Winter Bike to Work Day Activities in Winnipeg
*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.
Just in - Unfortunately, Breakfast on Ice has been cancelled due to the weather forecast for Friday. Please update any announcements and posts that you may have sent out.
Mark
On Tue, Feb 9, 2016 at 1:48 PM, Anders Swanson andersswanson@gmail.com wrote:
*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.
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