On Sunday, July 25, Sac City’s population will increase nearly sevenfold as the first overnight stop on the 2021 RAGBRAI route. An estimated 12,000 bicyclists and their support teams will need places to shower, sleep and eat that night, plus entertainment for the crowds and volunteers to showcase what the community has to offer. While the event is still more than five months away, Sac City RAGBRAI Organizational Chair, Lance Wilhelm, says they have already started the process of preparing for the summer.
Wilhelm adds that it will take hundreds of volunteers and thousands of manhours for everything to go smoothly. There are many different ways to volunteer your time, including: budget preparations, sanitation planning, fundraising and many more. Wilhelm says they have something for everyone to do, no matter their skillset.