Allez Randonistas!
Welcome to our fundraising page for Phoenix Bikes. To support their 2021 Raise + Ride fundraising initiative, a group of randonneurs will be riding an approved modified version of permanent populaire #02150 that has riders out and back from Phoenix Bikes.
Phoenix Bikes is an Arlington nonprofit that uniquely combines youth education programs with a full-service bike shop. They teach middle and high school students how to fix bikes, enable them to earn their own bike to take home, and help them build career skills, riding skills and confidence. The proceeds from this event help them keep their youth programs 100% free, so that all students, regardless of income, can participate.
Our Raise + Ride ride:
- Date
Saturday, August 7, 2021 - Route
https://ridewithgps.com/routes/36744354 - Time limit
105km RUSA POPULAIRE
Checkpoint Date Time
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0mi start: 08/07 08:00 close: 08/07 09:00
32mi open: 08/07 09:32 close: 08/07 11:36
65mi open: 08/07 11:05 close: 08/07 15:00 - This ride is fully self-supported; please see https://rusa.org/pages/permanents for more information on the RUSA permanent program
- Fundraising goal: $250 per rider
Thank you in advance for your support!
Emily Lawrence
Team Captain, RUSA #14022
Phoenix Bikes Raise + Ride: Sizzling Summer Century
Phoenix Bikes is back again this year with another exciting Raise + Ride event, this year sponsored by our generous friends at Amazon! The Sizzling Summer Century ride is designed to get you and your team active and raise money for a great cause! With this event we're giving you the opportunity to stretch your creative skills and make your own routes, whether that's sticking with the 100 mile century on the Washington and Old Dominion Trail--our typical route--or transforming your neighborhood trails into a race course. To spice things up, we'll also be giving out amazing prizes for acheivements like most money raised, highest number of donors and team members, and more!
This summer ride is also a peer-to-peer fundraiser for Phoenix Bikes, and we encourage you to reach out to your friends and family to help fundraise. Last year we blew our goal of $25,000 out of the water by raising $75,000, making it the most successful fundraising event that Phoenix Bikes has ever had! We're looking to soar to last year's astronomical heights again by setting our fundraising goal at $75,000, with the hopes of continuing and ideally exceeding the incredible efforts of 2020! We can't wait to get started!
The mission of Phoenix Bikes is harnessing the power of bikes to help youth build passion, purpose, and a place in the community. We are an Arlington nonprofit that uniquely combines youth educational programs with a full-service professional bike shop and retail store. Since our launch, we have had the opportunity to engage thousands of teens, with over 900 earning their own bikes so far. Local youth, ages 12 to 17, are invited to participate in bike refurbishment and retail operations as they contribute to the daily operations of the Phoenix Bikes shop located in South Arlington, VA. Through these experiences, our students are not only given the opportunity to learn technical mechanical skills and put in hard work, but also develop their problem solving abilities and gain self confidence.