Brews, Bikes, Bucks: Meet the Mt. Bike Pioneers / February 12, 2012

Time: 2:00 - 6:00pm
Location: The Broken Drum Brewery (1132 Fourth St., San Rafael, California)
Free Admission

We're inviting all our friends to the 14th Annual Trips For Kids beer party and fundraiser featuring Mountain Bike pioneers and celebrities. Come meet mountain bike pioneers such as Gary Fisher, Joe Breeze, Tom Ritchey, Ned Overend, Juli Furtado. Scot Nicol, Jacquie Phelan, Otis Guy, Charles Kelly, Ross Shafer, Steve Potts, Mark Slate, Mert Lawwill, Rick Sutton, Chris Lang and other pioneers of mountain biking. Invite your friends, and join us for a great event. The party will celebrate the successes of our local Marin Trips For Kids group and our expansion to 76 Trips For Kids chapters across the country. There is no charge for admission, but Noah Berry, proprietor of the Broken Drum Brewery, will donate proceeds from food and drink sales to Trips For Kids.

Bike-related prizes will be raffled throughout the afternoon. The grand prize will be a 2011 Jamis Dakar XC Sport dual suspension mountain bike (retail value $1000) donated by Jamis Bicycles. A silent auction will include items such as a 2012 Alpine Trail 29er mountain bike (retail value $899) donated by Marin Bikes.

Trips For Kids 25th Anniversary Celebration / Sunday, May 6, 2012

Trips For Kids is planning its 25th anniversary celebration to take place in May 2012 at the Mill Valley Recreation Center. The program will feature a keynote address by Dr. Shimon Schocken (see below for details), a Trips For Kids 25 year retrospective, live auction fundraiser, and appetizers and drinks for about 100 supporters. The photo with Robin Williams is from our 20th Anniversary event - a wonderful success! We hope to see you at our 25th anniversary celebration. More details to come.

More on Dr. Schocken
Dr. Schocken is a computer science professor, dedicated educator and founder of the first Israeli mountain biking program devoted to working with adolescent boys in Israel's juvenile detention centers. TED featured Dr. Schocken's moving "Rides of Hope" presentation describing his program to teach these boys valuable life lessons through challenging mountain bike rides in remote locations.

Trips For Kids Fall Warehouse and Shop Sale / Saturday, June 9

Come check out our huge one-day sale at two locations. Trips For Kids is opening its San Rafael warehouse to the cycling community. At the same time, we are offering 20-50% discounts on selected items at our Re-Cyclery Bike Thrift Shop in downtown San Rafael.

Bike frames, forks, wheels, tires, helmets, bike racks, clothes, cycling shoes, and lots more will be on sale at bargain prices. Product donations from bicycle manufacturers and private donors have piled up and its time to make room for new shipments.

The Trips For Kids Warehouse is located at 125 Larkspur St. Suite 119, San Rafael. The Re-Cyclery Bike Thrift Shop is at 610 Fourth Street in downtown San Rafael. For more information call (415) 458-2986.