“Bike for Mike” Memorial Ride to honor Michael Johnson’s life and legacy

The Boys Girls Clubs of Dane County will host a memorial bike ride on Saturday, Oct. 18, honoring the life and legacy of Michael Johnson, the organization s longtime CEO, celebrating the birthday of the late Madison community leader while raising funds for the non-profit organization. The event, Bike for Mike, will begin at 11 a.m. at the Erica Anthony Fleming Boys Girls Club, 2001 Taft St. The ride will depart at noon and travel approximately four miles to the Vel Phillips statue on the downtown Capitol Square. Peter Gray, a longtime Boys Girls Clubs of Dane County board member, a good friend of Johnson’s, and the ride s organizer, says the event grew from an idea originally proposed by Johnson’s daughter. “The whole impetus behind this was actually Michael’s daughter’s idea,” Gray tells Madison365. “She thought there should be a pre-White Party bike ride, and we should call it Bike for Mike. ” Johnson, the longtime president and CEO of the Boys Girls Clubs of Dane County,