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Category Archives: Fund Raising
Recalibrating Our Riding Habits As We Gear Up For 2013….
Regular readers may recall that I’ve been trying to wean myself off of the two-blog habit, having officially “reunited” my non-cycling ramblings from “Riding Two Up” with “The TandemGeek’s Blog” back on January 13th. I’ve done my best to restrain … Continue reading
San Diego-Based Blind Stokers Club Continues To Grow!
Received a nice note from Dave White, founder and Director of the San Diego-based Blind Stoker’s Club (BSC) with a couple of updates on the BSC. For any readers who haven’t heard of the BSC, here’s a little information about … Continue reading
Lockheed Cycling Team – Brewery Ride Video
On the Friday after the tornadoes tore through the south, the Lockheed Martin Cycling Club based in Marietta, Georgia had a scheduled training ride out in Bartow County. Nicknamed “The Brewery Ride”, there are actually several different loops that depart … Continue reading
7th Annual Cycling for Sight Tour with the Blind Stokers Club
Geez-o-Pete, too bad we’re not in SoCal, as this looks like a great event! ——————— Make a big difference in the way WE ALL see the world. Join the 7th Annual Cycling for Sight Tour with the Blind Stokers Club along … Continue reading
Event Planning For 2011… Decisions, decisions
Good grief, is it really December 28th already? Can 2011 be just around the corner? Yikes… the years keep passing more quickly, which serves as a reminder that TIME remains the most valuable commodity. You can’t really save it, you … Continue reading
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Club VIBES Angel Tree… A Thank You From Sue
Not sure how many readers saw the original item I posted regarding Knoxville’s Club VIBES (Visually Impaired and Blind Extension Services) back on October 30th, but our friends the Patterson’s expanded their annual holiday gathering to include an ‘Angel Tree’ … Continue reading
Posted in Club & Org Notices, Fund Raising, Visually Impaired
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Tandem-Riding Peace Pedaler End’s 8.5 Year Journey
Jamie Bianchini first came to my attention back in August 2003 and, along with his then riding partner Garryck Hampton, he’d already been on the road for 16 months and gone through a hundred countries. We captured two “Bulletin Board” … Continue reading
21st Annual Second Sight® Bike-a-Thon, Long Island, NY
Received a note today from Katherine M. Fritz, Associate Director of Development – Guide Dog Foundation for the Blind America‘s VetDogs and the Veteran’s K-9 Corps - that may be of interest to readers or, perhaps, some friends of readers…. Please pass … Continue reading
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529 Plan Established For Molly and Anna Davis’ Education
At the time of Cliff Davis’ memorial service, it was noted that in addition to making a gift in Cliff’s name to the Tamassee Daughters of the American Revolution (DAR) School, the Davis’ tandem-family was looking into establishing a 529 … Continue reading
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Oh so close… And a failed strategy
May 13 Update: Now at $1,100 and just $50 away from our goal of $1,150… Once again, the folks at work have come through at the 11th hour as well as another member of our extended tandem family from New … Continue reading
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The Greg Mongold Memorial Bike Ride
As I mentioned in my first entry on our friend Cliff Davis’ passing, we have lost a number of our dear friends whom we’ve met through tandem cycling over the past year. If you’ve been following my blog, you … Continue reading
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Belfast Racing Team’s Team Tipping Taking On Mt. Washington Hill Climb For Charity
Friends John & Sonja Tipping from the granite state wrote to let us knw they have signed up to take on the Mt. Washington Hill Climb in August with their tandem. The hill climb is also a fund-raising event for … Continue reading
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Fund Raising Conundrum: Too Much of a Good Thing…?
As we endeavor to raise donations for what will be our first fund-raising event in 10 years we were quickly reminded of why we opted-out of these events: many of our friends, family and co-workers also participate in fund raising … Continue reading →