(this is a reminder of a previously posted press article for Trips for Kids)

Mountain biking pioneers will support Trips for Kids’ at the 12th annual “Brews, Bikes and Bucks” fundraising party on Sunday, February 21 from 2-6 p.m. at the Broken Drum Brewery, 1132 Fourth Street in San Rafael. Well known mountain bike pioneers such as Gary Fisher, Tom Ritchey, Joe Breeze, Ned Overend, Scot Nicol, Jacquie Phelan, Otis, Charles Kelly, Ross Shafer, Mertt Lawwill, Chris Lang, Rick Sutton and other pioneers will be guests at the event There is no charge for admission, but Noah Berry, proprietor of the Broken Drum Brewery, will donate a percentage of the proceeds from food and drink sales to Trips for Kids.

Bike-related prizes will be raffled throughout the afternoon. The grand prize will be a 2009 Jamis Dakar XC dual suspension mountain bike (retail value $1,025) donated by Jamis Bicycles. and a silent auction for a 2010 Marin Bikes Alpine Trail 29er (retail value $785). The bikes are currently on display at the Broken Drum Brewery. Advance raffle tickets and auction signups are available at our Re-Cyclery thrift shop (610 4th Street, San Rafael) and at the Broken Drum.

Noah is also holding a Pre Brew event on Tuesday, February 2nd from 5:00 – 9;30 pm. 10% of the nights proceeds will go to Trips for Kids. Mark your calendars to join us then too!!

Trips for Kids was founded by Marilyn Price in 1988 to take inner city youth in the San Francisco Bay Area on mountain bike rides. It has since expanded to include an earn-a-bike program and a well know Bicycle Thrift Shop, Re-Cyclery. In 2000 Trips for Kids became a national program. To date there are 66 Trips for Kids groups. Price says, “Trips for Kids owes its existence to the early mountain bike pioneers – they developed the sport and we are here to be sure that the mountain biking is available to everyone. Our annual party at the Broken Drum is a celebration of this wonderful sport.”

For more details about the Brews, Bikes and Bucks fundraiser or about Trips for Kids call 415/458-2986, email at info@tripsforkids.org or visit their website http://www.tripsforkids.org

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Mountain Bike Pioneers join Trips for Kids Fundraiser