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Riverside Park hosting 41st annual EcoRide

Ann Arbors Riverside Park will host the 41st annual EcoRide 7 a.m. to 2 p.m. June 23 for a day of fun centering around bicycling and sustainability. The event features hundreds of cyclists riding 55-, 20-, 10- and 2-mile bike routes to different destinations and will showcase different assets of the area. This year will feature pop-up EcoArt galleries at farm tour stops, highlighting local artists whose work represents sustainability themes. The festival will also feature local food, art and educational kids activities, as well as nonprofit information tables, live music and a drum circle. Dragon Wagon, a local bluegrass folk rock band, will headline the event as a musical backdrop. Funds raised from EcoRide, including pledges from bicylists riding the event, go toward The Ecology Center, a nonprofit environmental agency in Ann Arbor advocating for a sustainable future. The event is sponsored by UAW, Resource Recycling Systems, Ann and Tom Hunt Family, Saint Joseph Mercy Health System, Michigan Commerce Bank, Whole Foods Market, Kleinschmidt Insurance Agency and Sunventrix. For more info and to learn how to register or donate, visit ecoride.ecocenter.org

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Staff members of Ann Arbor-based Food Gatherers celebrate the organizations ninth straight year as a 4-star charity, as designated by a national independent evaluator.

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About Food Gatherers
Food Gatherers is Washtenaw Countys food bank and food rescue program, distributing 5.6 million pounds of food to 150 non-prot programs serving lowincome adults, seniors and children annually. Through Food Gatherers Community Kitchen, more than 100,000 plates of nutritious food are served to people in need each year. Last year, 21 students graduated from the Community Kitchen Job Training Program, a culinary training program for atrisk youth. For a list of food donors and recipient agencies or to learn how you can become involved in the ght against hunger locally, visit www.foodgatherers.org or call 734-761-2796. and CEO, Charity Navigator. Only 1 percent of the thousands of charities rated have received at least nine consecutive 4-star evaluations, indicating that Food Gatherers outperforms most other charities in America. This exceptional designation from Charity Navigator differentiates Food Gatherers from its peers and demonstrates to the public it is worthy of their trust. In 2011, Charity Navigator added a second dimension of Accountability and Transparency (A&T) to its rating methodology, and now reviews 17 governance and ethical practices as well as measures of openness, providing information on its website for each of the charities it evaluates. The A&T metrics, which account for 50 percent of a charitys overall rating, reveal which charities have best practices that minimize the chance of unethical activities and whether they freely share basic information about their organization with their donors and other stakeholders. In the current economic environment, its important our donors trust that were using our funding wisely to accomplish our mission to alleviate hunger in Washtenaw County, said Eileen Spring, president and CEO of Food Gatherers. Our 4-star Charity Navigator rating demonstrates to our supporters that we take our fiduciary and governance responsibilities very seriously. Food Gatherers rating and other information about charitable giving are available online at www. charitynavigator.org.

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An Ann Arbor-based food bank has again made a list of top-ranked charities. Food Gatherers sound fiscal management practices and commitment to accountability and transparency have earned it a 4star rating from Charity Navigator, Americas largest independent charity evaluator. This is the ninth consecutive year that Food Gatherers has earned this top distinction, placing it among the elite 1 percent of charities to receive this distinction. Food Gatherers now has the No. 1 Charity Navigator rating of food banks in Michigan, and is in the top 15 food banks rated nationwide. Food Gatherers coveted 4-star rating puts it in a very select group of high-performing charities, according to Ken Berger, president

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