[Uwracing] Fwd: [WSBA] Seattle Thanksgiving Day Ride 2011-Thursday 24th November

[Lisa Toner]

If anyone wants to burn off some of their Thanksgiving feast..this is a
great cause. I'll be in Bellingham, but would definitely go to this ride if
I could.  I've been volunteering weekly for the University Food Bank for 18
months now, and have seen that Northwest Harvest is an amazing
organization. We feed over 2000 people per week alone from the U District
branch. NW Harvest provides us with staples like oats, canned vegetables,
pasta, beans, and canned fruit. Local grocery stores and food drives round
it out. We continue to get new customers every week as the economy
struggles. They even have a program to make home deliveries to elderly,
ill, and disabled customers who aren't able to get to the food bank.

On Thu, Nov 3, 2011 at 8:02 PM, Genevieve Gebhart <gegebhart at gmail.com>wrote:


> Huskies,

>

> Mick says it all in his message below. Hope you can make it out!

>

> Gennie

>

> ---------- Forwarded message ----------

> From: <mickwalsh1 at comcast.net>

> Date: Thu, Nov 3, 2011 at 7:36 PM

> Subject: [WSBA] Seattle Thanksgiving Day Ride 2011-Thursday 24th November

> To: wsba at wsba.wsbaracing.com, sir at bikelist.org

> Cc: info at northwestharvest.org

>

>

> Friends,

> Please join us for the 8th annual Seattle Thanksgiving Day Ride to benefit

> Northwest Harvest www.northwestharvest.org

>

> Lets be thankful that we are fortunate enough to have the time and money to

> enjoy a great activity like cycling and give to those less fortunate who

> are

>

> more concerned about where their next meal is coming from, rather than what

> fancy wheels they are going to ride next year.

>

>

>

> We will meet at the Leschi Starbucks,

>

>

>

> http://www.starbucks.com/Retail/Find/storedetails.aspx?sid=1636&coords=seattle|47.603240576716246|-122.29418277740478|14&fs=1

>

>

>

> We'll meet at 9am and depart at 9.15 for a socially paced ride around the

> south end of Lake Washington.

>

> A suggested donation of $5 per rider is what I am asking, but whatever you

> can give would be a great help.

>

>

>

> The Cycling community has contributed $800-$1,500 to Northwest Harvest the

> past several years, to help those in need

>

> at this time of year. Let's try to, at least, match that and help where

> it's really needed.

>

>

>

> See you there, and let's hope for dry roads ;-)

>

>

>

> Mick Walsh

>

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