PositiveSpin October 2015

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Spectacular Ride & Next year's tentative schedule
by Jonathan Rosenbaum 26 Oct '15

26 Oct '15

The Fall Spectacular Ride lived up to its namesake! Attached is a photo with some of the ride participants. Next year's tentative Spin with CRC schedule: * Sunday, May 29, 2016, 1pm - Memorial Day Weekend Ride/Potluck * Sunday, June 26, 2016, 1pm - Dave's Snack Shack Ride/Potluck and Positive Spin Annual Meeting * Sunday, July 17, 2016, 1pm - Point Marion Ride/Potluck * Sunday, August 28, 2016, 1pm - Masontown Ride/Potluck * Sunday, October 23, 2016, 1pm - Fall Spectacular Ride/Potluck -Jonathan

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Eat cookies to generate funds
by Jonathan Rosenbaum 25 Oct '15

25 Oct '15

Today is our last Spin with CRC ride/potluck of the season at 1pm, and it is going to be spectacular. It will be slightly cool (upper 50's) and cloudy with no rain in the forecast, in translation, amazing biking weather! Positive Spin is not only well know for giving away hundreds of bikes every year during Christian Help's Toy Giveaway, but we also have a history of sending bikes to other countries through our partnership with Bikes for the World <http://www.bikesfortheworld.org/>. After a few years of postponement due to low capacity, we once again have a large collection of bikes that while not of interest to the local community, are in high demand by low income people in other countries. Thanks to our new partnership with Oxfam WVU there will be a couple opportunities next month to help raise funds in order to ship these bikes. The first opportunity will be at Insomnia Cookies <https://insomniacookies.com/shopping/find_store> on November 2 from 11am-3am. Make sure to order many cookies that day and spread the word! The second opportunity will be at McDonald's on November 9 from 5-8pm. During that time we need to increase their sales by 5%. Spread the word! -Jonathan

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Fall Spectacular Bike Ride - Sunday - Spin with CRC! Potluck!
by Jonathan Rosenbaum 19 Oct '15

19 Oct '15

This Sunday, October 25, we will be spinning again with Country Road Cyclists for our Fall Spectacular Ride! Everyone is invited. Beginning at 1pm at Positive Spin, we will join Country Roads Cyclists (CRC) for a ride up the Deckers Creek Trail to Masontown (milepost 13), then return to Positive Spin. Keep in mind that you can ride whatever distance you want, this is one of the nice aspects about group trail rides. Then we will have an informal potluck picnic at Positive Spin about 4:30pm. Please bring a dish to share, or food can be purchased in Sabraton. A grill will be available. Attached is a group photo from our last ride on August 30. -Jonathan

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Impressions - Celebration of Tyler's Life
by Jonathan Rosenbaum 08 Oct '15

08 Oct '15

The Celebration of Tyler's Life was wonderful. It included a balloon release in which you could sense Tyler's spirit floating away, and a candle light vigil as well as video with music interspersed, including soothing harp music by John Lozier (one of the founders). Will Ravenscroft (one of the founders) worked out the logistics for the event. I was privileged to meet Tyler's family and several friends. I left feeling positive with renewed hope for humanity. Attached are two eulogies. The one I presented, and the one that Nick Hein (one of the founders) sent. -Jonathan

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Celebration the life of Tyler Nelson
by Will Ravenscroft 02 Oct '15

02 Oct '15

Positive Spin will be opening it's doors this Tuesday for the family and friends of Tyler Nelson to celebrate his life and bid him farewell. As one of the first volunteers at Positive Spin he recently was elected to the Board of Directors to help us bring in more young people and introduce them to bicycling and the art of bicyle repair. We will miss him. The celebration begins at 5PM. Food will be available, bring an edible contribution if you feel like it. Will

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