Spring Roll 2009

The Second Annual Spring Roll, a bike scavenger hunt to benefit Food For Lane County, is just a few days away! Participants will meet at Red Barn Natural Grocery Saturday, May 30, at 3 p.m. to register their teams and receive a shopping list. After all teams are registered, the start will be called and teams will go shopping by bicycle! There will be 10 items on the list, and each team must purchase each at a different store.

Teams finish by depositing their groceries in collection bins at Sam Bond's Garage, where there will be live music and an awards ceremony! The whole family can come, as the venue is all-ages until 8:30 p.m., but adult beverages will be served to those of age.

Remember, this event promotes active transport and shopping locally, it supports hungry families in our area, and it should be a bunch of fun! Last year's scavenger hunt saw over 70 cyclists, took about an hour of shopping time, and filled three large FFLC collection barrels of food.

You can visit springrollride.com for more info and a list of sponsors and prizes. Facebook users can pre-register on an event page.

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UPDATE from the event coordinators:


As the date of the event draws near, we want to inform y'all of a few specifics.

1.) As is standard for bike scavenger hunts, all teams *will* have fun. This is a non-competitive event, with over 100 prizes just for participating. This is *not* a race.

2.) Teaming up is strongly encouraged, but teams will be no larger than six people. If you don't have a team, come early and we'll help you make new friends.

3.) Each team will purchase 10 different food items from 10 different stores. This is the only cost to participate. No item will cost more than $5.

4.) All items will come from a shopping list we provide. For your convenience, we will also provide a list of grocery stores and their addresses. Bike maps will also be available.

5.) Each item will come with a receipt printed no earlier than 3:30 p.m.

6.) All participants will *really* try to return to Sam Bond's by 5 p.m. to be eligible for the raffling of big-ticket prizes. Every person gets one raffle ticket.

7.) Awards ceremony starts at 5:15 p.m. Live music will follow. The venue will be all-ages until 8:30 p.m.

If you have any questions, please email us:

springrollride@gmail.com

UO Bike Faire

The UO Outdoor Program's Bicycle Faire will feature tables from local bikey businesses and organizations, free tune-ups, screen printing stations, bike-blended smoothies, and the Ginger Ninjas, a pedal-powered band. It's this Thursday, May 21 at the EMU Amphitheater, 10 a.m.-3 p.m., and it's free.

The Ginger Ninjas aren't the first band to tour by bicycle, but they also power their amplifiers with human energy.


This video comes from their blog.

For more on the UO Bicycle Faire, visit the facebook page or read this article in the Emerald.

Business Commute Challenge

It's not too late to add your workplace to the list of over 70 businesses and over 450 employees participating in the 2009 Business Commute Challenge.

This friendly competition gives you the chance to show how green your workplace is by logging the mileage of your alternative commute. This can be anything other than driving: bike, walk, carpool, bus, telecommute, hang-glide, etc.

Choose a coordinator for your workplace, receive a packet, get your coworkers to sign up, log the miles. On the Tuesday after the week of the challenge, two reps from your business go to an awards luncheon to meet other participants and claim fabulous prizes!

The challenge is a program of the City of Eugene Transportation Options and Commuter Solutions, coordinated by Paul Adkins.