Tag: fundraisers

April 2, 2014

Obliteride announces kids route for 2nd annual fundraiser ride

Obliteride is already launching efforts to get people excited about their second annual summer fundraising bike ride, scheduled for August 8 this year. The ride raises money for Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center. The inaugural ride raised an astounding $1.9 million. One change this year is the addition of a 1-mile route for kids. Organizers…
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August 7, 2013

Still time to register for the inaugural Obliteride to raise money for the Hutch

The inaugural Obliteride is this weekend. Featuring rides varying in length from 25 to 180 miles, the ride hopes to raise millions for cancer research at Fred Hutchinson. You still have time to register if you have not already (you will have until October 1 to raise the funds you pledge). In fact, you can…
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tagged: fred hutchinson, fundraisers, obliteride 2013
July 30, 2013

Spoke & Food: Where to bike to dinner tonight

It’s time for the annual Spoke & Food bike to dinner fundraiser! Cancel your dinner plans and bike to a nearby (or far away) restaurant tonight. Bike and dine at participating restaurants between 5:30 and 9 tonight (Tuesday) and 20 percent of your dinner bill will be donated to Bike Works. Try a bike-supporting restaurant…
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tagged: bike works, events, fundraisers, spoke & food
December 2, 2011

Square Dance for Bike Works! (December 9)

Put down that spoke wrench and grab your partner, everyone! The Seattle Folk Festival and Seattle Subversive Square Dance Society are hosting a square dance to benefit everybody’s favorite bicycle-focused youth empowerment organization: Bike Works! The dance starts at 7 p.m. December 9 at the Rainier Valley Cultural Center (3515 S Alaska St). Benefit Square…
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tagged: bike works, dancing, events, fundraisers
March 30, 2011

Bike Works raises $120K at annual auction

Bike Works raised a bakfiets-full of kroner at their sold-out annual benefit auction over the weekend. The youth-empowerment organization raised a whopping $116,000 at the auction, plus an additional $6,000 in matching donations. Meghan Pinch (@megbikes on Twitter) volunteered at the event and wrote about the experience on her blog:
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tagged: auction, bike works, fundraisers, pedal ponderings
March 16, 2011

Alleycat Acres ride raises over $15,000

People who signed up for Alleycat Acres’ Ride Hard Grow Forth fundraiser two weekends ago raised a staggering $15,142.36 for the urban farming collective. That’s 252 percent of their $6,000 goal, said Alleycat Acres‘ Sean Conroe in an email to participants. I am excited to see what the group, which currently operated farms on Beacon…
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tagged: alleycat acres, events, fundraisers, ride hard grow forth