Our weekend volunteering with the Face of America Bike Ride got off to a soggy start on Sat. the 16th. Due to calls for severe weather, the start of the ride was changed to inside the Hyatt where the riders were staying, so the 'Banner Hanging Team' went on to set up banners at the first rest stop.
Here's the set on Flickr of some of our photos from the weekend
Flickr set Face of America Bike ride 2011
and here's a link to a short video of the riders coming into the first rest stop
and then the riders leaving the first rest stop
once again, the seniors at Brighton Gardens at Tuckerman Lane in N. Bethesda, MD made a great banner to cheer the riders on..
as did all those who sent in banners from all over the country, from Nevada and Indiana to Connecticut and New Jersey! Our heartfelt Thanks! to all the groups who donated banners! It is so wonderful to have folks from all across the country expressing their support of the riders :)
Day One ended early, due to the weather..it was cold, rainy, windy and miserable..the riders were awesome! but the ride got cut short for most of them at the lunch stop (although a few hardy souls did finish the ride) volunteers and riders alike were all sopping wet !!
at the lunch stop, we met Irvine
a service dog from the Paws for Purple Hearts program Irvine came out both days to especially cheer on the riders from the Walter Reed contingent! :)
here's a link also to my Facebook album of Day one
Day Two started out cold and windy, but Yay! no rain!!
here's a link to my Facebook album of Day Two
we took some video of the start of the ride on Day Two, you can see them Here and Here
and then, sadly, we had to leave before the riders came in at the end of the ride this year (had commitments to get back to at home ) but we were able to help hang banners at the end of the ride before we left
It was another great year of volunteering, and another great bunch of riders to cheer on again this year!
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for an idea of the kinds of riders we had the opportunity to cheer on? you can check out this video from Fox news HERE
and I also found a photo gallery in Phillyburbs.com HERE
(I'll add any more links to stories, blog posts or photos as I find them)
Here's the set on Flickr of some of our photos from the weekend
Flickr set Face of America Bike ride 2011
and here's a link to a short video of the riders coming into the first rest stop
and then the riders leaving the first rest stop
as did all those who sent in banners from all over the country, from Nevada and Indiana to Connecticut and New Jersey! Our heartfelt Thanks! to all the groups who donated banners! It is so wonderful to have folks from all across the country expressing their support of the riders :)
Day One ended early, due to the weather..it was cold, rainy, windy and miserable..the riders were awesome! but the ride got cut short for most of them at the lunch stop (although a few hardy souls did finish the ride) volunteers and riders alike were all sopping wet !!
at the lunch stop, we met Irvine
here's a link also to my Facebook album of Day one
Day Two started out cold and windy, but Yay! no rain!!
here's a link to my Facebook album of Day Two
we took some video of the start of the ride on Day Two, you can see them Here and Here
and then, sadly, we had to leave before the riders came in at the end of the ride this year (had commitments to get back to at home ) but we were able to help hang banners at the end of the ride before we left
It was another great year of volunteering, and another great bunch of riders to cheer on again this year!
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for an idea of the kinds of riders we had the opportunity to cheer on? you can check out this video from Fox news HERE
and I also found a photo gallery in Phillyburbs.com HERE
(I'll add any more links to stories, blog posts or photos as I find them)
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