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Bike To Work Day 2010
Friday, May 21, 2010
Registration now open!
Celebrate National Bike Month and Bike to Work Day with the NIH Bicycle Commuter Club (NIHBCC), Friday, May 21, from 7:00-9:30 am on the patio in front of Building 1. NIH will host three of the many local Pit Stops supported by the Washington Area Bicyclists Association in a national salute to bicycle commuting. Last year over 7,000 area residents participated in his annual event. NIH has won the Metropolitan Washington Council of Government’s (COG) award three years in a row for being the area’s biggest employer of Bike to Work Day participants. Help us defend our proud title this year by registering online (its free!). Even if you do not choose NIH as your Pit Stop, writing in "National Institutes of Health" as your employer will help us defend our COG participation title. If you are attending either the Bethesda main campus or Rockledge pit stops, please register here:
http://www.waba.org/events/btwd/md_nih.php.As the Rockledge pit stop does not have its own registration link, please e-mail Diane Bolton after you have registered if you plan on attending at Rockledge.
New this year, NIH - Executive Blvd. is listed as its own pit stop on WABA’s registration site. So if you are attending the Executive Blvd location,
register here:http://www.waba.org/events/btwd/md_nih_executiveblvd.php.
At the Building One, Executive Blvd. and Rockledge NIH Pit Stops, all employees and contractors who show up riding a bicycle and wearing a helmet may enjoy breakfast snacks and participate in our prize raffle, to include cycling gear and equipment and Fitness Center memberships. All pre-registrants get a free Bike to Work Day 2010 t-shirt.
If you have never tried commuting by bike to NIH and aren’t quite sure how to begin, please explore the “Commuting” link on our website. We offer advice on topics ranging from purchasing a bicycle to favorite NIH commuting routes from all over the DC metro area.
Remember, Bike to Work Day is a rain or shine event. Volunteers are always appreciated to help with preparations before Bike to Work Day or on the day of the event. If you would like to help out, please email Diane Bolton. Please realize that Bike to Work Day participation enhances awareness of the myriad benefits that bicycle commuting brings to personal health, the NIH and the surrounding area. So come out and show your support!
Click here to download the NIH Community Liaison Council research on BRAC
(warning, this is a 12MB file)
