FAQ

Bikur Cholim of Baltimore was started in 1985 by a group of dedicated volunteers to serve the needs of people facing illness in the Jewish community. Since then, this volunteer network of over 400 volunteers have been providing support services to countless individuals and families from the Baltimore community, as well as people coming from all over the world to Baltimore to receive medical care from our world-class medical institutions.

The 2024 Biker Cholim Bike-a-Thon will take place on Sunday, July, 21st  2024.

The event will be at Beth Tfiloh located at 3300 Old Court Rd, Pikesville, MD 21208

Click on the button on the top right of the home page that says: Register.  Registration will open on April 1st. The fundraising obligation for riders will vary please follow the registration guide for more details. After you are registered, you can create & manage your own personal page, share your photos, goals & get sponsors. We thank you for making a commitment to Bikur Cholim of Baltimore!

If you have any questions regarding this event, please email bccyclists@gmail.com

Fundraising commitment is as follows:

10 and 25 miles  - $400 up until May 1. After May 1, the fundraising commitment will be $500 per rider.

100 miles - $850 up until May 1. After May 1, the fundraising commitment will be $1000 per rider.

All rider who raise $1000 or more will receive a full kit (jersey, bibs, and socks)

All riders who raise $1,250 or more will receive the full swag package. (hoodie, slides and more!)

Additional donations are not required, but are very much encouraged, appreciated, and certainly NEEDED.   Think of the Power of 10…if you ask 10 friends and family members to each donate at least $36 to your efforts, you could raise $360.  That will make an impact!  With your support, we can continue to carry out our “Mission of Kindness”!

7:30 A.M. 100 milers check-in
7:45 A.M. 100 milers departure
2:00 P.M. 25 milers check-in
2:15 P.M 25 milers departure
3:00 P.M. 10 milers check-in
3:15 P.M. 10 milers departure
4:30 P.M. Entire group will ride together to the FINISH LINE

**All time are subject to change**

Yes! There will be a after party for riders and their guest held at Beth Tfiloh.

Every rider will be able to bring a plus one. A cost will be added for each additional guest above your plus one.

Yes. You can make a donation to a cyclist and/or a team or you can make a general team donation.

A sponsor can mail a check made out to Bikur Cholim of Baltimore and indicate the rider's name in the memo line of the check. 

The check should be mailed to:
Raisey Feigenbaum
2329 Farringdon Road
Baltimore, MD 21209.

Please make sure that in the memo it says who the donations should be credited to.

Click on the home page and begin typing the first or last name. Your options will display as you type.

Any donation made online should post immediately. If an online donation does not post within 5 minutes, please contact us.

If you check this checkbox, you will be charged the amount indicated next to the checkbox. This amount will also be visible to the non-profit. However, on the fundraising page, your intended - initial donation amount will be displayed.

All monetary donations are tax-deductible to the extent allowed by law.

Yes. For Canadian donations made online with a credit card, the amount entered in the online donation form will be in U.S. dollars.

Any donor who mailed their donation and provided an address will receive a receipt via mail once the donation has been processed. If you made your donation in installments, you will receive a receipt each time a monthly payment is processed.

Yes, anyone who donates online, regardless of the amount, will receive a receipt via email.

A Tax ID number identifies Bikur Cholim of Baltimore as a 501(c)(3) non-profit Organization. The Bikur Cholim of Baltimore Tax ID number is 52-1344945

When you make a donation online, you can designate what you want to appear as your recognition name on the participant's Honor Roll. This may be your name, or it could be something such as "From the whole Wolf family" or "in memory of Aunt Sara."

If a donation check has been written out to you personally, you may endorse the back of the check and mail it in with a completed donation form to Bikur Cholim of Baltimore.

It is not a good idea to send a cash donation in the mail. You may drop off the cash at Bikur Cholim of Baltimore along with your information or you can deposit the cash into your checking account and send a personal check from your account.

Any donation made online should post immediately. If your donation does not post within 5 minutes, please contact Bikur Cholim of Baltimore.

You can't enter a check online. What you can do is enter a check as a pledge. This can be done in the fundraising section of your headquarters page. The status of the check will be pending until the check is received by Bikur Cholim of Baltimore.

A Tax ID number identifies Bikur Cholim of Baltimore as a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization. Many donors will request this number to validate their donation as tax-deductible. The Bikur Cholim of Baltimore Tax ID number is 52-1344945

As your donors make a contribution, they have the option of whether or not they want to appear in the Honor Roll.

Log in with your email and password to visit your headquarters page. Select My Fundraising Report on the left side. You will then find a list of all of your donors as well as a list of all donors to your team .

To easily send thank-you emails to donors, follow these steps:

1. Log in to your fundraiser dashboard by clicking the "My HQ" link in the top right
2. Click "My Fundraising Report" in the left sidebar
3. Locate the donor/donation you'd like to thank, and click "Send Email" (If the donor didn't submit their email address, this option is unavailable.)
4. Type the message in the pop-up window, and click "Send Email"

You are receiving these emails because we would like to keep you updated on your fundraising efforts. If you wish to stop receiving these updates, please login to your headquarters and edit your account preferences.

A personal URL is a shortened link to your team or personal page that you can send to friends and family in emails. A personal URL will look like this https://bikercholim.rallybound.org/ben.

When a donor makes a donation online, s/he can enter text to appear on the fundraising honor roll. This may be the donor's name, or it could be something like "From the whole Weiss family" or "In Memory of Aunt Rivka".