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Celebrate Bike to Work Day on May 21
Published:2010-05-15 County
Celebrate Bike to Work Day on May 21 Snohomish County, Wash. - Converting car trips to bike trips is an easy way to get healthy while getting somewhere at the same time. Burn calories instead of fuel as Snohomish County celebrates National Bike to Work Day on Friday, May 21. Bike to Work Day "celebration stations" in Snohomish County and Bothell will be located at: Boeing Everett, Edmonds Train Station, Everett Station, Lynnwood Transit Center, Marysville's Comeford Park, McCollum Park in Mill Creek and University of Washington Bothell. Several communities have adopted official proclamations in support of the event. "Bicycle commuting promotes sustainable, healthy communities and healthy community members," said Snohomish County's proclamation. To learn more about Community Transit Bike to Work events, visit www.communitytransit.org/biketowork. You can also read the Bike to Work blog at communitytransit.blogspot.com. Take the Bike Commute Challenge The theme is echoed in Bike Commute Challenge team names such as the Everett Boeing employee "Team 227" named after a bus route, the "Food and Drug Peddlers" at the U.S. Food and Drug Administration in Bothell and "HealthBikes" lead by Snohomish Health District Officer Dr. Gary Goldbaum. Schools are among the workplaces that get involved in the Challenge, with teachers, staff and students joining teams such as the Edmonds Cyclopaths at Lynndale Elementary and more than a dozen teams at Everett Public Schools. Organize a team of four to 10 co-workers or friends and participants can earn bike socks, win dinner at Buca di Beppo or pedal their way to the "biking-est new commuters" prize. Visit www.communitytransit.org/biketowork.
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