Soldier Ride Comes Home

Soldier Ride will once again make its way across the South Fork on Saturday, bringing together military veterans who have suffered injuries during their service, community members, and others for a show of support and a fund-raiser for the Wounded Warrior Project.

“The need is still tremendous. Still, every day, 22 veterans commit suicide,” Nick Kraus, one of Soldier Ride’s co-founders, said Friday. “The awareness level of the invisible injuries like post-traumatic stress disorder is just starting to be addressed. The impact of multiple deployments for these men and women has really left a big need to address as they return to regular civilian life.”

This year, participants can once again opt for a 60-mile bicycle ride, a 30-mile ride, or a 5-kilometer walk. The route is the same as it has been in the past few years. The day kicks off at Amagansett Farm on Montauk Highway east of the train station. Riders will travel through East Hampton Village, up through Sag Harbor onto North Haven, back down through East Hampton, and to Montauk. The full 60-mile ride extends to Montauk Point.

Registration begins at 7 a.m. Saturday. The opening ceremony will be at 8:30 a.m., the ride begins at 9, and the walk starts at 9:15. A “lap of heroes” is scheduled in Sag Harbor at 11 a.m. and a picnic is set for noon at the farm. More information on this year’s Soldier Ride, including registration fees, can be found online at soldierride.org/thehamptons.

The documentary “Welcome to Soldier Ride” will be screened ahead of Saturday’s event. The film, which the founders began in 2004 when they first launched Soldier Ride here on the South Fork, chronicles their work and the purpose of the ride. The screening will be tomorrow in Amagansett Square at 8 p.m.

Soldier Ride has raised more than $10 million for the Wounded Warrior Project since its inception. Last year’s ride drew more than 600 community members.

“It’s more than just riding a bike, although that’s an accomplishment. . . . It makes a difference,” Mr. Kraus said. “It doesn’t get old for me to watch the impact that it makes.”