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  "path": "/blog/2026/04/03#sponsor_tour_de_shore_2026",
  "publishedAt": "2026-04-04T02:19:12.180Z",
  "site": "http://dirk.eddelbuettel.com",
  "tags": [
    "Tour de Shore\n2026",
    "Indiana Dunes National\nPark",
    "Tour de Shore",
    "Maywood Fine Arts\nCenter",
    "Maywood,\nIllinois",
    "John Prine",
    "Doc Rivers",
    "Maywood Fine Arts Center",
    "Their\nstory about Tour de Shore",
    "my\ndonation page",
    "still register for Tour de\nShore 2026",
    "Dirk\nEddelbuettel",
    "Thinking inside the box"
  ],
  "textContent": "\n\n\n\nOn June 19 and 20, I will cycle a little over 100 miles from downtown Chicago and its wonderful Millenium Park to New Buffalo, Michigan, as part of the Tour de Shore\n2026. The ride passes through northwest Indiana and the extended Indiana Dunes National\nPark ending the next morning in the southwestern Michigan town of New Buffalo. I rode Tour de Shore once before in 2024 and had a generally wonderful time (even considering some soreness after a century of miles over 1 1/2 days).\n\nTour de Shore is riding in support of Maywood Fine Arts\nCenter, a local arts and sports center in Maywood,\nIllinois, a suburb one over from where I live and hence just a few good miles west of downtown. Maywood,\nIllinois is home to legends such as the late John Prine as well as several NBA players such as player and coach Doc Rivers.\n\n\n\n\n\nBut Maywood,\nIllinois is also little less well off than other western suburbs. The Maywood Fine Arts Center is simply legendary is what they do for this community (and surrounding communities), and especially the youth support. They can use a dollar a two. Their\nstory about Tour de Shore is worth a read too for background and motivation.\n\nI have bootstrapped my\ndonation page page with a dollar for each mile to be cycled. It would be simply terrific if you could join me. A nickel, a dime, or a quarter per mile cycled would help. Multiples of that help too: More is of course still always better.\n\nAnything you can afford will go a long way towards a worthy goal in a community that could use the help.\n\nOf and if you are local to the area, I believe you can still register for Tour de\nShore 2026. So see you out there in June? And if not, maybe help with a dollar or two?\n\nThis post by Dirk\nEddelbuettel originated on his Thinking inside the box blog.",
  "title": "Dirk Eddelbuettel: Sponsor me for Tour de Shore 2026 to support MFA",
  "updatedAt": "2026-04-04T01:08:00.000Z"
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