Jeff Black has arranged with the Peterborough Blood Donor Clinic a
time for PCC members to come out and give blood. Jeff and I (Alan Barber)
will be giving blood on December 23rd, and, we hope, be part of a
publicity campaign to promote blood donation over the holidays.
Here are the details for our PCC Blood Donor Drive.
Date: Saturday, December 26th
Time: from 7:30 AM until 2:30 PM
1. PCC is encouraging all our members, and athletes in general,
to donate blood at this time of year
2. Blood Donor Clinic tells us that athletes create a generous
amount of blood platelets that makes our blood very good quality for
recipients
3. The need is very high right now for blood donations
4. Anyone who donates will receive a tag from Blood Donor clinic
and receive a special thank you at our up-coming club social
5. Blood Donor Clinic is going to do a press release helping
promote our club's initiative
6. This costs nothing but a pint of your blood.
7. On Saturday Dec 26th, the clinic will have staff on hand to
receive PCC members and provide refreshments. Please go at another
time if you can’t make it on December 26th.
Come out and give. We will be the public face to our great club &
this is a great opportunity to give a donation to the community and show
that we are more than a bunch of people who wear funny clothes and ride
bikes while others drive their cars.
Yours truly,
Jeff Black and the 2010 PCC Executive
Peterborough Blood Donor Clinic
55 George St. N.
(corner of George & Perry)
Tues. & Thurs. 12:30pm - 7:30pm
Wed. Fri. & Sat. 7:30am - 2:30pm
Call and book today!
1-888-236-6283
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Bike Education: Traffic Skills 101 |
The City of Peterborough and Peterborough Green Up are offering for the first time in Ontario "Traffic Skills 101" from the League of American Bicyclists. I (Chloe Black) have been teaching these classes in Tucson, AZ for the past year and a half. Upon returning to Peterborough, I soon realized there is a huge need for this type of class to further the safety and respect of the local cyclists. It's one thing to focus on the speed and endurance, but very few of our local bicyclists have invested any time in practicing their bike handling skills or understanding how to position themselves in traffic, whether in a group or not.
Below is a better discription of the LAB's education program:
http://www.bikeleague.org/programs/education/
We are currently in our 3rd of 4 sessions. If there is enough interest, we can offer other sessions over the course of the summer months. Please contact Susan Sauve at 742-7777 ext 1485 if you are interested. It would be wonderful to see some of the folks from PCC furthering their knowledge and skills. Sounds like some of the issues from other posts refering to weds and thurs night rides wouldn't be issues after taking this course.
I can also be scheduled for mini-sessions to provide information to small groups. These are not classes, but rather an opportunity to learn more about what these classes involve.
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