GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. – On Saturday, July 28, kids can receive a free bike helmet from the Grand Rapids Griffins and race their bikes over the cobblestones and through the streets of downtown Grand Rapids!

Registration is open for the 2012 Helen DeVos Children's Hospital Kids’ Race, part of the 6th annual Herman Miller Grand Cycling Classic. All children 9 years old and younger are welcome to participate, and parents are encouraged to take advantage of advance online registration at GRCyclingClassic.com. Registration is free.

Helmets are required to participate, and the first 100 registrants will receive a free helmet courtesy of the Griffins’ “Put A Lid On It!” program and Safe Kids Greater Grand Rapids. In addition, every kid who participates will receive a special prize from the Griffins: a voucher good for two free tickets to a Sunday home game during the upcoming 2012-13 season!

The Helen DeVos Children's Hospital Kids’ Race starts at 3:10 p.m. and immediately precedes the Men's USA Cycling Pro Criterium National Championship at 3:30 p.m. Riders ranging from 4 to 9 years old will complete one lap of the 1.2 kilometer course around Van Andel Arena, while those 4 and younger will compete alongside Griff and his tricycle in a 100-yard sprint up Ionia Avenue.

On-site registration, check-in and helmet distribution/fitting runs 1:30-3:00 p.m. near the start/finish line at the corner of Ionia and Weston, just east of Van Andel Arena.

Complete information about all of the day’s events is available at GRCyclingClassic.com.