Wednesday, November 13, 2024

Laabs bikes 2,500 miles to raise funds for Tomahawk Community Theater

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TOMAHAWK – A Tomahawk-area resident recently biked more than 2,500 miles to raise funds for a local organization.

Joan Laabs, 77, combined her biking efforts with collecting pledges from community members, friends and relatives to raise funds for the Tomahawk Community Theater (TCT) Children’s Workshop and summer performance.

Laabs was ultimately able to donate $1,500.00 to the program.

TCT also received an additional grant of $1,000.00 from the Laabs Family Fund at the Community Foundation of Central Wisconsin, bringing the total contributed the group to $2,500.00.

The funds will go towards TCT’s general operating expenses, as well as specific program needs.

“Members of our Board of Directors are committed to focus on program evaluation, goal-setting and planning for the future,” said TCT President Terry Bucaro.

Since moving to the Tomahawk area five years ago, Laabs has biked more than 17,000 miles. Laabs said her first two years accounted for nearly 5,000 miles each year on a road bike, noting that number included 35 weeks in Wisconsin and southern states.

For the past three years, Laabs has ridden a three-wheel recumbent trike, averaging 2,500 miles per year.

Laabs has utilized her passions for biking and volunteering to raise over $17,000.00 to benefit five organizations in Lincoln and Oneida counties: American Legion Post 93, VFW Post 2687, Camp American Legion, Tomahawk Main Street Inc. and Tomahawk Community Theater.

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