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Virginia celebrates Bike to Work Week Published Wednesday, May. 19, 2021, 12:10 am Join AFPs 100,000+ followers on Facebook Purchase a subscription to AFP Subscribe to AFP podcasts on iTunes and Spotify News, press releases, letters to the editor: augustafreepress2@gmail.com (© Halfpoint – stock.adobe.com) The Virginia Department of Rail and Public Transportation encourages Virginians to participate in Bike to Work Week, May 17‐21. Bike to Work Week encourages people to utilize biking as...

Virginia to celebrate Bike to Work Week Bikes (Source: WVIR) By NBC12 Newsroom | May 17, 2021 at 4:34 PM EDT - Updated May 17 at 5:49 PM RICHMOND, Va. (WWBT) - Virginia is celebrating Bike to Work Week which runs May 17-21. Bike to Work Week encourages everyone to use biking as an environmentally sustainable alternative to driving. If it is too hard to bike all the way to work, the Virginia Department of Rail and Public Transportation encourages individuals to bike to a bus or train stop...

Community Shout Out: Bike Program: Outreach for the community Devils Lake Journal Devils Lake- American Legion Post 24, VFW Post 756 and the City of Devils Lake made a group of children very happy recently by the donation of bicycles which were  part of their community outreach efforts. American Legion Commander Jack Volk said the American Legion Post 24 and the VFW Post 756 made a request to the City of Devils Lake to declare unclaimed bikes as surplus. And request City donated the bikes to t...

Employees offered support to Get Back on the Bike 04 May, 2021 Parking and Transportation Services is actively seeking participants for the Get Back on the Bike Program for the 2021-2022 academic year now. This program was built specifically for interested but concerned employees who would like formal training and support for their bicycle commute. Participants will receive: A free bicycle tune-up courtesy of Parking and Transportation Services and the Spoke Optional fitness assessment with...

When the money started coming, my original purpose got sidetracked a little bit. i was selling drugs. i had like about 58 eight balls, which is about $6,000, $7,000, maybe. i wasnt used to having large amounts of money, you know, that quick. i couldnt -- i mean, i couldnt stop. and then all of a sudden, my whole life crumbled, and i lost the school i was going to and, you know, i lost a lot because of it, because of those choices. i got four years. my first time in prison and last time in prison...

Picture of me. all right, dana. >> all right, ive got a great one ive said for you. chicago fire fighter found a great way to give back to his community. theyre skipping class. and its like why are you skipping class? i want you to stay in school. so he started a thing. if you bring your good report cards in, im going to give you a bicycle. and all the sudden, they all started coming in. attendance increased 45%. and they are looking to pass the torch and searching for someone to take over the b...

Me. >> you need to take some lessons from juan on that one. >> dana? got a great one ive saved for you. chicago firefighter gonna creative way to give back to his community. he knows that kids are skipping class. but why are you skipping class. i want you to stay in school. he said if you bring your good report cards and, ill give you a bicycle. and all of a sudden, they all start coming in and attendance increased 45% within a year, with up to 90% he retired from the police department last mont...

Picture of me. all right, dana. >> all right, ive got a great one ive said for you. chicago fire fighter found a great way to give back to his community. theyre skipping class. and its like why are you skipping class? i want you to stay in school. so he started a thing. if you bring your good report cards in, im going to give you a bicycle. and all the sudden, they all started coming in. attendance increased 45%. and they are looking to pass the torch and searching for someone to take over the b...

I was selling drugs. i had like about 58 eight balls, which is about $6,000, $7,000, maybe. i wasnt used to having large amounts of money, you know, that quick. i couldnt -- i mean, i couldnt stop. and then all of a sudden, my whole life crumbled, and i lost the school i was going to and, you know, i lost a lot because of it, because of those choices. i got four years. my first time in prison and last time in prison. >> jason is luckier than most. with the conjugal visit with his wife soon appro...