by bikefc | Apr 29, 2021 | Events, More Bikes, Programs, Safe Routes to School, Support BFC
“That apple on the tree that’s just out of reach — you know, that event you’ve been eyeing for years — let us springboard you out of your comfort zone and straight to it. Get sideways into a turn.” Zack and Whitney Allison, Fort Collins’s own gravel...
by bikefc | Mar 23, 2021 | More Bikes, Programs, Safe Routes to School, Safe Streets
The Safe Routes to School (SRTS) program invited area PSD schools to participate in a Walk/Bike-to-School Challenge and Shepardson, Riffenburgh and Dunn Elementary Schools took us up on it. Each have launched a challenge to their students to see how many days they can...
by bikefc | Feb 19, 2021 | Bicycle Advocacy, Bicycle Friendly Business, Events, More Bikes, Programs, Safe Routes to School, Safe Streets, Support BFC
Bike Fort Collins is excited for and optimistic about 2021. With the year already underway, BFC will continue to deliver instruction for the Safe Routes to School program, as in-person learning resumes across Poudre School District (PSD). We also have an ambitious...
by bikefc | Dec 3, 2020 | Bicycle Advocacy, Events, More Bikes, Programs, Safe Routes to School, Support BFC
Earlier this fall, Bike Fort Collins announced a joint effort with fellow nonprofit and Denver-based, Wish for Wheels to bring a new bike and helmet to every second-grader in each of Poudre School District’s (PSD) six Title 1 schools. Called Wish for Wheels FoCo,...
by bikefc | Sep 15, 2020 | Bicycle Advocacy, More Bikes, Press Releases, Programs, Safe Routes to School, Support BFC
September 15, 2020 – FORT COLLINS, CO – Bike Fort Collins has joined forces with fellow nonprofit, Wish For Wheels with a goal to bring a new bike and helmet to every second-grader in each of Poudre School District’s (PSD) six Title 1 schools this fall. Now they need...
by bikefc | Jun 1, 2020 | Programs, Safe Routes to School, Safe Streets
Given the COVID-19 pandemic, Bike Fort Collins was not able to deliver Safe Routes to School programming this past spring as it traditionally has. In fact, the only school we were able to deliver programming was Riffenburgh Elementary School, before schools and the...