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Thank you so much to the 35 riders for taking part in the Project 680 bike ride yesterday. We hope you enjoyed yourself, especially if it was your first time on the trails. Thank you for your generous donations of underwear and financial contributions too. Thank you for caring for homeless students in such a practical (and fun) way. A special thanks to Project 680 committee member Jennifer Tartaglia for planning the short ride yesterday. Big kudos to Councilmember Ken Cooley for stopping by as well as FCUSD Board Member Zak Ford and CRPD Board Member Rick Sloan.

We don’t yet have a tally of all that was collected during the underwear drive, but that should come soon this week on our website and Facebook page. All it takes to tackle community issues is for residents to get intentional and focused. Many times it’s just a matter of deciding to be a part of the solution, and then taking small steps in the direction of a solution. Thank you for doing that yesterday in a very practical way.

Let’s keep moving forward. We’ll be announcing good news about the underwear drive soon. And we’ll be gearing up for an emphasis in the Fall too.

Photo Credit: May is Bike Month Facebook Page

Thank you!!!

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We mentioned a few days ago that we’d have “Undies Ride” t-shirts for those interested. Well, a handful of riders ordered them and here is what they look like. You can still get one if you’d like, but it’ll have to wait until after the bike ride since our shirt contact cannot make any more on such last-minute notice. If we do a community ride again, we’ll see if we can have more advance notice for a shirt since it’s a nice touch. Whatever the case, check it out below. Cool, huh? See you Saturday at 9am at Hagan Park. For details on the Underwear Bike Ride, see this video and click HERE.

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We wanted to give a quick shout-out to ClickSpring for helping get the word out about the Project 680 underwear drive for homeless students. Thank you for your tweets, Facebook shares and spreading the word to your clients also. We really look forward to having your co-founder, Scott Eggert, ride with us on the “Underwear Ride” on Saturday. You guys are tremendous!! Much thanks.

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Hi Everyone. The underwear drive is zooming by and we only have two weeks left. It’s not too late to get involved. Let’s make one last final push to really engage our networks and collect some new underwear for homeless students. On the last day of the underwear drive we’ll be doing a community bike ride called the “Undies Ride”. Check out the video below (or here) and share on Facebook, Twitter, etc… Thanks so much for your support.

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We are getting excited about the upcoming “Undies Ride” for homeless students in the FCUSD, and we wanted to formally invite you to come along. What is it all about? We’ll get together on Saturday May 19, 2012 at 9am to have a little community bike ride. This will be a great way to get some exercise, connect with locals and support an underwear drive for homeless students.

When? Saturday May 19, 2012 at 9am.

Where? Meet up in the free parking lot at Hagan Park (just outside of the main entrance at 2197 Chase Drive Rancho Cordova CA 95670).

Why? This is a great way to get some exercise, connect with locals and enjoy the last day of our  underwear drive for homeless students.

How Long is the Ride? We’ll have two rides available. One will be a beginner ride and the other will go from Rancho Cordova to Folsom to Bicycles Plus (26 miles total roundtrip).

Who? This is a family-friendly event and a great excuse to mingle with fellow Project 680 supporters. Maybe you could put together a team from the office, church, your neighborhood or a group of friends. This event will also be listed on the “May is Bike Month” website.

What to Bring? We’ll be collecting new underwear for our drive, so please bring some undies for students K-12 in the FCUSD (new ones only – appropriate styles). If money is really tight of course, please just show up (but maybe tell all your friends and family).Additionally, bring a bike, your friends and anything you need for riding (water, granola bars, etc…).

RSVP on our Facebook event page if you wish. Let us know if you have questions. If you’d like to volunteer to help pull this event off too, speak on. Lastly, if you have media contacts, spread the word.

Thank you for your support and advocacy. Let’s ride some bikes now!!

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We wanted to give a quick update to let you know we’ll be doing a bike ride on Saturday May 19, 2012 at 9am as a part of the upcoming Underwear Drive. We figured this would be a fun, community-centered and healthy way to raise awareness about student homelessness and gather underwear too. We’ll meet at Hagan Park in Rancho Cordova at 9am and have two rides available. One will be for beginners and the other will go from Hagan Park to Folsom (26 miles). We’ll post more details about the ride and the Underwear Drive too. Yes, this ride will be posted on the “May is Bike Month” website too. We’ve already talked with them.

Thanks for your support. Mark your calendars!!

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Here is a VERY brief clip of our valiant riders on Saturday’s community bike ride. Thank you everyone!! By the way, this video was uploaded to our Facebook page and then embedded here. We’ve always used YouTube, so this is a bit of a first. If it ends up loading or playing very slowly for you, let us know.

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The community bike ride on Saturday went very well. Thank you everyone for coming out to enjoy a ride together and for your obvious generosity and support to make this sock drive a big success. There are many specific thank yous to give and those will trickle in very soon. For now, enjoy a clip of us on Saturday compliments of the KCRA news crew coming out. Great job team!!!

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It’s come down to the last few days of the sock drive and we’re getting ready to celebrate in style as we do a community bike ride THIS Saturday (May 8, 2010). Thank you everyone for your support thus far. We sincerely appreciate involvement from local residents, churches, businesses, City Hall in Rancho Cordova, and organizations.

If you are available for last-minute involvement, let us know right away. We could use a few people to wrap up some loose ends for Saturday’s bike ride, and we could use many people to get last-minute word out to friends, co-workers, family, church members, etc… If you are looking for links to share, you might consider our website page (sock drive page), Facebook event sign-up for bike ride, or our Facebook Fan Page.

Thank so much for your support. Together we ARE making a difference. Nobody is getting paid here. We are all volunteers. We are all advocates for local homeless students. Isn’t it awesome to respond as a community to some of the felt needs of local kids?

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A story about Project 680 just aired on the news, and we wanted to welcome anyone who followed the KCRA story to our website. Please have a look around and let us know what you think. You can find information about the sock drive and community bike ride HERE, volunteering HERE, and any drop-off locations HERE.

Our main purpose as a volunteer community team is to advocate for local homeless students in relevant and practical ways. Let us know if you have any questions or creative ideas for getting involved. We’d love to hear from you too, whether by email (info@project680.org), phone (916-595-3735), Facebook or Twitter.

Thanks for visiting. We’re glad you’re here.

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We are elated to have The Golden 1 Credit Union on board as a partner in the Project 680 Sock Drive. Their Information Technology and Loss Prevention department staff are teaming up to collect socks as well as assemble a good number of bike riders for our community ride on May 8, 2010 (they hope to have as many as 20 riders). Isn’t this great news? Thank you Golden 1 for caring about local homeless students!!! Way to go!!! We are so excited to have you on board.

The Golden 1 Credit Union
8945 Cal Center Drive, Sacramento, CA 95826. 
www.golden1.com

If any other local businesses would like to get involved, just let us know. We welcome your creative partnership and ideas.

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We were excited to get together with Deirdre Fitzpatrick of KCRA news this morning and film our “sock raiding” party. A group of locals got together to empty the aisle of our local Target. The story will go live in a few weeks, and we’ll post links when it does. Thanks everyone for coming out and thanks Deirdre for your time. Let’s keep moving forward with the sock drive!!!!

See photos from today HERE and follow Deirdre on Twitter at @fitztweeter

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