e-News: May 21, 2008
CONTENTS
1. SPIN – Thursday, June 5th – Tickets now on sale!
2. Upcoming Seminars and Events
3. Team “PWA Friends For Life” at the Pride & Remembrance Run
4. From the PWA Office – Pledge Cards
5. Greening the Bike Rally
6. Discount for Bike Rally Participants – running free
1. SPIN – Thursday, June 5th – Tickets now on sale!
SPIN Presented by Movado
Honorary Chair Barbara Hall
Date
Thursday, June 5th, 2008 7:00 PM
Location
The MOD Club, 722 College Street West
Don’t delay! Tickets for SPIN presented by Movado, a fundraiser in celebration of 10 years of the Friends For Life Bike Rally, are now on sale and are going fast. Your $30 will not only raise much-needed funds for the Toronto People With AIDS Foundation, it will also get you fabulous food, great entertainment from Host Maggie Cassella (among others), a silent auction, $1000s in door prizes and great surprises.
To purchase tickets contact
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, direct online sales will be available soon, check www.bikerally.org.
2. Upcoming Seminars and Events
Hands on Tire Changing Clinic
Date
Tuesday, May 27th, 7pm
Location
Metropolitan Community Church, 115 Simpson Avenue
We will be holding a "hands on" tire changing clinic on Tuesday, May 27th at the Metropolitan Community Church of Toronto (MCCT). The church is located at 115 Simpson Ave (off Gerrard, one block east of Broadview). The clinic will give you the chance to learn how to fix a flat by actually doing it yourself. Experienced riders will be on hand to provide guidance. You will be required to bring your bike, or at least one of the wheels, to the seminar.
Riders will also be able to answer your general questions about basic bike maintenance, what equipment to purchase, cycling gear and what essentials you should carry with you on the training rides and on the Rally itself.
Bike Maintenance & Repair
Date
May 28th and June 4th, 7:00 PM
Location
Velotique, 1592 Queen St. East (just west of Coxwell)
*These clinics are mandatory for new Riders. You must attend one clinic.
Topics include flat tire repair, tube replacement, and basic bicycle maintenance, tuning and cleaning.
As well, there is a workshop every Saturday at 9AM if riders can't make it during the week.
To register for any of the above seminars, send your name and phone number to
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. Confirmation will be sent.
Strength & Stretching Seminar, Social and Crew Meeting
Date
Saturday, May 24th, 12:30 to 3:00 PM
Location
Wellesley Community Centre, 495 Sherbourne Street, Room B
Calling all Rubbermaid Rustlers and Food Crew! Come on out on Saturday, May 24th to meet your Crew-mates and Crew Leaders while at the same time learn how to pick up and move all those Rubbermaid bins and pots of boiling water without pulling any of your precious muscles. Lunch will be served.
For more information and to RSVP, contact Rubbermaid Rustlers Crew Leader Brent Everett James at
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or Food Crew Leader Todd Davies at
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3. Team “PWA Friends For Life” at the Pride & Remembrance Run
The most outrageous run of the year is just around the corner and you can be part of it. Join Team PWA Friends For Life by running or walking with us in the Pride and Remembrance Run on Saturday June 28.
This is an excellent way to meet and mingle with your Friends For Life colleagues from all 20 BK Teams. We’ll all be wearing our Bike Rally jerseys so there’s no way you’ll be able to miss us. And once the last person has crossed the Finish Line, we’ll be gathering at the After Party located at Jarvis Collegiate to watch the underwear fashion show.
Register on Team “PWA Friends For Life” today at www.priderun.org. Contact Team Captain, Co-chair Stefanie McQuaid at
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for more information. You don`t have to do any fundraising, but there is a registration fee. Let`s get everyone watching the run primed for our appearance in the Pride Parade the next day!
4. From the PWA Office – Pledge Cards
The PWA staff and volunteers are hard at work entering all the donations which have been dropped off. They are a bit behind, so please be patient! All donations will be entered as soon as possible.
When dropping off donations, please ensure that each donation is accompanied by a pledge card and that donations are placed in SEALED donation envelopes with their accompanying pledge cards. There have been some strays already and we want to make sure everyone’s totals are accurate. Making sure we properly fill out the information can go a long way to more efficient data entry!
5. Greening the Bike Rally
Over the years the organizers of the Bike Rally have taken various steps to try to reduce our environmental footprint as we pass along the route – re-usable plates, separating bottles and cans for recycling and use of industrial size bottles of water are just a few examples of these steps. This year, for the 10th Anniversary, the Steering Committee has decided to `turn up the green`. Watch for upcoming articles and tips and ways you can get involved to do your part to Green the Bike Rally.
Tip Number One: Return your used, smelly, nylon cycling gear to Mountain Equipment Co-op – they have a bin there and will dispose of it in an environmentally friendly way.
6. Discount for Bike Rally Participants – running free
Friends For Life Bike Rally participants can receive a 15% discount off retail price at running free in Markham. Tell the sales associate you are with the Friends For Life Bike Rally and you will receive the discount. Running free is located at:
708 Denison Street
Markham, ON
L3R 1C1
416-410-FREE (3733)
www.runningfree.com
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