Media Coverage

Trips For Kids® has received lots of media attention. The following television pieces and news articles are only a fraction of the coverage.

Television News

  • A six minute TV segment on appeared on KRON TV's Bay Area Backroads(October 2003)
  • TV50, interview with Trips For Kids instructor (January 2000)
  • KPIX TV5, "Hometown Heroes" program (May 2000)
  • KTVU/Fox, "Family to Family" Christmas Special (December 1999)
  • NBC Nightly News with Tom Brokaw, "Schwarzkopf's America" (August 1996)
  • NBC, ABC and CBS: segments on Trips For Kids during peak local news hours

Print Media

  • American Trails magazine article on Trips for Kids (Summer 2011)
  • Trips For Kids and IMBA's Take a Kid Mountain Biking Day featured on the White House and Michelle Obama's Let's Move Blog (September 2011)
  • The Unruly MOB, "Business Idea: A Bike Thrift Shop with a Trips For Kids Program" (October 2009)
  • Blue Ridge Outdoor Magazine, "Outdoor Heroes, Mom Creates Youth Mountain Biking Program" (October 2009)
  • Graceful Edge recognizes Marilyn Price, Founder of Trips for Kids (May 2009).
  • Encore Journey features Marilyn Price’s Trips for Kids (November 2008).
  • Mountain Flyer “Marilyn Price; A Tireless Advocate for Kids” (December 2007).
  • Pacific Sun, "The Price is Right" cover story (March 2006).
  • Outside Magazine, Trips For Kids featured in Adventure Altruism article (February 2005)
  • Ranger Rick Magazine, 4-page article on Trips For Kids (May 2002)
  • San Francisco Chronicle, Feature on Marilyn Price (February 2002)
  • World Environment, feature on Trips For Kids (May 2001)
  • Marin Independent Journal, "Universal Appeal: Olympic gold medalist Paola Pezzo leads Trips for Kids ride" (April 2001)
  • Mountain Bike Magazine, recognized Marilyn Price and Trips For Kids as "Promise Keepers" in their list ofthe "Most Significant People" in mountain bike history (March 2000)
  • Bicycling Magazine, named Trips For Kids teen employee "Hero" (March 2000)
  • San Francisco Chronicle, "Pedaling Away to a New View of the World" (August 1999)
  • San Francisco Chronicle, "Marin Teens Toil in Well-Tooled Bike Program" (January 1999)
  • Bike Magazine, "One of the 25 Most Important Women in Mountain Biking," (April 1997)
  • Bicycling Magazine, "Local Heroes" (March 1996)
  • Sports Illustrated Magazine, "To Reach New Heights" (September 1995)

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Making Memories

I can still hear the birds chit-chatting, see the beautiful flowers, and smell the fresh air.

– Lucy, student (San Francisco)