Bike the Ridge

Summer may be ending, but UCE members can look forward to Evanston’s fall event: Bike the Ridge.This Sunday, September 25 from 9:00-1:00pm, Ridge Avenue between Howard and Church will be closed to vehicular traffic for “Bike the Ridge.”

This event is an excellent community building opportunity for UCE. Hundreds of people will be biking by UCE’s doorstep; let’s give them a UCE welcome!  We will have a tent set up on Ridge.  Here UCE members can greet bikers, supply them with water and cookies, and provide information about the church. We need lots of friendly faces on Ridge to represent UCE!

Please consider biking to church that day.  There will be a monitored bike corral in the grassy area behind the sanctuary.  Having Ridge closed to vehicular traffic is an excellent opportunity to support environmental sustainability by biking to church.

For both our community members and UCE members, there will be bike decorating on the church lawn.  Anyone who stops by can decorate their bikes with streamers, pipe cleaners, or ribbons.

With us again this year will be members of The Recyclery Collective.  The Recyclery will also be the Shared Plate Recipient that day.  The Recylery is an educational bike shop that provides a space for empowerment through education, transportation, and community building.  The shop offers Open Hours, Volunteer Hours, Spanish Open Hours, and Youth Programming.  There is an “Earn a Bike” program where youth can log volunteer hours to earn a reconditioned bike.  Reconditioned bikes can be purchased through the shop and a number of bikes are designated for those who cannot afford them.  Please stop by and meet our friends from The Recyclery.

Please volunteer for this community-building event!  We need the following:  1) volunteers to help decorate bikes, 2) volunteers to organize and monitor members’ bikes in our bike corral, 3) volunteers to greet bikers, distribute water and information about the church on Ridge or 4) contributions of materials—streamers, pipe cleaners, old playing cards, scotch tape, water, etc.

Please contact Jessica Tomell-Presto to volunteer or with any questions: prestomgk@comcast.net.