VALLEY CYCLING = ROAD SAFETY & FAMILY WELLNESS!
AS RIDERS, WE MUST AT ALL TIMES, OBEY ALL ROAD RULES & USE EXTREME CAUTION!!
SAFETY FIRST!

SATURDAY, JUNE 22, CAMP CHASE, RT 4, (BETWEEN COLLINSVILLE & UNIONVILLE), VALLEY CYCLING & THE Y ARE HOSTING A NONPROFIT BIKE EVENT!!!!

HI, Many of you are working on this Ride – Thanks!!                     Next meeting, this Thursday, May, 16, 7:30 am at the Granby Y

Can you register for our  BIKE THE VALLEY, Saturday, 6-22-13, ride now – GET YOUR CONTACTS TO REGISTER TOO - 

HELP OTHERS BY RIDING IN OUR EVENT - 

 REGISTER ON THE Y SITE  Farmington Valley YMCA Home Page - Greater Hartford YMCA ...  or

REGISTER BY CALLING THE Y  860-653-552   or  

REGISTER ON ACTIVE: http://www.active.com/event_detail.cfm?event_id=2091182

THE FOLLOWING WENT OUT TO POTENTIAL SPONSORS -  the names on our jerseys - 

PERHAPS YOU CAN FORWARD TO OTHER POTENTIAL SPONSORS - 

HI, some of you already made your BIKE THE VALLEY "donation" - thank you very much!!!!

Others – can you review & please consider – See details below – everything/anything will help!!

Our Event that we are working on is Bike The Valley - The YMCA asked us to help Plan & Execute a new local Charity Bike Ride to help with their Strong Kids Program (folks who can't afford Y camps, swim classes, etc.) and their Livestrong Program (folks who had Cancer and need rehab) as well as The ABC House (Inner city students living in Simsbury and going to Simsbury HS), New Horizons (a community in Unionville with 100 people in wheelchairs - I biked up MT Washington thinking of these folks), BSA Troop 76 Sgt. Felix M. Del Greco, Jr. Memorial Scholarship, FOCUS CENTER, a school for Autism in Canton & Simsbury Free Bike – all very worthy nonprofits!!!  

BESIDES ASSISTING THESE NONPROFITS; YOU WILL BE HELPING BY HELPING VALLEY CYCLING KEEPING OUR ROADS SAFE FOR ALL OF US!!

Checks payable to YMCA Bike The Valley

Mail to Paul Mikkelson, 11 Whitcomb Dr.   Simsbury CT   06070

CHARITY FUND-RAISER  -   BIKE THE VALLEY -  - Saturday, JUNE 22, CAMP CHASE RT 4 IN BURLINGTON           

SMALL REGISTRATION FEES –  YOU PICK THE NONPROFIT -  Showers, pool, picnic, T-shirts (register 10 days prior), many Family Events – kid moon bounce, etc. - 

THIS EVENT IS GOING TO BE BIG – BE A PART OF IT – HELP OTHERS WHILE YOU RIDE – PROMOTE ROAD SAFETY – BE A PART OF THE SOLUTION - 

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We are doing this to help keep us all safe - join in before it's too late – Ron, Pumpkin Bob, Gary & Gary, Bob, Joe and others have all been "hit" - we need to Increase awareness before it's too late –  we need to do what we can to prevent Accidents!!!!

PLEASE DO NOT REPLY TO ALL  -----  THX!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

ALL CYCLISTS MUST OBEY & FOLLOW ALL ROAD LAWS/RULES/SIGNS?LIGHTS, etc. AT ALL TIMES – BE COURTEOUS – BE CAREFUL  - BE ALERT  - SAFETY COMES FIRST

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Yes, we are riding out of Dunkin Donuts in Granby (the old Granby Bike) - Near Stop & Shop/car wash on 10/202

 Saturdays & Sundays at 8:00 am, some ride from Granby Starbucks at 10:00

 Saturday, 3 groups - Sunday, 1 group - 

All welcome - 
Make it your year = join in!!         FOLLOW US ON TWITTER:  SIMSBURYBIKER