Team Greenwich Police will ride in the Tri-State Trek to raise money and awareness to battle ALS , also known as “Lou Gehrig’s” disease. The 24 member team will be riding about 100 miles a day for three days.
Team Greenwich Police ride’s in honor of our brother officer, Sergeant Roger Petrone, who died from ALS. Roger served 18 years with the Greenwich Police Department and passed away at the age of 44 after a seven year battle with this horrible disease.
The Trek begins in Boston on June 26th, and makes its way through Massachusetts, New York, and Connecticut ending in Greenwich on the 28th.
The team will regroup at the “Roger Petrone Rest Stop” which the intersection of John Street and Riversville Road at 2:00pm. The 300+ bikers will be led by Roger’s 12-year-old daughter, Sydney, down Greenwich Avenue and across the finish line arriving at 3:10pm in Roger Sherman Baldwin Park.
Please come out and support the riders!