So much fun! SABA’s annual fundraising event. This year at Sierra 2 Center.

I purchased a table and invited all the League Cycling Instructors who, in the past year, made my job as Education Manager so easy and they represented SABA in the most professional way: Joel, Winona, Kathy, Barbara, Deanna, Wes, Charlie, Matt, and Becky. The projects they worked on included: City of Elk Grove bike rodeos, Trails in Bloom community bike ride, Learn 2 Ride classes once/month, City of Rancho Cordova CEIF grant events, W Sacramento bike safety classes, Sacramento County Safe Routes to School San Juan USD, and more.

Joel, Anya/Jibe and husband Richard, Kathy:

Deanna, Mellissa/Jibe, Barbara:

SABA’s new Executive Director Rebecca Garrow. Also a friend for many years. I mentored her when she first started teaching Project Ride Smart. She was a natural, and quickly competent to take any role. I was thrilled when she took the ED position at SABA.

Bonus: I donated the Yuba Mundo cargo bike I’ve had in my garage for way too long. I bought it in 2016 and used it a bit with Sophia (age 7) and Avery (age 5). Thais and Lenin had it for a while. Tonight at the conclusion of the silent auction, the Yuba Mundo found a new home with a young family with a 2-year old.

Note: I also worked this morning – Project Ride Smart at NPE. Monday evening, there was a bike rodeo in Elk Grove. Yes, I was tired.

This was the last of 6 bike rodeos in Elk Grove. Tonight at Markofer Elementary for about 25 Cub Scouts. The rodeo was scheduled for 7-8:00. Tonight’s team: Barbara, Kathy, Michael, Matt.

Tonight’s SABA mechanics: Doug and Tim.

The indoor meeting had to end a bit early at about 6:45. Note the sky in the background, sunset was at 6:53.

7:20 and this rodeo needed to end soon:

Sunday morning in Elk Grove.

Barbara is working with Anakin who came to our very first Learn 2 Ride class at REI. Today he successfully rode a bicycle. He’s been riding a big tricycle. His parent were so proud, so was he.

Scooter from the Sac Metro Air District was a big hit with the kids.

Wes teaching hand signals.

Tim was the mechanic who checked everyone’s bikes.

Charlie:

I was invited to be a part of a bus audit with AARP and SacRT for a section of the bus route on Marysville Blvd in Del Paso Heights.

A quick-build project was recently completed which means some visible improvements have been made to this high-injury roadway. There’s so much more to be done and the City of Sacramento is looking for grants to take the next step.

Crosswalk in very poor condition. This area is not part of the quick build.

We boarded a SacRT bus here – Sarah Poe, in the blue shirt, is a Senior Planner with Sacramento Regional Transit.

and got off 2 stops later in front of Grant High School.

Thank you AARP for allowing a few members of the public to give feedback on Sac RT services and the current state of improvements on Marysville Blvd.

Tuesday evening at Elk Grove Regional Park – a huge park. We were expecting up to 100 Cub Scouts. Our League Cycling Instructor team: Michael (recently hired to take on most of my projects plus many other tasks at SABA, not yet an LCI but will take the next available training), Kathy, me, Lorge, Wes, Joel:

The team from Elk Grove – they are at Station 1 and do registration and helmet fitting.

SABA mechanics at Station 2: Ken and Doug

Just 26 Cub Scouts practiced skills at the bike rodeo and we were able to close down a half hour early.

Deb invited me to the Outride Expo in Morgan Hill at the headquarters for Specialized bicycles. An all-day event plus a 2.5-hour drive each way. Thanks Deb for driving. We talked all the way – both directions!

We had an information table in the auditorium.

Also part of the day: meeting some of the middle school PE teachers who are the latest recipients to receive a grant for Ride 4 Focus – a turnkey middle school cycling program active in over 400 sites across the US and Canada. Schools receive a fleet of bikes, helmets, curriculum and teacher training to integrate cycling into the middle school.

Our monthly class was Saturday from 9-11 at Miller Park. Kathy and Barbara prepping the rental bikes.

A very successful class.

Kathy giving some individualized information on fixing a flat tire.