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Mark your calendar for the Wheels on the Greenway- May 4, 2019

May 4, 2019 @ 2:00 pm - 4:00 pm

Ride the Downtown Greenway:  bike, trike, skate or roll to the Gateway of the Open Book Cornerstone and the Warnersville Rec Center. Downtown Police Bike Patrol members will lead the bike ride on the Downtown Greenway.

Kids Zone Bike RodeoCrumley Roberts will provide a bike safety course, helmet fittings, free helmet & Kid Zone t-shirt to each child.

Bling your Bike Station— get your wheels ready to ride with the help of the Girl Scouts

Costume Contest-  wear your favorite Star Wars or galactic costume. Prizes from Children’s Museum, REI, Parks & Rec, rumley Roberts, Cycles de Oro, and Revolution Cycles

Kids Art Activity— paint your own canvas with spare bike parts!

Greensboro Public Library– Story time at 2:30pm and 3:30pm and giveaways.

Bikesboro & Local Bike Shops will provide bike tune-ups & demos including Galactic Bikes, Trek, REI, and Downtown Bicycle Works

Kona Ice will be selling yummy ice treats!

Other groups joining us: Bicycling in Greensboro, SafeGuilford, GDOT, Greensboro Public Library, & Guilford Basics

We are also collecting bikes for kids at Jones Elementary School, Hope Academy and Warnersville Re Center who do not have a bike of their own.  If you would like to donate a bike, please email Laura Lorenz llorenz@actiongreensboro.org or call 336.379.0821.  The last bike collection day will be on Thursday, April 4 from 4:30-6pm at Morehead Park on the Downtown Greenway (475 Spring Garden Street).  Special thanks to Bikesboro & volunteers for repairing all the donated bikes.

Click here to view segment on Spectrum News about the Bike Donation effort.

Details

Date:
May 4, 2019
Time:
2:00 pm - 4:00 pm