*Friday, February 12, 2016 is the 4th annual*
*international Winter Bike to Work Day http://winterbiketoworkday.org/..and first ever Winter Bike to School Day https://bikewalkroll.org/campaigns/view/winter-bike-to-school-day.*
*How it Works*Commit to ride. http://winterbiketoworkday.org/ Put a snowflake on the world map. Watch it grow. Schools can participate; teachers do a 30second survey. https://bikewalkroll.org/campaigns/view/winter-bike-to-school-day
*International highlights so far:* Kids in Oulu are keeping their city's hopes alive https://www.facebook.com/winterbiketoschoolday/posts/1022315281159892 and testing software made in Winnipeg. :) Canada's Federal Environment Minister will be riding her red bike https://www.facebook.com/WinterBikeToWorkDay/posts/956264531134776. Russia's official twitter account approves of Moscow's warm up ride https://twitter.com/russia/status/685943178642468864. Right now there are 1.7 people signing up around the globe every minute. ...and much more.
*STUFF HAPPENING IN WINNIPEG!*
*MORNING COFFEE *Bike by and grab a *free coffee until 9:30 at:* Little Sister http://www.littlesistercoffeemaker.ca/ on River Fool + Horses http://www.foolsandhorses.ca/ on Broadway Parlour Coffee Shop http://parlourcoffee.ca/ on Main Cafe Postale https://www.facebook.com/Cafe.Postal.Winnipeg/ on Provencher or Thom Bargen http://www.thombargen.com/ on Sherbrooke ...if free hot chocolate is more your thing, swing by the Breakfast on Ice at the Forks http://festivalvoyageur.mb.ca/en/festival/venues/ * until 10am. *
*LUNCH HOUR - DOWNTOWN* Meet up at Fools + Horses at noon for an informal discussion with Winnipeggers freshly returned from the international Winter Cycling Congress in Minneapolis-St.Paul http://wintercyclingcongress2016.org/. Learn what it takes to become a world-class bike-friendly city.
*LUNCH HOUR RIDE - U OF M*Meet at the UMSU Bike Shop http://www.umsu.ca/services/community/recycling-environmental-group (lower level Helen Glass) at 12:15 for a 30 minute group ride around campus, co-hosted by UMSU and the Office of Sustainability. http://umanitoba.ca/sustainability/
*EVENING - WE PARTY!*Join the Jack Frost Challenge crew http://greenactioncentre.ca/content/bougeons-en-hiver-jack-frost-challenge/ at 17:30 at the Yellow Dog or swing by after supper at 19:30 at “The Echo Palace*” (on the Red under the Norwood bridge). Make some maple taffy, smokies, project some video and enjoy some tunes before biking to Festival du Voyageur!!!
*LATEST NEWS ON FACEBOOK*Stay tuned to Bike Winnipeg https://www.facebook.com/BikeWinnipeg/?fref=ts and Winnipeg Trails https://www.facebook.com/WinnipegTrails for any emerging info about local events. Follow the event on Twitter https://twitter.com/WinterBike2Work or Facebook https://www.facebook.com/WinterBikeToWorkDay to see the latest scores and watch what's happening around the world.
*If you're not sure where/what the Echo Palace refers to, try out the Winnipeg Trails app http://www.winnipegtrails.ca/app. If you can show us the Echo Palace gem on you phone, you will win some awesome prizes.
See the poster.
