TFK provides fun and educational mountain bike excursions for at-risk youth into Virginia, Maryland, and DC nature areas. We were voted "one of the best small charities in the Washington DC Region" by the Catalogue for Philanthropy for 2008/2009.
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Trips for Kids - Metro DC Thanksgiving came early at Trips for Kids Metro DC. We're thankful that you all keep giving, so we can support the community. We had a great luncheon with 60 folks and a silent auction and kids from our program. Lovely time to get together and celebrate our successes.
Trips for Kids - Metro DC We decided to do a ride before our thanksgiving celebration sunday (pictures soon), I picked up the first of seven kids. She burst out giggling as we drove. I asked her what was so funny and she said she was so just so happy to be going riding. awesome!
Julie Childers Pssst - our newsletter is out....pass it on!!!!
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As the year draws to close, I want to thank each and every one of you for your support of Trips for Kids. This year has been filled with rides, learning experiences, nature excursions and many, many ...
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See article below - As an FYI - TFK is leading the way in northern virginia in getting kid outdoors biking and walking to school with programs in 9 schools . best quote of the article
"The cost of putting a school bus on the street is approximately equal to keeping a teacher on staff, said Linda P. Farbry, director of... transportation for Fairfax public schools."
If parents were told that walking thier kids to school would get thier school another teacher, more kids would be walking Im sure.Read More
"The cost of putting a school bus on the street is approximately equal to keeping a teacher on staff, said Linda P. Farbry, director of... transportation for Fairfax public schools."
If parents were told that walking thier kids to school would get thier school another teacher, more kids would be walking Im sure.Read More
Source: www.washingtonpost.com
Almost everyone has a grandparent who claims to have walked two miles to school every morning. Uphill. In the snow. Etc.
Trips for Kids - Metro DC Great ride today with the National Park Service touring the city. Yorshua read the open paragraph of the gettysburg address to the other children on the foot of the Lincoln memorial, then we rode to a location on pennsylvania ave where just over 100 years ago slaves were sold as part of the local market. It was quite moving. Amazing way to end the ride season. Thank you NPS.
Julie Childers Tour DC via bike and learn a few things you never knew (but thought you did)...this Sunday Trips for Kids DC and NPS lead the last of the National Monuments Bike Ride. Interested? Email julie@tfkmetrodc.org
Trips for Kids - Metro DC The city of Alexandria partnered with Trips for Kids Metro DC to facilitate a Safe Routes to School program at Mount Vernon Community School. Under this partnership, nearly 95% of the students participated in Walk to School Day during the schools very first event, then again for Earth Day and Walk to School Day in fall 2009. The culture of acceptance for walking and bicycling to school is starting to become the norm
Trips for Kids - Metro DC Prince William Forest - soul food for lost children. We reunited 12 young friends from trailer homes, basements and apartments. Seperated due to hardships, they enjoyed a day laughing together and clearing hazards from miles of hiking trails. Thier reward was supposed to be a nice ride and lunch, but most of them returned to TFK HQ to reminise, have dinner and goodby hugs. These days you can't script..
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Stuart Levy will be participating in the 2010 Race Across the West in the 50+ year old solo racer category. The race is 860 miles long from Oceanside, Ca to Durango, Co with a time limit of 90 hours. For more information about the race, please go to www.raceacrossamerica.org. His goal is to raise $15,000 for the Trips ...for Kids Metro DC www.tfkmetrodc.org
TFK is a non-profit 501c(3) organization that helps disadvantaged youth in the Metropolitan DC area. The organization provides important life and leadership lessons through fun and educational mountain bike excursions into Virginia, Maryland, and DC parks and nature areas.
Metro DC Trips for Kids also holds an Earth Day and Health Clinics for disadvantaged youth in addition to working with schools to promote a Safe Routes to School Program.
Here is your chance to contribute to this fund raising event and possibly win a new bicycle frame, fork and Chris King Headset with a one color paint job with an MSRP of up to $3,800.
The raffle is for a custom Spectrum Cycles Super Titanium Frame (with fork, Chris King headset, and a one color paint job) designed just for you by master designer and frame builder Tom Kellogg. The winner may choose to have a lugged steel bike. For more information about Spectrum Bicycles, please go to www.spectrum-cycles.com . The winner is responsible for transportation to and from the Spectrum Workshop, also known as “The Barn” in Breinigsville, Pennsylvania.
Raffle Rules:
• A maximum of 100, $60 tickets will be sold for the made-to-measure Spectrum
If 70 raffle tickets are not sold then all proceeds from the Spectrum raffle
will be donated to Metro DC Trips for Kids
• There is no limit on the number of tickets that an individual can purchase.
• To purchase a ticket you may send a check to:
Frames for Charity
1656 Gelding Lane
Vienna, Va. 22182
Or you can use www.bikereg.com and the event name is "Frames for Charity"
Please note that raffle tickets are not tax deductible. The raffle is based in the Commonwealth of Virginia.Read More
TFK is a non-profit 501c(3) organization that helps disadvantaged youth in the Metropolitan DC area. The organization provides important life and leadership lessons through fun and educational mountain bike excursions into Virginia, Maryland, and DC parks and nature areas.
Metro DC Trips for Kids also holds an Earth Day and Health Clinics for disadvantaged youth in addition to working with schools to promote a Safe Routes to School Program.
Here is your chance to contribute to this fund raising event and possibly win a new bicycle frame, fork and Chris King Headset with a one color paint job with an MSRP of up to $3,800.
The raffle is for a custom Spectrum Cycles Super Titanium Frame (with fork, Chris King headset, and a one color paint job) designed just for you by master designer and frame builder Tom Kellogg. The winner may choose to have a lugged steel bike. For more information about Spectrum Bicycles, please go to www.spectrum-cycles.com . The winner is responsible for transportation to and from the Spectrum Workshop, also known as “The Barn” in Breinigsville, Pennsylvania.
Raffle Rules:
• A maximum of 100, $60 tickets will be sold for the made-to-measure Spectrum
If 70 raffle tickets are not sold then all proceeds from the Spectrum raffle
will be donated to Metro DC Trips for Kids
• There is no limit on the number of tickets that an individual can purchase.
• To purchase a ticket you may send a check to:
Frames for Charity
1656 Gelding Lane
Vienna, Va. 22182
Or you can use www.bikereg.com and the event name is "Frames for Charity"
Please note that raffle tickets are not tax deductible. The raffle is based in the Commonwealth of Virginia.Read More
Source: www.raceacrossamerica.org
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TFK's Day of Thanks
An Awards Ceremony and Fun-raiser benefitting Trips for Kids Metro DC
This past year, Trips for Kids has been able to touch the lives of many children in the DC Metro area through our various programs and camps. With your help we hope to be able to continue this success in the upcoming year.
This a...nnual awards ceremony will recognize the efforts of the organization, as we help youth overcome obstacles on the trail and in life. There will be video presentations, awards for the youth participants of the race series (final series winners awards), recognition of our volunteers, partners, sponsors and all the riders that made this year spectacular!
Please join us for an afternoon of fun, food and thanks to all that made it possible to get more kids outdoors and active!
We look forward to seeing you there!
Suggested Donation: $20 per adults/ $5 per child
***Pre-celebration bike ride at Wakefield park at 11:30. Please join us for some outdoor fun to kick off our celebration.Read More
An Awards Ceremony and Fun-raiser benefitting Trips for Kids Metro DC
This past year, Trips for Kids has been able to touch the lives of many children in the DC Metro area through our various programs and camps. With your help we hope to be able to continue this success in the upcoming year.
This a...nnual awards ceremony will recognize the efforts of the organization, as we help youth overcome obstacles on the trail and in life. There will be video presentations, awards for the youth participants of the race series (final series winners awards), recognition of our volunteers, partners, sponsors and all the riders that made this year spectacular!
Please join us for an afternoon of fun, food and thanks to all that made it possible to get more kids outdoors and active!
We look forward to seeing you there!
Suggested Donation: $20 per adults/ $5 per child
***Pre-celebration bike ride at Wakefield park at 11:30. Please join us for some outdoor fun to kick off our celebration.Read More
Time:2:00PM Sunday, November 22nd
Location:Kilroys Restaurant
Trips for Kids - Metro DC Great ride and Hike at Prince William Forest yesterday, leaves everywhere all different colors. Going back Sunday, anyone want to join us???
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VIrginia PTA wants to know your thoughts on biking and walking to school.
http://vaptasite.org/feedback-topics/346
Source: vaptasite.org
The Virginia Congress of Parents and Teachers, better known as the Virginia PTA is a volunteer child advocacy association working for ALL children and youth in the Commonwealth of Virginia.
Trips for Kids - Metro DC We reached 300 fans today yeahhhhhh now if each one of you told two more friends to join that would be peachy!!
Trips for Kids - Metro DC I love this picture- what a great group of folks from the youngest to the oldest
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