2012 April Fools Bicycle Challenge

Ill be Riding my Bike for a Good Cause

March 31st thru April 29th

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March 15, 2012 Attn: Local Napa Valley Newspapers 2012 April Fools Press Release. The 7th annual April Fools Bicycle Challenge is just around the corner. The April Fools Bicycle Challenge is a month long cycling event aimed at getting people on their bikes enjoying the beautiful spring weather. We support all types of cycling including children and stationary bikes. Even miles on your unicycle count. And as always this is a free event to participants. Exciting news this year is that a 3rd city has joined in on the fun Napa. This is due to the wonderful nonprofit Napa County Bike Coalition (aka Napa Bike). As in years past, in addition to getting more folks riding their bikes, we also use this energy to raise money for great local charities. Over the past 5 years April Fools has raised in excess of $40,000 for the 2 marvelous Upper Valley family centers. As always riders in Calistoga will be raising money for Calistoga Family Center. Those in St. Helena will be raising money for St. Helena Family Center. In Napa theres a bit of a twist in terms of raising money. The Board of Napa Bike has agreed to split the proceeds with Cope Family Center, continuing the tradition of local cyclist raising money for great local family centers. So Napa riders will be supporting 2 great local charities. Riders get their friends, family, and coworkers to offer pledges. Community members, service organizations, and local businesses also offer pledges. Some of the local Calistoga businesses already supporting this event are Calistoga Bikeshop, St. Helena Cyclery, Sportago, Missing Link Networks, and Wellspring P.T. Anyone interested in supporting this event can send email to admin@bikingfools.org or visit the bikingfools.org website. You can also make a donation directly on the bikingfools.org website by going to the Donate Now page. The donations are through the secure Paypal system and all monies go directly to the charities associated with each city. We welcome pledges of any amount. If you want to ride in the April Fools Challenge simply go to www.bikingfools.org and register today.

Please call Peter at 415-203-4006 (m) if you have any questions

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2012 April Fools Bicycle Challenge

Ill be Riding my Bike for a Good Cause
March 31st thru April 29th

www.BikingFools.org

Contacts: April Fools Bicycle Challenge: Peter Potrebic, 415-203-4006, peter.potrebic@hotmail.com Calistoga: Calistoga Family Center: Victoria Li, Executive Dir., 942-6206, victli@aol.com Calistoga Bike Shop: Brad Suhr, Owner, 942-9687, calbikes@gmail.com St Helena: St. Helena Family Center: Sara Cakebread, Executive Dir., 963-1919, scakebread@sthelenafamilycenter.org St. Helena Cyclery: Jake Scheiderman, Owner, 963-7736, jake@sthelenacyclery.com Napa: Napa Bike: Mike Costanzo, Executive Dir., 812-1770, mike@napabike.org Cope Family Center: Michele Grupe, Associate Dir., 252-1123 x115, mgrupe@copefamilycenter.org

Thank you. Peter Potrebic peter.potrebic@hotmail.com 415-203-4006

Please call Peter at 415-203-4006 (m) if you have any questions

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