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Bike club leaders from across the country joined League staff and the Kaw Valley Bicycle Club (KVBC) on Tuesday night for a dynamic and educational webinar all about what the National Bike Challenge can do for your club and your community.

Shelli Shipps of the KVBC fielded questions from attendees and the League’s Alison Dewey, giving some great insight into her experiences with the Challenge in 2012 — including winning a Specialized Globe bike (pictured) — and what KVBC plans to do in 2013.

“We competed against each other, but we also competed as a town” she said, describing the competition between KVBC and local advocacy group, Topeka Community Cycle Project. “We would have rides, and then hang out afterwards and discuss different things going on in the community as far as bicycling.” Now, the Topeka Community Cycle Project and the KVBC are working together on how to increase biking in their town!

If you missed the webinar, click here for the full recording or watch it below! While the entire recording lasts an hour, there’s a table of contents in the description where you can jump to any section that you find interesting.

.Club involvement, like that of the KVBC, is what makes the Challenge the incredible resource and event that it is. To build on that momentum, in 2013, we ensured that team sizes are unlimited (rather than capped at 10 riders), and have created a selection of promo materials that anyone is encouraged to use.

Join the Challenge today at www.nationalbikechallenge.org!

Federal civilian, postal and military employees who want to make biking better have an easy way to achieve that goal: donate to the League (CFC # 11563) with your Combined Federal Campaign (CFC) donations.

The campaign season is September 1st to December 15th, so hurry and make your pledges to support bicycling today!

“Last year almost one million federal employees pledged over $272 million to participating local, national and international charities,” John Berry, Director of the Office of Personnel Management, said in August. Learn more about the CFC program here. If you are interested in joining the CFC program but have questions, visit their FAQs page.

This is an incredibly generous amount of support from our federal workers. We hope that you consider including the League of American Bicyclists in your giving.

Not a federal employee? Not to worry, you can still donate! Click here to support bicycling!