How much would you pay to have a beer with a mountain bike legend like Gary Fisher, Ned Overend, Joe Breeze, or Joe Guy? Now, how much would you pay to have a beer with ALL FOUR? Trips for Kids held their annual Bikes, Bucks, and Brews fundraiser last weekend and an all-star cast of more than a dozen MTB pioneers were on hand for the festivities.
The press release we read said $3,000 was raised for this national non-profit which seems like a paltry amount for an event with such celebrity fire-power. Not only that, the $3,000 came from drink sales and a silent auction that included at least two brand new mountain bikes (a FS from Jamis and a 29er from Marin). Heck, we’re pretty sure the MTB legends themselves would have no problem running up a $3,000 bar tab in one night 🙂
For those who don’t know, Trips for Kids is a nonprofit 501(c)3 organization that “opens the world of cycling to at-risk youth through mountain bike rides and Earn-A-Bike programs.” TFK is based in Marin County, CA and was founded in 1998 by MTB Hall-of-Famer Marilyn Price.
So to answer the question at the beginning of this article, I’d probably be willing to pay a hundred bucks to have a beer with the guys next year. If just 30 others were willing to do the same, TFK could easily beat this year’s haul!
3 Comments
Feb 26, 2010
Mar 2, 2010
All of your suggestions, though, have made us consider how we might be able to make Brews, Bikes and Bucks into a fundraising event and give locals a chance to mingle with the pioneers of mountain biking. Please keep up with the TFK happenings on Facebook and Twitter (twitter.com/tripsforkids)
Feb 27, 2010
Perhaps a little advertisment and pre-planning would be a good thing next year.
Im sure there are plenty of other fund raising events/technics used by the TFK, and $3000 is no laughing matter but it does seem like this could have gone over a lot better.