of Illinois addressing statewide issues as well as local concerns.

Effectiveness
Recognized as leaders in their fields. Efficiently run, professionally staffed organizations.

Mission
Collectively their missions address the key environmental concerns in Illinois today including global warming, air and water quality, water supply, protecting the parks, rivers and other natural spaces we all enjoy and developing policies for healthier food production and more economically sustainable food markets.

Thank you
Thank you for being involved—we hope to see you at the event! Call us if you have any questions, want to sponsor this great event or sign up as a volunteer. We grew by more than 200% last year, thanks to 150 volunteers and 70+ sponsors. With your help we can make an even greater difference to these great charities and their important environmental work in 2008.

We couldn’t do it without all of YOU!

Contact: Event Director Marise at mforbes@ilenviro.org

All donations are securely processed by the nation’s leading online registration company, Active.com with whom we have worked the past three years. Donations you make to Rolling on the River are handled and distributed by Illinois Environmental Council Education Fund, the 501(c)3 nonprofit organization serving as fiscal sponsor for the Rolling on the River event. As such they are tax deductible to the full extent of the law.