[ShareTompkins] Reminder: BikeIt Ride this Saturday 4/3, 11am at Dewitt Park! Get on your Bicycle & ride with us!

[BikeIt to the USSF]

***PLEASE FORWARD WIDELY!**
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*BikeIt **- **WWW.BIKEIT.ORG* <http://www.bikeit.org/>

*BikeIt Fingerlakes: A 500-mile bike caravan from Ithaca to Detroit
for the U.S.
Social Forum <http://www.ussf2010.org/>, leaving on June 12, 2010. Bike
touring, community service projects, delicious vegetarian food and fun --
all while promoting social and environmental justice! Just one of many bike
caravans coming from all over the U.S.  Pre-register for the Fingerlakes
BikeIt Ride HERE!<http://bikeit.org/wp-content/media/2009/12/Registration-Form-for-Ithaca-ride-FINAL-2-18-10.doc>
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*Become a BikeIt Fan on
Facebook!*<http://www.facebook.com/#%21/pages/BikeIt/133727347877?ref=ts>



*1. TOMORROW! Sat. 4/3 11am, Meet at DeWitt Park! **BikeIt Bike Ride and
Picnic! *It's going to be a BEAUTIFUL DAY! Get out on your bicycle with your
friends, family and the larger community! Biking season has begun, and it's
time for a modest start: Join us for an easy and short (12 mile) ride
starting from *Dewitt Park at 11am, Saturday, April 3 up to the Cornell
Plantations*, where we shall picnic and frolic with frisbees, music and what
not, before riding back to Dewitt Park. This would also be the perfect place
and time to learn more about the 500-mile BikeIt Finger Lakes ride from
Ithaca to Detroit, June 2010. Click here for
route.<http://www.mapmyride.com/ride/united-states/ny/ithaca/692126835498312102>
(You can generate a cue sheet from the map on that page) RSVP on
Facebook.<http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=12500044&ref=pymk#%21/event.php?eid=111047372244426&ref=mf>
*To Bring; picnic fixings (bread, hummus, cheese etc), frisbees, boom boxes,
paddle ball, ETC! *

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*2. **BIKEIT POTLUCK & INFO SESSION** Tuesday, April 6th, 6-9pm, The Workers
Center (above Autumn Leaves Bookstore) 115 The Commons:* It’s that time, for
the Spring BikeIt potluck! A time to get together, get to know each other,
silkscreen some BikeIt tee-shirts, share good food, make spoke cards, and
talk about our up-coming tour! The potluck is both for folks who are already
registered and those who are interested in the ride to learn more
information.  *All BikeIt registrants highly encouraged to attend! Anyone
who is still thinking about registering, this is your chance to learn more
and ask questions!* Please *MARK YOUR CALENDARS* and bring your interested
friends/family/co-workers! Rsvp by April 3rd to: bikeit2010 at gmail.com or on
Facebook<http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=12500044&ref=pymk#%21/event.php?eid=111471928865645&ref=mf>.
Help spread the word----Download April 6 Potluck Poster
here!<http://bikeit.org/wp-content/media/2010/03/April-6-Potluck-Apr-3-Bike-Ride-POSTER-1-page.pdf>

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*3. BIKE DRIVE! *Help get donated bikes to bring to low-income communities
in Detroit. Tell your friends, family, co-workers to donate their used-but
working!-bike to the Sustainability Committee of the US Social Forum in
Detroit. Contact Jeff at: jfurman at twcny.rr.com to arrange for drop-off of
your bike(s).  Only adult bikes in working order with minimal rust are
accepted. Thanks!
Questions? bikeit2010 at gmail.com

-- 
Claire Stoscheck
BikeIt Coordinator
bikeit2010 at gmail.com
www.bikeit.org
(607) 351-3831
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