• North Fork Environmental Council - Join the North Fork Environmental Council on a leisurely and FREE of CHARGE 9 mile bike ride as we 'Bike What's Left' on Saturday, August 15th (RD Sunday, August 16th). Led by environmentalists and biking enthusiasts Ken Rubino and Rory MacNish, this scenic bicycle ride will traverse some of the North Fork's most beautiful roadways. Although this is a free event PRE-REGISTRATION IS REQUIRED. Please call the NFEC office at 631-298-8880 for more information and to register your participation. This event will begin at 11am and refreshments will be served at 2pm at the NFEC office. The beginning bicycle rider should be able to complete the entire bike tour in approximately 1 hour and 30 minutes while enjoying the views or stopping along the way. Saturday,August 15th, 11am-2pm.
• DONATE USED BIKES NOVEMBER 7 & 8, 2009. 9:00 a.m. - 4:00p.m. at The Wheatley School 11 Bacon Road, Old Westbury, NY. Bikes will be shipped to Ghana, West Africa to be used as socially, economically, and environmentally appropriate and sustainable transportation technology, helping people break the poverty cycle, providing access to school, work, health care, and market places. In collaboration with The Village Bike Project.org, we have already sent nearly 2000 bikes to Ghana! Re-Cycle your cycles and help The Wheatley Afri-Bike Coalition change more lives in rural West Africa. And please help us spread the word by posting this info at your local bike shop, house of worship, community center, etc. For more info and other drop off locations in Nassau and Western Suffolk, please contact Steve Finkeklstein at (H) 516-334-2375, (W- school year) 516-333-7143 or and check the school website this fall at ewsdonline.org.