Friday morning breakfast meeting of many non-profit organizations who work within the San Juan Unified School District.
Always a challenge for schools: how to get families to participate, get involved, and share their opinion. SJUSD has developed a framework for Family and Community Engagement.
In the afternoon I prepared some materials for an event – Sammi’s Circuit – at Greer Elementary. Thank you online resources for being able to easily translate my simple questions into four languages – Spanish, Dari, Pashto and Farsi.
However, there was a miscommunication about arrival time. BarbaraL and I arrived to see everyone (except maybe the guy on the phone) focused on Sammi’s motivational introduction before the activities began. Oh well.
Liz from Breathe has been having difficulty getting in touch with staff at Greer Elementary so we can get started with the Sacramento County Safe Routes to School grant. This morning, we just showed up and waited until the VP could see us. It worked.
A friend from the American River Bike Patrol arranged for me to meet the director of the City of Sacramento Youth, Parks, and Community Engagement Department. Remember the Alhambra Theater? Now a Safeway grocery store.
Great place to meet for coffee:
Later in the morning, I picked up Pamela, Volunteer Coordinator for SABA, and we went to
for the Cordova Community Council monthly lunch.
Mayor Garrett Gatewood entered with Rancho Cordova High School cheerleaders singing and dancing to a Motown song. His speech was entertaining.
Miller Park on a very foggy Saturday morning. We had six people for the three of us. James was there to practice and get a pre-lesson for his upcoming Project Ride Smart classes at his elementary school. We left the main teaching area and rode the surrounding roads.
At Bike Dog East Sac.
8:30a Sunday, cold and foggy, as I waited for Brenda to meet me at Peregrine Park for the ride in.
The starting point was Old Soul in Liestal Alley.
Riding through Firehouse Alley in Old Sac.
BarbaraL and I were co-leaders for the ride.
We started with 26 but finished with 12 at Cantina Alley in Jazz Alley.
Good food at the after-party:
The winner of best alley cat costume .. our very own Brenda .. who also took all the the bicycle-action photos above.
Fun day. My first time leading a SABA social ride. 32 miles!
A cold Saturday morning. Barbara and I met at 8:30 at Miller Regional Park. Barbara explaining how to use the brakes:
With the pedals removed, working on balance and gliding:
A caravan of motorcycles, classic cars, and low riders delivering donations for a toy drive.
After class was over, Barbara and I rode the Alley Cats route (for next Sunday) one more time.
Mather Veteran’s Village is part of Mercy Housing and provides 50 permanent supportive homes for formerly homeless and disabled veterans. Having a functioning bike is important to many of the residents and other who live in the surrounding community. SABA’s Ride Ready Repair team comes out regularly to fix bikes. Today we added a social ride afterward.
Before we left, Rick’s bike needed some air. Thank you Barbara for noticing and Ken for helping.
The guy on the left walked by as I took this picture. He didn’t go on the ride, although we tried to talk him into it – lol. Harry, Barbara, Rick:
It was a short ride, about 2.5 miles to Dutch Bros.
We bought coffee for everyone and mostly listened to Harry (smile). Rick’s drink was the Golden Eagle – we figured out a way to get it home without spilling.
On the way back, Rick and I rode side by side most of the way and he got a chance to talk about his military service and family. He asked if we could show him how to use his bike to go see his daughter in Folsom. What a couple of nice guys who served in the military and now need some help. And someone to talk to.
I met Lorge, Kimberly and Hal at Bella Bru at 11a on Saturday forSupermarket Sweep – a SABA-sponsored bicycle-powered food drive.
We rode to three grocery stores in N and S Natomas. We had about $390 to spend. SABA gave us $100, Jibe $250, plus our own contributions.
Our final grocery store was on Sutterville Rd, close to our final destination – Two Rivers Cidery on Attawa St.
We unloaded the groceries from our panniers and trailers into bags, then the SABA team weighed everything. 158 pounds!
Ahead of time, we agreed we weren’t interested in competing or winning prizes. Nevertheless, we improved our strategy this year and it worked. We came in 3rd place! 1-Pull a trailer. Jibe loaned me a trailer, Hal already had one. Lorge bicycle tours so he has front and big rear panniers. 2-Have one rider in your group who can post on social media – thank you Kimberly. Go team! Rob, me, Michael:
Such a fun event. We are ready do it again next year. Thank you SABA for organizing this food donation drive and Jibe for supporting our N Natomas team.
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