AE Cares 1st Annual Ride The River Charity Event

Ride the Milwaukee River with Wisconsin Athletes to help raise funds for AE Cares! This annual fundraiser helps AE Cares mission to support initiatives like Maydm and the Stars and Stripes Honor Flight.

When to arrive:

We recommend arriving at Juneau Park (900 N Prospect Ave, Milwaukee, WI 53202) 1 hour before the ride begins so you have ample time to find your way to the start line. The 20.5-mile (roundtrip) ride to Brown Deer Park starts promptly at 10:00am, and the 11.5 Mile (roundtrip) ride to Estabrook Park starts at 10:30am.

What to bring:

This is a fully-supported ride, and we'll have a team of friendly folks on site to help with any of your ride-day needs.

As far as fueling goes, we recommend starting your day with a hearty breakfast. During the ride, you can expect water and porta pottys at the checkpoints. This event is rain or shine so dress appropriately and wear a Helmut.

This year's routes:

Riders of all ages and skill can choose one of 2 Routes of the beautiful scenic Oak Leaf Trail. Enjoy the lush forests along the Milwaukee River. Both routes start at Juneau Park.

Route 1 is a smooth and flat 11.5 Mile roundtrip ride to Estabrook Park. Estabrook Park hosts a beautiful waterfall and you can get a beverage at the 50-year-old German beer garden.

For those that wish for a longer ride - Route 2 follows the Oak Leaf trail to Estabrook and continues to Brown Deer Park for a 20.5 Mile roundtrip ride.

Josh Gasser

Josh started all 38 games on the Badgers' 2014 Final Four team. He is a two-time Big Ten All-Defensive Team honoree (2012 and 2014), Gasser is also a career 40.8% 3-point shooter (10th in UW history) and ranks fifth in school annals with a 2.0 career assist-to-turnover ratio. Come ride the River with 2014’s All-Big Ten Honorable Mention! Josh is one of yeo Badgers to post 1,000 points, 500 rebounds and 250 assists in their career!

Fun Facts about Josh!

I have a pretty large family, including just in the year 2021 our family on my Mom’s side adding 8 more to the family with me & my cousins having 8 kids during the year. Last Christmas was a little hectic.

I’ve had the chance to meet my two childhood heroes – Brett Favre and Derek Jeter

I grew up on only eating cereal and popcorn for the first ~14 years of my life. Fortunately became less picky as the years went on…

Robbie Earl

During Robbie’s first season with the Badger Hockey, he scored 27 points playing in a career high 42 games. He led the Badgers in points during his freshman season. During the NCAA Men’s Hockey Championship, Robbie scored a goal in the final of the 2006 Frozen Four tournament against the Boston College Eagles, helping the Badgers win! He also managed to be nominated to the All-Rookie Team, tallying six power-play goals and three game winning goals that year. Robbie was awarded with Insidecollegehockey.com’s National Player of the Week award and the WCHA Rookie of the Week award during his Freshman season!

Fun Facts about Robbie!

I have lived in five different countries.

I love listening to audio books on 2.5x speed.

I am a fulltime street hockey goalie in my off time, usually against 6 and 8 year olds!

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EH Ethan Harris
LJ Liz Jackson $90.00 raised
DW Dave Wierzba $145.40 raised
DL Danielle Ludtke
JM John Moser $557.40 raised
RE Robbie Earl
CS Cal Siegrist $41.20 raised
CG Connie Glise
AU Amanda Utz
JG Josh Gasser

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