David Hirsch talks to special father Jim Mueller. Jim and his wife Margaux are parents of three children, Jessica, Lillie and Luke, who was born as a spastic quadriplegic with cerebral palsy. Jim tells David of his journey raising a
[CLICK TO READ MORE]David talks to a special father who’s making a difference in Portland, Oregon. His name is Shanne Sowards who at the age of 15 became a father to his daughter Kendra. While the relationship with the mother didn’t work out
[CLICK TO READ MORE]David Hirsch talks to special father Dick Hoyt. Dick and his son Rick, a non-verbal spastic quadriplegic with cerebral palsy, have competed in over 1200 races including 34 Boston Marathons and Six Iron Man Triathlons.
[CLICK TO READ MORE]Cycle To End Father Absence & Ride For Ryan Saturday, April 7, 2018, Noon Registration: $50/rider Cyclebar Preston Forest Proceeds to support the Special Fathers 11700 Preston Road Network and fund the Ryan M. Hanson Dallas, TX Memorial Internship. Register
[CLICK TO READ MORE]Cycle To End Father Absence & Ride For Ryan [widget id=”wvrx_columns-6″] Ryan M. Hanson was an intern for the 21st Century Dads Foundation and participated as a crew member and rider in the 2017 Dads Honor Ride. Sadly, Ryan died
[CLICK TO READ MORE]The last day of DHR17 started with under overcast skies from west Milwaukee. We honored a host of dads, overcame the typical obstacles; a flat tire, some headwinds and a little fatigue. We had another picnic lunch outside the Kenosha
[CLICK TO READ MORE]The day started with making a presentation to the Appleton Breakfast Rotary. Scot Marcotte joined the ride for the last two days. We had near perfect riding conditions. The Horse-Bike trail offered its own challenges. Were we able to connect
[CLICK TO READ MORE]The day of two thunder storms. The first delayed our start until 9:30am so we decided to catch breakfast at the local Shell station, which was more of a fully loaded truck stop and full grill. It was actually one
[CLICK TO READ MORE]Greetings from Cedar River in the Upper Peninsula. We had excellent riding conditions and put in 133 miles yesterday mostly pedaling through the Hiawatha National Forest and along scenic Route 2. Manistique and Escanaba were the big towns we passed
[CLICK TO READ MORE]Greetings from the Upper Peninsula. We had another really good day. The weather was close to optimal with overcast skies and temperatures in the low 70’s. There is more elevation in the UP than the LP and the headwinds riding
[CLICK TO READ MORE]AM Monday. Greetings from Petoskey. We had another good day yesterday. Riding conditions were slightly overcast and moderate winds until the last five miles when a cold front rolled in producing 30+ mph wind gusts and some rain. It was
[CLICK TO READ MORE]We had another great day. Sunny with south to southeast winds. Young Dave joined the ride. Some good dad connections especially in Newaygo. We used the scenic bike trails much of the day. The biggest obstacles were the not so
[CLICK TO READ MORE]We had another great day. We started by making a presentation to the Country Harbor Breakfast Rotary. We rode up the western coast of Michigan with magnificent views and some amazing homes. In addition to honoring firefighters and construction workers,
[CLICK TO READ MORE]We had a nice sendoff in front of Rotary International in downtown Evanston with friends Mike Adamle, b-i-l Bill Owens and UBS colleague Bill Blanchard. Five riders rode the lake shore path most of the way to Indiana. We met
[CLICK TO READ MORE]WGN Radio — Chicago October 3, 2016 “John St. Augustine and David Hirsch: Live vicariously through the bad role models to avoid being one” WGN vet John St. Augustine and David Hirsch co-authored 21st Century Dads: A Father’s Journey to Break the
[CLICK TO READ MORE]WGN Radio – September 7,2016 Phillip Jackson, Executive Director of The Black Star Project, joins Justin Kaufmann to discuss his career, growing up in Chicago, the continuing problem of crime and violence in Chicago, The Million Father March, and the importance
[CLICK TO READ MORE]The Daily Reporter, Coldwater, MI —June 18, 2016 Interview with Daily Reporter: Daily Reporter
[CLICK TO READ MORE]WTVB Interview, Coldwater MI — June 16, 2016
[CLICK TO READ MORE]Sandusky Register — June 15, 2016 Dads Honor Ride visits Sandusky SANDUSKY — After riding 57 miles along Lake Erie from Cleveland to Sandusky on Monday, the Dads Honor Ride crew stopped in town to rest overnight before continuing to
[CLICK TO READ MORE]Life Matters with John St. Augustine — June 14, 2016 24 million children grow up without knowing who their fathers are and that gaping wound is at the root cause of so many ills of society insists David Hirsch, founder
[CLICK TO READ MORE]WOLD Baltimore — June 6, 2016 Interview with Cassandra Ferguson.
[CLICK TO READ MORE]ABC2 News.Com, WMAR Baltimore — June 6, 2016 View the ABC2 News interview.
[CLICK TO READ MORE]Aol.on — Monday, June 6, 2016 View the segment here.
[CLICK TO READ MORE]The Balitmore Sun — Monday June 6, 2016 The Center for Urban Families now stands to receive a $1,000 donation from bicyclists in the Dads Honor Ride. They’re riding three weeks — from Boston to Chicago, by way of
[CLICK TO READ MORE]Newsday, Suffolk, Long Island — 6-2-16 A group of cyclists biking 1,500 miles to support charities that help fathers become more active in their kids’ lives made a pit stop in Commack Wednesday. The second annual Dads Honor Ride kicked
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Improving the lives of children by raising awareness and resources for greater father involvement; and inspiring dads to be present —physically, emotionally, financially and spiritually.
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That all children will grow up with a loving, caring and nurturing father and family.
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