This past saturday was picture perfect for a bike ride and more than 800 riders participated in Kelly Brush Ride, which started at Middlebury College and stretched out around Addison County. As of Monday morning, the ride had raised $989,765 to buy and teach people about adaptive sports gear for those with spinal cord injuries. The Kelly Brush Foundation was established by Kelly Brush (shown below with two other hand-cyclists) and her family after she survived a spinal cord injury in 2005, sustained during a collegiate ski race. That year, Kelly's Middlebury teammates rode to raise funds for adaptive sports. The foundation was established the following year to formalize efforts to support adaptive sports. Photos by Paul Richardson/StoryWorkz and John S. McCright/Addison Independent

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