Hey, folks, Steve Stone pointed me to this article from About.com about a fella not usually associated with cycling but he is really making a difference in the lives of children because of his love of his bike. I hope you will enjoy this…find it inspirational… and contact Jessie Schwer to help her in her amazing effort to Re-Cycle Tullahoma by fixing up bikes and mentoring to children in our area. Enjoy the read…then call Jessie!

The following article is from About.com:

With apologies to true pro basketball fans, I can say I’ve never understood the NBA. It always seemed to me like a lot of posturing and one-man plays, grandstanding and not a whole lot of teamwork.

However what I’ve learned lately about superstar LeBron James has made me appreciate things in a whole new way. LeBron was selected by Sports Illustrated as its 2012 Sportsman of the Year, which is an award for his play on the basketball court and his brilliance in analyzing the game, obviously, but also (and more importantly in my opinion) for his numerous equally generous and thoughtful contributions to the community. And this especially rang true to to me in his work with disadvantaged youth, in which LeBron uses his love of bikes and bike culture as a good way to reach and motivate kids. Continue reading →

Please donate nice, new or used books for our Ride for Reading event in Tullahoma at the following locations:

We will be delivering books to all 4 Tullahoma Elementary Schools during May. We hope you can join us for this wonderful opportunity to enhance literacy and cycling in our community.

Please let me, Julia,  know if you can help or if you have any questions

May is Bike Month and new this year to Highland Rim Bicycle Club will be Ride For Reading (RfR).

In partnership with the awesome folks at RfR in Nashville, we are bringing this event to Tullahoma during the Ride for Reading week (May 5-11) This project is to benefit area children who may not have books in their home and to promote cycling as a good way to stay healthy.

Around town you will start to see collection boxes for nice, new and used children’s books, appropriate for Kindergarten through 5th grade. The first box was set up at Celtic Cup last week, others will be listed on our website and Facebook page when they are up and running.

During the RfR week, we will meet at the old West Middle School (behind the Civic Center) with our bikes equipped with backpacks, bike trailers, panniers’ or other ways to carry books on your bike. We will load up with books and take them on our bikes to elementary schools. The dates/times/schools are being determined and will be listed here as plans come together.

We hope you will want to be involved. Please read more about this great opportunity on the RfR website www.rideforreading.com.

Special thanks to Maxine Capezza, Jessie Schwer and Julia Harrison, the Highland Rim Bicycle Club RfR committee. And special thanks to RfR and Better World Books for providing the bulk of the books for the first delivery in our area.

Please let Julia Harrison secretary@hrbike.org know if you would like to help deliver books or help in any way.