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We are very excited about having two different bike rides on the same day of our community ride. Why are we doing this? We want this event to cater to people who have not ridden in many years (and are able to ride 20 minutes one way, eat a sack lunch, and then ride 20 minutes back), and we also want to attract more avid riders who can knock out 30 miles. Last time we did a community bike ride it was very successful, but we quickly learned that the short ride was way too short – especially for the avid biker crowd.

We will meet at 2197 Chase Drive in Rancho Cordova between 9:30-10:00am on May 8, 2010. We are meeting in the free parking lot next to Cordova High School (you do not have to pay for parking). The short ride will be about 20 minutes or so from Hagan Park to River Bend Park (formerly Goethe Park – just before the big bridge). The longer ride will go from Hagan Park to Bicycle’s Plus in Folsom at 705 Gold Lake Drive Folsom, CA 95630 (this bike shop is roughly 15 miles from Hagan Park and is located immediately off of the bike trail). 

See www.project680.org/biking-for-socks for more information.

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We are looking for about a dozen locations to be a “drop-off” for the Project 680 Sock Drive (“Biking for Socks”). Between now and the end of our sock drive on May 8, 2010 we’d love to see households, businesses and churches serve as locations where people in the community can drop off donations of new socks. If you’re interested, please contact us at 916-595-3735 or on the form below (please include your address).

We are planning to begin posting drop-off locations on our website next week, so let us know soon. Also, we’ve found that the best results usually occur at your location when you let friends, neighbors and co-workers know that you are serving as a drop-off place.

Thank you for your support.

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We wanted to give a very quick update to let everyone know that on May 8, 2010 we will be doing a community bike ride. This is the day before Mother’s Day at 10am. We’ll have two rides – a short beginner ride and a 30 mile ride (Rancho Cordova to Folsom and back is 30 miles). We’re going to have a blast and we’ll be collecting socks and doing some other cool things as a part of this ride. More details will come very soon. Are you getting excited?

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We are very pleased to announce that the final tally of donations for the Project 680 Shoe Drive is $3,601.51. Can you believe it? Our goal had been $1,500, but together we left that in the dust. Thank you everyone who participated in big and small ways. Thank you to local residents, businesses, churches and organizations that partnered together in this effort.

This project has been all about the kids, and putting new shoes on students that need them. It’s so exciting to think of the joy and dignity these students will have to select a brand new pair of shoes soon. Thank you everyone. We did this as a team!!! Let’s celebrate!!!

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We were graced to have photographer JoAnna Bueno-Williams come to the Project 680 Community Bike Ride today. She snapped some incredible shots in the album below, and we are so grateful to have these images. Press play below and let us know what you think. The pictures are in chronological order from meeting at Hagan Park to riding to River Bend Park and then back. As you can tell, we had a great turn-out and we sure did have fun. Great work everyone!!! We will announce soon the final tally of money raised!!! You can also view the slideshow online.

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In a matter of hours we will embark on our community bike ride. We are very excited and we acknowledge that this has truly been a collective community effort. Any success in this project is due to the community joining forces to advocate for local kids. It’s amazing what we can do when we get intentional together. Thank you everyone!!! Now let’s go enjoy a bike ride.

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We now have the Project 680 Shoe Drive / Bike Ride flyer available online to everyone. The image to the right is what it looks like.

You can download the flyer, print, and pass it around as you please. There is only one month until the Community Bike Ride, so we are hoping to work together as a team to get the word out about this very important effort. Please do let co-workers, family members, classmates, friends, church members, and anyone in your organizations or networks  know about this opportunity. We will collaborate as a team to provide 100 pairs of brand new shoes for local students in need. Together we can make a difference.

DOWNLOAD FLYER HERE (pdf) 

You can use the following if you plan to email a link to the flyer:  http://project680.org/ShoeDrive.pdf

You are also invite to link to us on your blog, website, Facebook, Twitter, or any other social networking site you may be on. You can check out THIS post with images to link from and even a video to embed online if you wish.

Thanks everyone for your support!!!!

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This is big!!! We are very excited to partner with www.BottlecapMagnets.com to offer handmade and original Project 680 bottlecap magnets to the community. We are calling this the ”One Cap. One Shoe.” campaign because when someone donates $10 for one magnet, the cost of one shoe will be covered!!! 100% of your donation will go toward our goal of raising $1,500 to purchase brand new shoes for 100 needy students in the FCUSD. You can get a tax receipt upon request too.

“One Cap. One Shoe”: The average pair of shoes at Payless Shoe Source (the vendor for the shoe drive) costs $20.00, so donating $10.00 for one magnet means you will literally be covering the cost of one shoe. Way to go!!! Bottlecap Magnets are sealed with a clear and smooth surface similar to glass and each is handmade. They are perfect for the fridge, office or even a gift, and they’ll be available early next week for as long as supplies last. The great thing too is that a magnet on the fridge or at the office can be a sweet reminder of the good work you did by providing shoes for needy students.

Please watch the video below (or HERE) to get a better sense of what these fantastic magnets look like. Contact us at info@project680.org or 916-595-3735 to purchase a magnet. We will also have magnets available at our Community Bike Ride.

By the way, we would love for others to embed the video or link to the video on your website, blog, Twitter, Facebook, Myspace, or wherever you live online. Project 680 belongs to all of us and we will find success for the Shoe Drive by networking together. Let us know if you have any questions. Call 916-595-3735 or email info@project680.org.

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We are pleased to announce that Rancho Cordova City Council Member David Sander will be riding with us on the Project 680 Community Bide Ride. We appreciate his interest in the community and availability to pedal a bit on the morning on November 7, 2009.

Project 680 belongs to all of us. We welcome community members, leaders, businesses, organizations and churches to get involved in the Project 680 Shoe Drive to support local students in need. Our goal is to raise $1,500 together in order to purchase 100 pairs of brand new shoes for needy students in the FCUSD.

Thank you everyone for your support!!!

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We are glad to announce that The Rancho Cordova Post will be providing free orange juice to bike riders on the morning of the P680 Community Bike Ride. We appreciate The Post for quickly stepping up to the plate to help give us a little boost before our community ride. Thank you to RC Post for your partnership to advocate for local students in need.

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We are proud to welcome BARC on board as a partner for the Project 680 Community Bike Ride. “BARC” stands for “Bicycling Advocates for Rancho Cordova.” In addition to recruiting some of their members for the ride and possibly doing some other networking, we have asked BARC to give a few safety tips to all of us immediately before we hit the trails on November 7th.

Even though we are doing a short ride that mostly anyone can do (3-4 miles one way – and then back the same distance after relaxing at River Bend Park), it’s still important to ride safely. On that note, we do recommend the use of a bike helmet for our ride. Don’t worry, we won’t bring a heavy hand or enforce any sort of helmet rule.  We’re just saying we like people and we are fans of planning for safety. 

For more information on Bicycling Advocates for Rancho Cordova, contact Bruce Oulrey at boulrey@comcast.net or (916) 207-4012

Thank you BARC. We appreciate you.

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We are pleased to announce that Starbucks at Capital Village in Rancho Cordova will be providing us with free coffee on the morning of the Project 680 Community Bike Ride. We are grateful to have their support, and we are excited to offer our bike riders free coffee (while it lasts). Thank you Starbucks.

Capital Village Starbucks
3195 Zinfandel Dr.
Rancho Cordova, CA 95670
916-852-1893

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Project 680 belongs to all of us. It’s a community effort, and our hope is to get word out to the community about the P680 Shoe Drive. We invite you to partner with us in this cause by linking to the P680 website from your website, blog, Facebook, or any other social networking sites or forums. You are also invited to use any of the images below to link to our website at www.project680.org. If you are not connected yet with us on Facebook, our page is HERE and our group is HERE.    

The direct link to the shoe drive is www.project680.org/projects/shoes/. Please feel free to use the images below for any of your online or flyer needs.

The direct link to the community bike ride is www.project680.org/bike. Please feel free to use the images below for any of your online or flyer needs.

You can also embed the following video on your website, blog, or social networking site. The direct link to the video is http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F9zJIArBF6A. If you can’t figure out how to embed the video on your site, just let us know and we’ll be happy to help.

We do have some of the images above in larger sizes also, in case you needed something for a flyer, the office, or any other forum. Call 916-595-3735 or email info@project680.org if you have any questions or further needs.

Thank you so much for helping let others know about the shoe drive. Together we can make a difference.

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