HELL, Mich. (Michigan News Source) – A bike ride from Hell…Michigan to the Upper Peninsula community of Paradise over the weekend revved up for a good cause.

More than 500 bikers participated in the Hell to Paradise PTSD Awareness Ride. Riders took off on July 26 in Livingston County’s town of Hell and continued to Paradise in Chippewa County on July 27th. The ride ended later that night the American Legion Post in Sault Ste. Marie.

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The ride boasted fundraising of more than $30,000. Half is earmarked for the non-profit groups “ZeroDuck30-Bikes and Battle Buddies” and “Mission Six Service Dogs.”