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Launch Party: April 10th!
TFK + Boulder = No Brainer
What can you do to help?
Boulder Indoor Cycling Velodrome




And here we are...TFK Boulder is a go!  It's a go people! Let's kick this thing off right in Boulder with a proper party!


Plan on spending a fun evening with us in this fantastic bike-centric space!  We'll provide beverages and tasty food, paired with cyclists charging around the track and performing tricks for your entertainment.   We'll also be providing many fabulous items for our silent auction to help us raise the necessary funds to get TFK Boulder rolling!  Additional event details to follow.

 

Proceeds from this event will go directly to setting up TFK Boulder with the material resources to make it happen: mountain bikes, helmets, gloves, and all the necessary gear.  In addition, we need resources to pay for expenses

to store the gear, and to hire a dedicated staff person to lead rides in Boulder.


Event details and tickets will be available on our website shortly.
Trips for Kids BOULDER:
Launching Summer 2010!
Trips for Kids + Boulder = No Brainer
Boy riding a mountain bike at Boulder Valley Ranch


Our connection to Boulder is well established. We've been rolling and having fun riding with children in and around Boulder each and every year since our inaugural season in 2004. We know the kids (the photo, left, is from a ride at Boulder Valley Ranch in 2005). We know the youth agency staffers (many bike nuts themselves).  We love Boulder!  Thus, we are inspired and excited to create TFK Boulder for them and other underserved youngsters in Boulder County.

 

A few years ago, we started seriously chewing on the TFK Boulder idea.  "Will it fly?" We asked our Boulder friends and youth agency staffers.  The PG answer, in general, was a sarcastic, "Are you kidding me?  This is Boulder."  True, true, TFK Boulder seemed like a no brainer, but last year as the economy tanked, we called off the TFKB dogs.  Then our motivation and belief in this new endeavor percolated again over coffee last fall on a cold, snowy morning in Boulder with a local mountain biker and homebuilder, Tom Nasky. At that meeting we decided to team up with Tom and other like-minded Boulderites to establish TFK Boulder, giving children without means, in this bicycle-crazed town, the opportunity to ride, like the rest of them.


Help us prove the equation TFK + Boulder = no brainer by attending the "Launch Party"" and jumping on one of the action items, below.  

What can you do to help?
Casey Middle
Post ride celebration with Boulder's Casey Middle School students.

Help us make Trips for Kids Boulder a huge success in our first year by:

or

 

Share your time and talents as a founding member of the TFK Boulder Organizing Committee, working on the Launch Party details or on the programming side to ensure we provide fun, safe, confidence-building rides to children in Boulder.

 

Please contact Andrew Goodwillie if you'd like to help on the TFK Boulder Committee, would like information on becoming a TFKB sponsor, or may be able to help with auction items for the event.


303-725-6723 or agood@tripsforkidsdenver.org

 
Thanks for reading and for your support as we tackle this new, exciting endeavor, together. 
 
Sincerely,
 

Andrew Goodwillie
Executive Director
Trips for Kids Denver/Boulder

agood@tripsforkidsdenver.org
303-725-6723

www.tripsforkidsdenver.org